Hi All,
Yesterday my driver side rear tyre essentially disintegrated when I was driving home. Fortunately I had a fully-functional space saver (Thank God) and I replaced the wheel.
This is what I was greeted with as I removed the wheel with the damaged tyre:
Now I have had tyre punctures in the past, but nothing quite like this. I've seen this before on other cars but never understood why it happens. I had the valve replaced two weeks ago on this very wheel. Could this have made an impact (it drove fine for two weeks, so I'm inclined to think not)? I'm not sure what pressure it was pumped up to by the tyre shop, but could a high tyre pressure + motorway driving cause the tyre to "rip" itself like this?
Maybe the fact that the car was still being driven, even after I noticed a slight pulling, just killed the tyre?
It is a shame, was a good tyre, still had 5mm tread.
Yesterday my driver side rear tyre essentially disintegrated when I was driving home. Fortunately I had a fully-functional space saver (Thank God) and I replaced the wheel.
This is what I was greeted with as I removed the wheel with the damaged tyre:
Now I have had tyre punctures in the past, but nothing quite like this. I've seen this before on other cars but never understood why it happens. I had the valve replaced two weeks ago on this very wheel. Could this have made an impact (it drove fine for two weeks, so I'm inclined to think not)? I'm not sure what pressure it was pumped up to by the tyre shop, but could a high tyre pressure + motorway driving cause the tyre to "rip" itself like this?
Maybe the fact that the car was still being driven, even after I noticed a slight pulling, just killed the tyre?
It is a shame, was a good tyre, still had 5mm tread.