Thread: Is this tyre buggered?

Originally Posted by weeds

i sliced a bfg at and got another 12 months out of it before water got into the steel belts and the tyre failed

That's exactly what I worried about.

I wouldn't rush to the tyre shop tomorrow but I would replace it.

Hi WhiteD3,
I wouldn't trust it at 100kmh.
I have 5 Goodyears siting in the shed if you are interested 1 has never been on the
road the other 4 have done 30,000 Ks.
PM me if you are interested.

Bigmac

i think that tyre as a whole has almost reached the end of days anyway.

Put on back and drive as long as you can.

Seen much worse.

This is not to be used as a gude or court of law though.

Tread carefully with tyres.

get it?

tbh i dont think its too bad, best have a look deeper into the cut and if you can see damage to belts, scrap it, if not, put it on the rear and drive it till its buggered

Nah, she's all good. I love the sparks at night when the steel is poking through

Don't ask me. I'm a tight ass. I would keep it until it exploded.

Just had a thought.

BURN OUT TYRE

There's a challenge in a D3

CC

by the letter of the law yes as you have sidewall damage... (and on the edit you also have scolloping that has reduced the outside edge to below legal)

in reality providing the cut isnt past the depth of the tread blocks or into the first layer of the sidewall re-inforcement probably not But I would relegate it to being rear wheel or spare only.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

In my ongoing quest to provide Goodyear shareholders with increasing revenue, it seems to my untrained eye I might have buggered another tyre.

It's 3 to 4mm deep at the ugly looking bit.

Sage advice and witty comments are welcome.

So your talking of the cut and not the lack of tread (used to seeing 4ed tyres more these days with 10mm plus tread depth) to the outside edge?

Id be way more concernd with the scrubbing on the outside than the cut, unless the cut turns into a flap then you may want to get rid of it.

Originally Posted by mcrover

So your talking of the cut and not the lack of tread (used to seeing 4ed tyres more these days with 10mm plus tread depth) to the outside edge?

Id be way more concernd with the scrubbing on the outside than the cut, unless the cut turns into a flap then you may want to get rid of it.

Thats what I see 2 .... If that tyre looks like that then the rest are at the tail end of there life 2



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