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  1. 2nd April 2020, 08:56 PM #1
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    My tyre melted

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    bought four new in April 2019, I work from home so I don’t do large kms - in four years I had done 60,000km so let’s assume 15k for that 12 months as well as I see no reason why it would be different.

    Left for a big trip in January, a few e weeks in but sub 1000km I noticed the fronts were looking low (very even wear) so I swapped them front to back in Melbourne two weeks later (add 1000km)

    2500km later the rears (old front tyres) were shot so I had them replaced

    the fronts (old rears) were low but still decent tread

    today, driving 400km the front left melted away, the front right which was identical this morning is still ok, albeit low. Temp was 35C outside

    has this happened before? That puts these tyres at max 25k km, which isn’t great but the rate this tyre disappeared In just today is more worrying. I’ll put the spare on to get me to Darwin (500km) but if that happens at this rate to the other side I’m going to be stranded before I get there.

    I’m not accustomed to driving long distances in the outback so I don’t know if this is normal. And yes I should carry a second spare but I don’t, thankfully I have road side assistance should I need it.


    Three pics attached. One is the other side, two are the melted tyre
    ps I’m towing a big van up these long straight roads, these are on the front so the weight of fhe van has been on the new tyres at the back
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  2. 2nd April 2020, 09:07 PM #2
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    My tyre melted

    What suspension mode if any were you running?

    When was it last wheel aligned? By who? Did they use TTM?

    What pressures are you using?

    Any “clunks” or slight noises emanating from the front end that have been happening for a while?

    What sort of road? Sealed bitumen?
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    Hi Luke,
    I was wondering how your trip was going with the travel restrictions in place.
    Agree with Tombie. There's something dramatically wrong and I would start with alignment. The tyre wear you showed me in Melbourne didn't make sense and this certainly doesn't.
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    Yeah. Abnormal. I’ve driven fine in 45 degrees etc. your tyres must be toeing in/out a lot to generate that sort of heat plus maybe some overloading to do that to them???
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    That image of the melted tread and the gouge marks on the tyre leads me to believe that the tyre is "Rubbing" on something on the car, Are they oversize tyres or is your suspension set too low or are you running overloaded??
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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster View Post
    Yeah. Abnormal. I’ve driven fine in 45 degrees etc. your tyres must be toeing in/out a lot to generate that sort of heat plus maybe some overloading to do that to them???
    And incorrect pressures,probably too low.
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    They look to have been scruffing badly probably from the toe alignment being significantly out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by trout1105 View Post
    That image of the melted tread and the gouge marks on the tyre leads me to believe that the tyre is "Rubbing" on something on the car, Are they oversize tyres or is your suspension set too low or are you running overloaded??
    Nope. Nothing like that is occurring in that image.

    Fronts - won’t be overloaded
    265/60-18 well inside vehicles clearances
    Can’t run too low even with Llams or equivalent to wear like that over 1,000km (and it wouldn’t drive remotely nicely)

    It will be an alignment or suspension issue.
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    Lots of good questions.
    the alignment I believe is perfect on account of the tyres all wearing very evenly - remember I only just replaced two of them a month ago and they couldn’t have had a more even wear.

    car is not overloaded, we travel very light in the car - myself and my 50kg fiancé, our 2yr old and a waeco fridge mostly empty in the boot - that’s it.

    normal suspension height

    caravan, unsure of ball weight but maybe 250kg tops
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    Sorry and:
    tyre pressure is 40.5 now. I usually have it on 41 so no change
    tyre is 265/60/18
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