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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
I agree...
If you want to test this theory, take one rear shock off from your car, and drive it to about 50 mph, and you will experience the wheel hop that otherwise is been suppresed by the shock.... But seriously, you dont need to test that yourself, just look on the highway and eventually you will see a pick up truck with shocks worn out enough so that you can see the wheel hop. That is what cause tire cupping, and enough shake to cause you to loose some grip on the highway too.
If you want to test this theory, take one rear shock off from your car, and drive it to about 50 mph, and you will experience the wheel hop that otherwise is been suppresed by the shock.... But seriously, you dont need to test that yourself, just look on the highway and eventually you will see a pick up truck with shocks worn out enough so that you can see the wheel hop. That is what cause tire cupping, and enough shake to cause you to loose some grip on the highway too.
Something has to deflect the wheel to cause the suspension to move. Reasonably balanced and round tires on a perfectly flat surface would not result in suspension movement. Unfortunately, we don't drive on perfectly flat surfaces.
That's what causes suspension deflections, not tire rotation.
That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.
