Tire flat spot
Looking for some quick advice. We're on a trip and I just noticed at a gas stop we have a large flat spot on one of our 5th wheel tires. I heard the tires squeal when we were stopping, and tried to t...
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op wrote:
. My question is: Can I replace the bad tire with a different brand of truck tire? And leave all the rest the same. The others have 6000 miles on them and are one year old. If not can I just change the other tire on the same axle. Or do you have to have all four the same brand of tire on the trailer.
If they all need to be the same,where do I find a Rv trailer tire because It's not in my budget to change all 4 right now. Awaiting your insight. Thanks!
Sure.... but keep in mind the one tire has a different tread pattern and can have different traction during hard braking events especially on wet pavement.
I would find the reason why just one tire had the flat spot. Chancer are it will flat spot again.
Generally flat spotting occurs on a tire on the front axle from braking rotational forces of the rear axle through the equalizer bar which tends to lift the front axle a bit.
