Tire blew--wow

mowermech wrote:

ReneeG wrote:

bfast54 wrote:
Buy a Tire Pressure Monitoring system (TPMS)

It will alert you when tire loses air..SO YOU CAN slow down, stop before major damage.


I have the Pressure Pro ,out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

BUT,Get one of the systems

Not necessarily the solution - had TPMS and tire separated on us, no warning from the system. Happened that fast.

Yep, been there, did that. Had TPMS on a Jeep Liberty. When the tire went flat, the TPMS alerted AFTER DW pulled over and stopped. But, every time the temperature dropped below freezing, one or more tires alerted.

Isn't it strange that RV builders can not build a wheel well that can survive a tire blow out!

After having a tread let loose a couple of months ago, my wheel well was beat up pretty bad too. I lost the moisture barrier, insulation, part of the subfloor and had shards of debris spread throughout the FW. The tire didn't go flat, but a big piece of it peeled off and slapped the FW pretty bad. Since we lost no air pressure and the tire hadn't over-heated, the TPMS never sounded.

I decided to do the repairs myself and modify the wheel wells so it didn't happen again. Here are some before and after pics:


This photo was taken after putting the spare on and getting to a safe location. The black material showing through the subfloor is the finish flooring inside the FW. The flooring inside was bubbled and wrinked.


After repairing the flooring, subfloor and installing new insulation, I lined the fender wells with 12ga stainless steel plate. If I have another tire failure in the future, this will give me a lot of protection from debris penetrating the FW. I also installed the same protection on the other side. It was very easy to do, and I wonder why manufacturers don't add something similar when they build them?

After this photo was taken, I also took care of all the rust you can see in the picture and next week I'm going to install Goodyear G614 LT tires.

Jim