Flat patches on one tire. freightliner cascadia

bad-luck · Jul 28, 2024

Dmytro1998 said: ↑

Hello everyone. Brand new tire 1,5 months old. Noticed two flat concave patches some days ago, after 1000 miles noticed two more. Cascadia front passenger side tire.
Alignment done a month ago
Bushings are good
Brakes are good
Shocks good
TA service has no idea what’s wrong
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I wouldn't trust what the TA says. Take it to a spring shop and have them check it out.

snowwy · Jul 28, 2024

OlegMel said: ↑

You need to center your brake drum and wheel on the hub. If brake drum isn't centered than drum will be out of round on the hub and will lock up when empty. Also a wheel that’s not centered will have uneven wear as well as sometimes cupping. at the same time when wheel and drum aren’t centered you’ll have balance issues.
If I were you, I’d start from there and do a rotation.
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He doesn't appear to have a brake issue..I thought something along those lines without realizing he included a picture.

Siinman · Jul 28, 2024

blairandgretchen said: ↑

Maybe it's just the dust on the tire, but it looks to me like the 2nd and 4th rib are spotted, not the 3rd (middle rib).

Weirdest thing I've seen in a tire if I'm seeing it correctly.
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That is what my firestones did. Never seen anything like it before.

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