RE: Sidewall cracks

From: Mr. Plow (adam_is_mr_plow@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:05:05 EDT


I forgot you had a balancer!
You are very quickly running out of excuses there Mr. Steiger...
lololol

The Adam Blaster
Two words, figure it out.....

> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> From: jon@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Sidewall cracks
> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:06:59 +0000
>
>
> "Mr. Plow" wrote:
>
>
>
>> Hey Jon,
>
>> Sidewall cracking as you describe is fairly common and is usually
>> the result of heat/sun exposure when the tire is stationary. For
>> whatever reason, normal heating of the carcass of the tire when the
>> vehicle is in motion is much more normal and acceptable to the
>> longevity of the tire. If the cracking is just in the surface
>> layers of the rubber on the sidewall, or tread for that matter, it's
>> not a big deal. If those cracks are getting bigger, and noticebly
>> starting to penetrate to the deeper layers of th tire, junk them.
>> They may last quite a while, or they may fail and blow out on you
>> while you're pulling a trailer doing 70.
>
>> The way i gauge how deep the cracking is, if the rubber that is
>> cracking feels/looks about as thick as a sheet or 2 of psper, no
>> worries. If the rubber is thicker than heavy construction paper,
>> i'd look at dumping those tires.
>
>
> Thanks, Adam! The rear tires seem fine, maybe because there
> isn't anywhere near as much weight on them, plus there are 4 of them
> to distribute the load versus two up front. Since its a dually, I'm
> not too concerned about a rear tire blowout as long as it didn't take
> out the tire next to it. :-) The fronts though...
>
> One of the front tires is worse than the other, but I've been
> eyeing both of them with a bit of suspicion for a while now. Between
> not driving the truck very much and just being swamped here, I'm sure
> I won't get around to doing anything about it before the BBQ, so I'm
> sure you'll get a chance to look at them and chew me out for not
> chucking them a long time ago. ;-) There are a lot of small cracks
> which sound like not a big deal based on your description, but there
> are a couple of pretty deep ones too, one of which is following a sort
> of mold/character line.
>
> Of course, with 6 tires to change, that can get pricey, especially
> since they are an 80psi highway style tire. :-( Once I get around to
> doing something about it, probably what I will do is to take a good
> look at the rears and if I can get away with it, maybe I will just
> replace the fronts. Last year, I actually did pick up a set of HD
> truck style cones for my balancer to be able to balance these wheels,
> so at least I started to take *some* steps towards putting things
> right. :-)
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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