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tire failure
no imbedded material in these punctures. seems odd about the smaller one. also there is considerable wear only in this location, almost down to wear bar. Is this a tire failure given the two punctures or road debris one the large puncture? repairable?
only 6000 miles 3 years old
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9 Replies
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John, More than likely a road hazard induced carcass separation. Not repairable and thank the good Lord it hasn’t blown out and caused damage to your coach, replace it.
JimH
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
What kind of tires?
Jeff and Lindsay
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John
You definitely have a bad wear pattern. The low spot on the side of the tire compared to the deep thread you have in the center could be a balance issue or something in the front end.
That could influence the tears or you picked something up in that spot.
Do you have a shimmy at any speed?
Need to figure out what the bad wear pattern is caused by.
Later
bv
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Just a WAG …..this tire was located on right front ?
AL
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does it have ifs?
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Or was it on the TAG axle????
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Everyone should be aware some wear patterns are normal. A little history knowledge is valuable.
A lot of owners have expressed concerns over what appears to be a bad wear pattern on Michelin 315 tires. It is normal to see the outer two ribs seem to wear more than the inner tread ribs. That is normal. I say that assuming all affected coaches are using the correct tire pressures.
Michelin responded to their customer’s concerns when they designed the 365 tires for later model coaches. They created a tread design with the outer tread and associated “decoupling groove” so the tread wear would be even across the tread. That design change worked, but unfortunately led to a different problem. On 365 tires slow full lock turns had the potential to tear the outer tread from the tire are the decoupling groove, resulting in chunks of tread missing. That looked horrible, but according to Michelin was not a safety factor.
The point being different tire tread designs have wear characteristics that when viewed are troubling. So before leaping on what might be a normal wear problem look first to see if it is normal (a dealer can assess that) and focus on the apparent road hazard caused damage.
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Nice to see you back A1.
If that flat spot , losing 18/32 of thread in 6000 miles is normal wear I’ll buy a Liberty.
Later
bv
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Looks maybe like a broken steel belt in the face of the tire,
should have noticed a little bounce in the front end
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