Thread: Out of Date Tyres

The tyres on my MF 165 were most likely made around 1967 (only has 1400hrs on it) and they're still pretty good.

DL

Originally Posted by Homestar

Some tyre centres try this on now if you take a tyre in for repair - happened to my neighbour when she did this. They said it was ‘out of date’ and she would need to replace all 4 tyres - she called me and I told her to hand the phone over to whoever was telling her this - I set him straight pretty quick and he said ‘It was a recommendation only’ but my neighbour said they didn’t want to give her car back until she agreed to buy a new set of tyres. Bloody thieves IMO.

My local Bob Jane refused to repair a flat tyre as it was "unevenly worn" and "almost down to the wear buttons". It was not near the wear buttons. Now I don't pay for expensive high performance tyres to throw them away half worn. I had not repaired a tyre myself for probably thirty years. I went home and used my hydraulic press to break the bead, checked the inside and fitted a plug. Back on the rim and used a die grinder and a v-shaped small wheel to remove the wear buttons. Got another 12,000 k's out of it and the rest of the set. I sorted out the uneven wear by spinning the tyres left to right on the rim and wearing out the thicker side. I now wish I hadn't sold my regrooving iron.

I have just ordered new tyres for my box trailer.
The tyres have plenty of tread & look fine but have been on the trailer for 10 years & were near new second hand when they went on.
So, I just don't trust them any more & with tyres trust & confidence means more than saving a few bob.

Jonesfam
PS And changing tyres on a roadside is a pain.

Originally Posted by goingbush

Speaking of cheap Chinese tyres, I bought a set of 5 x Evergreen ES89 LT 215-85R16 from Tyroola @ $75 each , Whole set including delivery $445, ive only had them a few months & a few thousand km , but jeez I'm impressed , I can't fault them , Better in the slippery stuff than the luggy tyres I had on before too.

Why risk driving on old tyres or retreads when these are so cheap.

I had a similar experience with WinRun tyres.

Can you still buy Re-treads?
I thought that was a truck only thing these days.
Jonesfam

This thread is timely for me.

Yesterday I got a flat on one of my 235/85/16s Dunlop Silent Armors. They are about 10 years old and have been good.

I only got about 2 min down the road and heard/felt the flat tyre. Pulled over immediately. I was only going slow at the time, up hill approaching a roundabout.

I was surprised to see the tyre wall was badly cracked all the way around and tread started separating.

I suppose I put the condition down to age.

Originally Posted by goingbush

Speaking of cheap Chinese tyres, I bought a set of 5 x Evergreen ES89 LT 215-85R16 from Tyroola @ $75 each , Whole set including delivery $445, ive only had them a few months & a few thousand km , but jeez I'm impressed , I can't fault them , Better in the slippery stuff than the luggy tyres I had on before too.

Why risk driving on old tyres or retreads when these are so cheap.

While I agree with most of what you’re saying, in some instances cheap and cheerful isn’t an option - like my 101. I’m not about to drop several thousand dollars every 5 years on that just to keep a tyre company happy and I haven’t found a set of cheap rubber that will fit the standard rims - there are some cheap options in 36 to 37” if you have the rim widened though but then steering becomes even harder and the turning circle is reduced. Also $400 can be quite a bit to some people so to those that struggle to keep a car on the road, they’ll want to wear a set out completely before buying another set at any price and not at a certain time interval. I do get your point though with so many option being available these days. 👍

Last year I had a flat with an 8 year old tyre on the camper so I threw the spare on.
The photo is the 8 year old, never been used, still had the blue stripe around it, always covered, spare tyre after about 15 klm. This was on the Pacific H'way, northbound near Tugun. There was nowhere to pull off so I had to drive for about 2 klms with it.

When I checked the other camper tyre, there were stress marks on it as well. When it was removed from the wheel, on the inside of the sidewall were significant cracks, not visible externally. Admittedly we had travelled some pretty rocky and corrugated roads. (With lower tyre pressure)
Ended up having to buy 3 new tyres.
It wasn't as though the tyres had been sitting for any length of time as we use the camper regularly and have the stabilisers down when garaged.
Going by my experience, I'm of the opinion that age does matter.