[T3] Tire failure?

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Tue Jan 18 06:37:20 PST 2011


I have to run tubes in my used Michelins since I'm running knockoff
wire wheels, but the Tubes make me feel safer when I'm cornering hard.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dennis Stiefel <dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org> wrote:
> On 1/17/2011 8:03 PM, Russ W wrote:
>>
>> On 1/17/2011 6:28 PM, Chris Slaymaker wrote:
>>>
>>> When I bought Foster a few years ago, it came with nearly new tires.  I
>>> think they're made by Kelly - a brand called "Arizonian".
>>>
>>> Two months ago, I had a blowout and replaced it with a Nexen of similar
>>> specs.  (I hadn't heard of them much.)
>>>
>>> Last month, another of those tires went flat while driving to work (in
>>> the bitter cold).  I took it to a reputable mo-and-pop tire place and the
>>> called to tell me that the sidewall was about to fail on it (probably in
>>> similar fashion as the previous tire).
>>>
>>> So I've lost two tires in about as many months.  Still plenty of good
>>> tread on them.  Do these tires have a "history"?
>>
>> What were the date codes on the tires?  Tires do have a shelf life.
>> Especially UV rays.
>> My 69 when I bought it, had a set of near new tread Michelin XZX tires.
>>  But, they were old.  Within 6 months, 2 of them had failed, and the other 2
>> were showing signs cracking.
>> So, I shelled out the money, and bought a set of Coopers. Made in USA.
>> My 73 when I bought it, I put Kumhos' on it.  They are OK, but I seem to
>> have to air them periodically if the car sits without being driven.
>>
> It been my experience that Michelin's although a good tire seem to dry rot
> faster than others. Don't know if any else has had this problem with this
> brand or it just me. A friend of mine had a shop with a nitrogen compressor
> fill all his tires up on his SUV 4 years 60,000 miles ago and clams they are
> still good. The nitrogen is suppose slow down dry rotting and how fast a
> tire can leak down. Though about trying this my self.
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