Slight Bubbling on Sidewall
Submitted: Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 14:09
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Member - Kroozer (WA)
Howdy all, went up to
Cape Leveque other day. Did the right thing and dropped my pressures for the corrugations, down to about 33 psi. Before i drove back i noticed that one of the rears had a slight bubble in the sidewall, only about 1-2mm high, but still i wasnt happy. I kept my speed down and did everything right.
What causes this? Heat, Speed, Poor Tyres, Corrugations? Tyres are only 3 months old, and are the new Bridgestone Dueler 694s, but not L/T. Im not impressed, as every other car on the trip left there tyres at 40psi and went flat out and not a problem. After inspecting all tyres i can sort of feel another tiny raise on the other side rear too.
The thing i really wanna know is, is it safe to still drive at highway speeds as i need to do 400km this afternoon. And i cant get 2 new tyres today.
Pretty sure whatever i get next will be L/T thats for sure, not happy.
17'' tyres dont come cheap.
Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 14:30
Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 14:30
Well you found out 3 things on the trip from reading your post.
1 The idiots who went flat out tend to make the corrugations
2 33 lb is too high 25-28 would be better
3 LT are the way to go at any price.
PS we saw a nearly new Prado that had been to the Cape Loose bits everywhere.
We flew over it on the way back from Horizontal Falls, much more comfortable and our teeth are still in one piece.
We thought it a long way to go to see nothing but another beach.
It may be a bit of delamination I wouldnt drive too fast but if you have to I guess you have to. Some tyres are not smooth all over any way.
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Follow Up By: Member - Kroozer (WA) - Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 14:40
Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 14:40
Yeah L/T are, but when i needed new tyres the 694 L/T werent available yet. Had the 693 L/T for years with no dramas at all so thought i would stick with Bridgestone. I was carrying a little bit of weight thats the only reason i only dropped to 33psi.
After all these years of never altering tyre pressures no matter what over any terrain, and only ever getting one puncture and one sidewall split, i dont know if i can be stuffed playing with pressures now. I never touched the old 693s and they never ever gave me any problems at all.
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Reply By: Rockape - Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 14:58
Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 14:58
Kroozer you have a warrenty claim, I run 28psi on the dirt if corrugtions are present. Have run up to 500 k at times with speeds around 80 kph and weighing in at around 3 tonne.
Have never had a tyre issue
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Reply By: Trevor R (QLD) - Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 15:05
Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 15:05
Take it back to the dealer you bought it from. Tyres that new would still be under replacement warranty if you have not done too many k's on them. Seems to me as if you followed most regular precautions so this should not have been your problem. As for driving anywhere on a tyre with a bubble, avoid it if at all possible or go as slow as you can to get you out of trouble.
I have about 6000 km's (in 3 weeks) on the new 694 LT duelers (the 10 ply jobs) and all seems great as far as I am concerned. Like you I am a Dueler fan after many years of good service from 693's.
Good luck with them.
Trevor.
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Reply By: Kumunara (NT) - Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 16:32
Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 16:32
Kroozer
I have never had trouble with tyres on the
Cape Leveque Road.
From what you say you have done the right thing.
Others have suggested that it is a faulty tyre. That is probable. Take it back to the dealer. It would be interested to know if it is a faulty tyre and if they cover it.
Tjilpi
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 21:32
Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 21:32
Slight bubble like this? and these are LT tyres.
Sometimes tyres just do it. These were still holding air after a 45km trip back to
camp.
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 22:42
Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 22:42
Cooper, the great off road tyre!
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Follow Up By: nsngood - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 00:33
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 00:33
that looks pretty messy
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Follow Up By: trainslux - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 10:51
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 10:51
Looks like driving too fast for the tyre pressure, and the tyre overheated, and has caused this problem.
Have seen simmilar, and worse on other tyres that were not coopers.
Cant blame a tyre failure on poor driving practice.
Trains
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 13:36
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 13:36
that looks very much like it has been run flat but hasnt quite got to the stage where they give up all the way round then re inflated
got to admit though ive seen several tyres like it personally and along with every photo ive seen they have all been coopers
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Follow Up By: Ross H (QLD) - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 18:13
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 18:13
Hey Bonz
You should sell them to LUCY just tell him they are the latest coopers with side wall biters. They would look good on the Droopcarier.LOL.
Rossco
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 18:25
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 18:25
Nope guys, this happened when driving across a very rocky area at around 15kmh tops, the tyre wasnt run flat, it still has the same pressure in it in this pic as it did when it suffered this damage, I was amazed it stayed inflated.
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 18:27
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 18:27
Lucy saw it and ordered three
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Follow Up By: Ross H (QLD) - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 19:34
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 19:34
I thought he would have ordered two as the front end of the droopcarier spends most of its time up on the hoist getting fitted with new springs and axials after falling in holes.
rossco
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Reply By: Member - Kroozer (WA) - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 00:47
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 00:47
Yeah cheers all, i will give the Bridgestone dealer a ring tomorrow and see what he says. Just covered 300kms and tyre is still in same condition, didnt get worse thank christ. See how it goes tomorrow.
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark (Tamworth NSW) - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 21:02
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 21:02
Kroozer
A Bridgestone Tyre engineer told me the Min inflation on 694 Passenger construction is 26psi, (weight dependent), you could have dropped yours below 33. The min inflation the engineer said for LTs I run is 34psi.
Adam Plante from the
Pink Roadhouse maintains you can go much lower than what Bridgestone said, as Bridgestone would be catering for 100km/hr bitumen, where as you would (?) be going much slower. The biggest enemy when deflating is heat generated by flexing, feel your tyres and adjust pressures if they feel they are getting hot.
With all the good advertising you have been giving Bridgestone up until this they should pay you!
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Reply By: HGMonaro - Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 10:34
Monday, Oct 05, 2009 at 10:34
agree with the others, sounds like a defect. let is know what's the outcome of taking them back.
My passenger D694's have done 55K (using a 6 tyre 'semi' rotation... 2 have always been on the car, the other 2 were swapped for the spares after about 35K. I should probably do another rotation sometime). I have at times given them a hard time and don't change the pressures much (usually run 36psi)
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