what happens when you drive with a flat?

[wewoy_romero]

quick question:

ano ang masisira or mangyayari when you drive with a flat tire? hirap kasi mapansin if you're already running on flat. kanina, it took me around 5-10kms siguro before i noticed na flat pala yung isang gulong ko sa likod. it was ok when i left the house. pero around abad santos, i noticed na parang di pantay and medyo unresponsive ang car. so bumaba ako to check. flat nga. i'm suspecting sa may tullahan bridge along mcarthur highway natusok. open na ang two lanes sa traffic but there's still some rough road leading towards the bridge.

thanks thanks

[mazdamazda]

Well, your sidewalls can get damaged when you do that and can lead to premature tire failure (more so for low-profile tires).

With a lower air pressure inside your tires, it heats up quicker and the weight of the vehicle is magnified greatly.

[wewoy_romero]

thanks mazdamazda. but i was thinking not of the rubber. other stuff like the suspension or the rims. di ko naman hinataw after the bridge kasi there was really no chance to do that. probably fastest you can drive was around 40kph.

[mazdamazda]

Ummm... it defines how you define a "flat".

Flat as in 0-10psi?

Or 11-20psi?

For the suspension, I don't think that there would a problem. For your rims, if it encountered a large pothole or something you can crack it.

[niky]

The rear suspension on a front-drive compact won't take much punishment from that. There's so little weight on those rear tires that it often takes a long time to find out that you have a flat... (as you've just experienced).

Problems would arise if you hit a pothole with that flat. You would bend the rim, at least. At the worst, you would have a busted suspension bushing or wheel bearing.

[MXFX]

early this year nasabugan ako sa likod habang nasa highway. pagsabog, kinaladkad ko tatlong lane papunta sa kanan, sabog ang goma pero wala naman nasira kahit rim. (rwd, 4000+lbs, 18inch rims). inis din ako kasi lagi ko iniinspect gulong kada gas.

[wewoy_romero]

well, i just have to inspect the rims later tonight. the suspension seems ok naman when i was already driving with the spare.

di naman flat na 0psi talaga. more than 20psi pa naman siguro, but just by casual visual inspection alam mo na flat. di pa naman sumasayad yung rims sa kalsada. there's still enough air. and i'm sure i didn't encounter any deep potholes hehe. maybe mga small ones lang.

thanks mazdamazda and niky

[banawe]

usually flat tire ndi naman nakaksira ng suspension unless na as in 0 psi flat masisira yung shocks and ball joint mo ... but minor flat like that ... i think yung tire lang ang masisira and rim