Can tyres lose their tread when car parked up for a while?

missile

Have you noticed that chewing gum looses it's flavour on the bedpost overnight?

fred246

Tyres can lose tread if the discs are allowed to go rusty and the driver gets rid of the rust by doing loads of emergency stops.

prowla

fred246 said:

Tyres can lose tread if the discs are allowed to go rusty and the driver gets rid of the rust by doing loads of emergency stops.

You wouldn't do that to get rid of the rust; just gradual braking to make it even around the disc.

prowla

Two things can happen if you leave the car standing:

1. the tyres can lose pressure, so check them when you go out in it again,
2. they can develop a flat spot if the car just sits in the same place for months.

It's also possible that, after years, the rubber could deteriorate/perish.

As mentioned, the brake disks may become rusty, but that should be easy to clear within a mile of driving.

Stubod

...has anybody ever noticed that when tyres do go flat it is always at the bottom??

Belenus

Stubod said:

...the car is probably bored during lockdown so it is choosing to pop out overnight when no one is looking?

..in all seriousness, it is a known fact that due to there chemical composition cheaper tyres can lose tread via "evaporation" if they are left standing for a significant period of time, (although this is mainly during the hotter Summer months).

To prevent this they recommend  wrapping them in old towels if you are not using them for a month or two..

That is such rubbish.

Everyone knows you should wrap them in plastic or bubble wrap. Old towels are absorbent and will draw out the liquid latex from the interstices of solid rubber in the thread.

Stubod

Belenus said:

That is such rubbish.
Everyone knows you should wrap them in plastic or bubble wrap. Old towels are absorbent and will draw out the liquid latex from the interstices of solid rubber in the thread.

...damn, I thought I had been doing it wrong...ta for the top tip.....bubble wrap now on order.

Hopefully as there is air in the bubble wrap it will also prevent the tyres from going down as well...double whammie!!