Guest Chris240turbo Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I gave a friend a ride home from work tonight , never been to his house before, but the road from his house back towards mine has some really nice, medium speed sweepers, I had never driven this road before, and it was dark, well, to make a long story short, I ended up headed for a 90 degree bend at maybe 75 or 80 mph, in my new SER spec V sentra, I rolled on the brakes and managed to lock a front wheel (brembo brakes) and after making the curve immediately felt "thump thump thump thump" sure enough, passenger side front tire has a nice 4" flat spot, is there anything I can do to salvage this tire? has less than 7000 miles on it, I imagine I'll have to just buy a new tire, but I thought I'd check and see is someone here had a creative solution.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiow313 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 i believe that once a wear pattern is on the tire it is there for the life of the tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moridin Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Throw the E-brake on and burn the fronts up? That's all I can think of. It might round the edges of the flat spot down until round. I take no responsibility for anything breaking though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Find a tire shop that has a tire skimmer. Many racers who have to run street tires have their tires skimmed down to the minimum tread depth. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nic-Rebel450CA Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I'd assume that you probably drove home with the tire like that. If so, you should be more concerned with the damage done to the belts in the tire and I would not even chance trying to salvage the tire. If you didnt drive it home then you might try Tim's suggestion. In the future, I'd recommend learning the road (and your car) before you go 80MPH blindly down the street. You're lucky a tire is all that was lost, and not your life or someone else's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris240turbo Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Nic, I value your opinion, just as I do with nearly everyone who frequents this site, and while you are certainly correct about possibly knowing the road before pushing too hard , I do not believe there was an undue amount of risk involved in this instance, I merely flatted a tire with an overly heavy application of the brakes, not a max effort, must scrub speed to make the curve and stay alive kind of a thing... I blame at least a small amount of this mishap on the fact that the stock continental tires make zero noise when they slip, although I could feel the lock up through the wheel. P.S. my first street bike was an '86 450 Rebel, which I enjoyed, sometimes even at better than the posted limit on roads I was unfamiliar with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Yes, bad lad Chris. Yes too, flat spotted tyres may be skimmed, someone I know used a large lathe at work to do that. On certain surfaces you can flat spot a tyre when the wheel locks up without making a noise eg on a very thin layer of sand over tarmac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZmeFly Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 You can have it skimmed to clean up the bad spot. Make sure though that they check the tire for any damage before doing so. Sorry bout the bad luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris240turbo Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 just bought a new tire, chalk it up to a $118 learning experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 having fun with out me chris hehe mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Find a tire shop that has a tire skimmer. Many racers who have to run street tires have their tires skimmed down to the minimum tread depth. I have yet to find any shop that shaves tires willing to risk their expensive blades on tires that have touched pavement. One little rock and the blade is junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gramercyjam Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 There is one here in San Antonio that does it. Southwest Brake and Alignment, 3930 Pan Am Expressway (IH35 inside city limits, next to the water park), 210-255-5577. Does a great alignment, tires on the car balance and skim. The transformation on a car with a shaky ride can be magical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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