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Re: SEVERE TIRE WEAR- followed by tire blowout at 55mph
Hi all and thanks for the feedback...let me try to provide some more. We not the trailer new January of last year. We estimate we have 12,000 miles on the tires, but the only noticeable tread wear is as reported, down to the belts on the inside. Overloading is the most obvious , but , say: 75 lb clothes , 50 lb dishes, 25 job food, 25 lb of drugs in bathroom, misc stuff in overhead bins , say 25 lb, 70 lb for propane tanks, 30 lb for batteries, we are at 300 lb , add in a small easy chair we added , say 70lb, and we are rated for 572 lb....which must surely have a bit of leeway on the high side, say 40 lb so we find it hard to get that high. Also, the question of how long it would take to cause this arises, being as if it's been going on since day one, well that's a lot trips to calc weight loads on, but we NEVER go far with anything in tanks before dumping, know that for sure. One more pressing observation : this last trip we,we're just on that this happened on, we travelled through Montreal and those were the WORST HIGHWAYS EVER CONSTRUCTED... we could not believe the shaking and bouncing that was going on with the truck n trailer. Our troubles began about 700 miles later.......just wonderin' ? Re axle stickers... I looked underneath and the Dexter sticker says 2200 lb, which according to one post may be severely under spc'd? I did keep all 4 tires and they are stacked at the dealers beside the trailer. It being Labor Day wknd, nothing will happen until next week, maybe I am just doom and glooming for no good reason... There are posts that say Dexter is very good at replacing axles and Jayco has done it thru them with no problem, so maybe it will all work out.... No harm in gathering all this,info you folks are providing and I am learning a lot, and maybe it can help,someone else who may have had or is having problems like this?511Views0likes0CommentsSEVERE TIRE WEAR- followed by tire blowout at 55mph
To recap, we were driving in Maine , near the end of a 2,000 mile, three week road trip, when a tire blew to shreds on my Jayco x23b. As the very nice AAA guy was putting the spare on my left rear of a dual axle set, he pointed out We Had a much bigger problem....all the other three tires were worn right down to the steel belt showing, all on the INSIDE of the tires. So, we crawled to a tire dealer in Harrington,Me, where we met another super nice and honest guy who ordered four Goodyear ST175/80r13's for next day delivery. His price was LOWER than the Walmart online price! Then, we limped into Bangor,Maine, to McKays RV , a Jayco dealer, who said he could take a look the next day, so we once again overnighted unscheduled. Mike Sr, another super decent and honest guy, told us we were ok to drive the remaining 600 miles to my dealer in Ontario, but that I should get new axles and new tires , under warranty , the two year one from Jayco, once we got back. We drove back all the way at 50mph or so on the brand new Goodyears, without a problem, but presumably with the tires wearing unevenly once again. So now my trailer is sitting at my dealer's,waiting for inspection . Questions I have, begging for feedback: 1. The Dexter axle manual says that when all tires wear out on the inside of the tire,it's due to 'loss of camber' and alignment is the remedy.Anyone else had something like this happen to them? 2. Steve, Mike's service manager told me they don't do alignment, they replace the axles. Has anyone had any experience with axle replacement? We are still in the two year warranty period. 3. I am fearing I am going to get told there's nothing wrong with the axles by my dealer, who is fairly small and is having a trailer axle guy from down the road look at it. Can anyone suggest what would be my next step? 4. I've done a lot of reading about this and it seems there are tons of measurements that can be taken, but with my pea brain, I find it hard to understand what's what. If I get given a bunch of numbers, is there anyone here who can interpret them for me? Or can you tell me what numbers I should be asking for, with respect to camber, axle bend, etc? 5. Overloading was not and never has been an issue with my towing. On the day when the tire blew out while driving, there was not more than 400 lb in and on the trailer, including propane tanks and batteries, and my side sticker says my max is 572 added lbs. We've never ever had enough extra weight in the trailer to get anywhere near that. Would anyone agree with me that when all four tires wear all evenly in the same place down to the belts exposed, overloading in this scenario is anyway highly unlikely ? 6. Ever since we got the trailer, I've noticed that the rear tires are tilted off-vertical when parked, especially when parked on an angle. I've always been told 'that's normal'... Anybody else ever noticed this degree of 'camber'? 7. Some would say, well you should have noticed that when you periodically checked your tires. A month ago when I was towing home thru my city, a guy followed me home to tell me he thought my tires were 'bent on an unhealthy angle' while driving. He and I both looked from the back and it was noticeable but not excessively while parked. We certainly didn't see any belts showing on the tires. I called my dealer the next day and was told 'that's normal. Also when I tightened all the wheel lugs before leaving for this recent trip , I never noticed any wear on the inside of any tire. Either it wasn't there or its in a place when you just can't see it without pulling the tire off. My question here is, how long would it take for all 4 tires to wear this badly... A long period of time, eg 10,000 miles, or could it happen in just a few hundred miles of driving? Sorry for the length, but my reading of these forums tells me there are some very intelligent and knowledgable folks out there who can help me get through this. At the very least, we've all been there (or somewhere around there) and done something like this. If You are one of the experts on this, or have had a similar experience, please post?4.4KViews0likes19Comments
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