Can a tire explode from Over-inflation?
DW took her car into the body shop this morning...again...rear ended in the rain while stopped at a light...drivers in this town are terrible, but I digress.... So she gets a min-van rental from on...
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This from Tireman9 tire blog (Roger Marble...rvtiresafety.com)
"Tire Maximum Pressure
Many times people incorrectly think the pressure molded on the tire sidewall to be the maximum tire pressure a tire can tolerate, when in reality you should consider it the minimum pressure needed to carry the load indicated
Tire companies design and test their tires to tolerate pressures much higher than the number molded on the sidewall. For regular passenger tires it is probably close to or above 150psi. Light truck tires will probably be a bit higher and truck tires higher yet. In almost all cases I am aware of, there is a good possibility that the wheel might fail from high pressure before the tire simply explodes from high pressure."
Interesting......
"Tire Maximum Pressure
Many times people incorrectly think the pressure molded on the tire sidewall to be the maximum tire pressure a tire can tolerate, when in reality you should consider it the minimum pressure needed to carry the load indicated
Tire companies design and test their tires to tolerate pressures much higher than the number molded on the sidewall. For regular passenger tires it is probably close to or above 150psi. Light truck tires will probably be a bit higher and truck tires higher yet. In almost all cases I am aware of, there is a good possibility that the wheel might fail from high pressure before the tire simply explodes from high pressure."
Interesting......
