Charles
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If the sidewall doesn't form an angle as it rolls in toward the wheel bead, what on earth do people suppose will provide lateral control to keep the tire centered on the wheel?
If the sidewall is straight, it would be like strapping a vehicle down to a trailer with the straps all running straight vertically from trailer to the attachment point on the vehicle.
You don't run straps like that for the same reason that you want your sidewalls to actually have some diagonal angle to them. That is unless you like to feel the truck squirm around as the wheels rock back and forth inside the tires with the straight sidewalls flopping to one side, then the other trying to stabilize the side-loading forces during a turn.
If the sidewall is straight, it would be like strapping a vehicle down to a trailer with the straps all running straight vertically from trailer to the attachment point on the vehicle.
You don't run straps like that for the same reason that you want your sidewalls to actually have some diagonal angle to them. That is unless you like to feel the truck squirm around as the wheels rock back and forth inside the tires with the straight sidewalls flopping to one side, then the other trying to stabilize the side-loading forces during a turn.
