Tyre out of round
Submitted: Saturday, Feb 17, 2007 at 17:58
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fly
If this question has been answered before, my apologies. Direction to the answer appreciated.
I use my 80 Series Landcruiser almost exclusively on bitumen to get to
limestone tracks to go on
the beach. Tyres are fully inflated except on sand and are re-inflated immediately on return to tracks.
Otherwise it's parked in my driveway.
The last four times I have bought tyres it was because one has gone out of round
well before tread required replacement. One shot tyre means buying two.
Various brands used but not top end, expensive ones as advice from tyre people suggests no real advantage, given my use.
Originally used to deflate for tracks, but advised exaggerated flexing on deflated tyres causes ply adhesive to "let go", causing air bubbles and "out of round" problem.
I therefore adopted the practice of only deflating for sand, but the problem has arisen again.
Any thoughts?
Reply By: fly - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:53
Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:53
Rod,
According to Steve ( the first reply ) it's because yout BFG's are cheap. I suspect you might dispute that. Comments of the uninformed!!
Have you had any "informed" or "expert" opinions on why this is occurring?
Beware, I've had the same issue with apparently smoothing out at speed on the highway, but it eventually "let go" at 90kpm going up a
hill ( nice place to change wheel ) and completely ruptured. Subsequently advised the heated air allows bubble to smooth out some but actually causes ply to further separate and eventually totally compromises the tyre integrity causing the full rupture and potential vehicle damage as
well as likely accident from loss of control.
Now I change tyre immediatley but am frustrated that it should even happen.
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