Tire puzzler
I can't seem to remember seeing a posting from someone having just had their RV tires replaced commenting on what horrible shape the interior of those carcasses were. Or perhaps even that they wer...
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10forty2 wrote:
I've had two...yes two...2... blowouts....45 days apart. About $6K worth of damage altogether....NOT including the tires. The first was due to old tires (about 9 years) that were on the coach when I bought it. The second was a faulty BRAND NEW tire, one of the 5 new ones that were purchased after the first blowout, although the manufacturer didn't admit fault, they paid the claim.
I really don't care what they look like...at 7 years they are going to be replaced...PERIOD!
Okay..back to the regularly scheduled programming.... ;-)
"Blowout" is common term for Sidewall Flex Failure. Sometimes the term is improperly used when talking about any tire failure.
Steel body tires commonly found on Class-A RV suffer fatigue of the steel and can look like this.
The tire might suffer larger sidewall damage if not discovered soon (many times in dual position) In this example the Root Cause was a leaking valve.
A TPMS would provide warning of the air loss.
Tires simply do not fail due to "old age". There may be degradation of the belt "skim" rubber due to excess heat or other evidence that would allow an experiences tire forensic engineer to form an opinion on the real root cause.
