I was About To Learn Something And Then POOF
A recent thread on tires was started by a generous poster who was passing on his knowledge of tires. I was reading his posts and actually learning about tires when POOF the whole thread was removed be...
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And in that spirit:
Someone asked a question about River Wear:
River wear is also called Erosion Wear or Channel Wear.
The edges of a tread element are not as well supported as the centers of that same tread element. So the edges of a rib will wear faster than the center.
Slow wear aggravates the situation - and free rolling tires wear much slower the drive tires.
Mis-alignment aggravates the situation as does underinflation.
This issue is not confined to any brand. It has more to do with the tread pattern. Ribbed tires are prone to this, especially if the edges of the rib have some sort of bric-a-brac about it - that is plain jane straight ribs are less prone to this than ribbed tires with an interesting pattern.
Fix? Rotation. Alignment. More inflation pressure. Different model of tire.
If you want to ask a question about tires, post it in a separate thread. I'll be watching for those.
Someone asked a question about River Wear:
River wear is also called Erosion Wear or Channel Wear.
The edges of a tread element are not as well supported as the centers of that same tread element. So the edges of a rib will wear faster than the center.
Slow wear aggravates the situation - and free rolling tires wear much slower the drive tires.
Mis-alignment aggravates the situation as does underinflation.
This issue is not confined to any brand. It has more to do with the tread pattern. Ribbed tires are prone to this, especially if the edges of the rib have some sort of bric-a-brac about it - that is plain jane straight ribs are less prone to this than ribbed tires with an interesting pattern.
Fix? Rotation. Alignment. More inflation pressure. Different model of tire.
If you want to ask a question about tires, post it in a separate thread. I'll be watching for those.
