New to me Class C...and Tire Blow out with pics!

Sounds like a good repair plan. If you can post some picks on the end results. :)

Baja Man wrote:
MY valve stems are rubber at least in front. That is what they put in new when tires were replaced on Sat.

Rears have extenders with stainless braided hose that bring both fill valves to center of hub for easy filling. Not sure if the actual valve stems are rubber or metal.

Are the rubber ones bad for these Class C's?

If that were my RV the first thing I would do is take off those hose filler things and toss them in the trash. They are nothing but a leak and a blowout waiting to happen - especially if you have rubber stems.

MY valve stems are rubber at least in front. That is what they put in new when tires were replaced on Sat.

Rears have extenders with stainless braided hose that bring both fill valves to center of hub for easy filling. Not sure if the actual valve stems are rubber or metal.

Are the rubber ones bad for these Class C's?

j-d wrote:
I'd like to say "unbelievable" but this kind of crazy stuff does happen. It was "funny..." We used a friend's Class C while he was deployed overseas. Worked on it mostly, but we still got a lot of weekend trips in. DW and I were both working full time so that was all the time we had. He came in off deployment and decided to buy something different. Offered us an amazing deal on the old Class C (an '84 and this was 2000) and we bought it. None of us had any idea how old the tires were. We hadn't learned Date Code yet. First trip out after we transacted and coach was ours, I drove it to work early in the day, planning one last trip before we got tires. Sun wasn't even up and blew the left rear outer on the interstate. Tore out the fender trim, loosened some fender well, luckily didn't damage the sewer dump. Repaired the damage about the way you describe. But I drove it to a tire shop and we had a little delay getting out of town, and seven new tires.

What kind of TIRE VALVES did the failed tire have, and what kind did Discount Tire install for you? I hope they're METAL!!!

Get thee to CW and get a set of those Dually Valves. Then to Discount and ask them to put them in.

I believe the Right Rear Inner leads the hardest life of all six tires. Like its partner on the Left, it runs out of the better air flow over the other four tires. It has a hot exhaust pipe next to it. AND... once in awhile we drop the Right Rear OUTER off the edge of the pavement. At that point, the INNER inherits the Outer's load and suddenly. So it lives a dull, unappreciated life, punctuated by shock overloads...

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My new to me at the time C had the that blowout and the following day 2 more flats.

Come to find out the valve stems where 'rubber', not even hard plastic but rubber! They were melting in the 114 degree temp in Houston. Some idiot put rubber valve stems on a E450 Class C. :S

I rolled into the first tire shop and had them take those dang things off and put stainless steel valve stems on.

IMHO we should add a valve stem check to the list when advising newbies when they are buying used. I know I did NOT think to check them. If I had, certainly would not have hit the road with them on.

i used sheetmetal to rebuild the front end of my molded plastic wheelwell liner w/ its curved-top and back wall. same wheel blew as yours, but ours took out propane pipes and spewed gallons of it on the hot smoking tire.

was able to do all repairs w/o jacking and removing duallys

Repairing with sheet metal is a good idea. I would leave a gap around the propane pipe so that vibration going down the road doesn't result in metal to metal contact wearing a hole in the propane pipe. Not likely, but why take a chance.

I would also fill the hole in the floor around the propane pipe with spray foam to keep the mice out.

I'd like to say "unbelievable" but this kind of crazy stuff does happen. It was "funny..." We used a friend's Class C while he was deployed overseas. Worked on it mostly, but we still got a lot of weekend trips in. DW and I were both working full time so that was all the time we had. He came in off deployment and decided to buy something different. Offered us an amazing deal on the old Class C (an '84 and this was 2000) and we bought it. None of us had any idea how old the tires were. We hadn't learned Date Code yet. First trip out after we transacted and coach was ours, I drove it to work early in the day, planning one last trip before we got tires. Sun wasn't even up and blew the left rear outer on the interstate. Tore out the fender trim, loosened some fender well, luckily didn't damage the sewer dump. Repaired the damage about the way you describe. But I drove it to a tire shop and we had a little delay getting out of town, and seven new tires.

What kind of TIRE VALVES did the failed tire have, and what kind did Discount Tire install for you? I hope they're METAL!!!

Get thee to CW and get a set of those Dually Valves. Then to Discount and ask them to put them in.

I believe the Right Rear Inner leads the hardest life of all six tires. Like its partner on the Left, it runs out of the better air flow over the other four tires. It has a hot exhaust pipe next to it. AND... once in awhile we drop the Right Rear OUTER off the edge of the pavement. At that point, the INNER inherits the Outer's load and suddenly. So it lives a dull, unappreciated life, punctuated by shock overloads...

I think you have a good repair plan.

Doesn't sound like cheap tires but a low tire going flat and ultimately if you continue driving they blow out.

That said Same thing happened to me with one of the dually tires.. GS sent out a guy to put the spare on. No visual damage to the RV just the blown tire. I went up to the truck stop and got a cup of coffee. Came back and he was done. He put a tire on, I sure didn't think I needed to look at the new tire on. So....

I Jumped in and decided to get gas while I was there. Pulled up to the pump and started fueling as I looked down I saw the dreaded flow of blue water. :R

I opened the sewage bay door and :E it looked like a bomb went off inside. The blown tire had ripped off the inside side of the sewage bay and tore everything inside apart, valves, pipes side of bay bottom of sewage bay etc.

Aside from the fact that the road side emergency guy HAD TO HAVE SEEN THAT while he was under there putting the new tire on and why he chose not to tell me.....now I had to get going and tape up the mess so I could get back on the road.


......have you checked your sewage system thoroughly to make sure that blow tire didn't crack something? Even a hairline crack around the valves can cause you problems. Check it out. Hope it's all ok.

Not a Class C owner but repairs are spot on