Tire Won't Hold Air

[bdosborn]

Any ideas why this tire won't hold air? I checked it before we left and it was fine.




Bruce

[GTS225]

Looks like you have a separated belt. You can usually tell by watching the tread while you rotate it. Many times, there will be a "jog" in the tread. Time to replace it.

Roger

[bdosborn]

Time to replace it.

Thanks, for the tip, I was going to run it for a while longer but I guess I'll replace it.

Bruce

[gudmund]

surprised to see the fender is still there.........................

[retep]

Just curious. May I ask what brand / size tire that was? Sure hope nothing happened to you.

Cheers Peter


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[bdosborn]

I came out of it a lot better than I could have, that's for sure. The wheel well needs some paint where it was rubbed off and there's a 1" hole I need to patch. Remarkably, the wheel is fine. A couple of vehicles that were lining up to pass me me jammed on their skids and suddenly everyone was backing away from me. I was wondering why when I saw a bunch of blue smoke in the rear view mirror. Then I saw the tire tread explode off the sidewalls in the side mirror and I managed to get us off the highway immediately, thank goodness. I never heard a thing and it didn't affect the truck at all. I wouldn't have known it happened if I hadn't seen it.

Bruce

[bdosborn]

Just curious. May I ask what brand / size tire that was?

Kumho Radial 857 I got from the Tire Rack. These were supposed to be a good replacement after my Goodyear Marathons blew up but it looks like other people have been having problems too.

Tire Rack Reviews

ST205/75R14, load range C.

Bruce

[retep]

Wow quite the experience! Glad to hear you were safe. Always been a fear of mine to lose a tire on the highway. Not realizing it right away would suggest to me that you have a well balanced trailer.

Take care
Peter


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[Modstock]

May be time to upgrade to 15" tires.

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[bdosborn]

Probably will, I sized the wheel wells to accept them.
Bruce