stealthstylz
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Oct 28, 2007 19:07:34 GMT
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Was on my way to the NSRA swapmeet this morning doing about 85mph down the M1. Just before the Meadowhall junction there was a large bang, the car dropped and I skidded across 3 lanes luckily missing everything and pulled in the hard shoulder. The O/S rear tyre was flat. I wasn't risking getting mown down by a passing car so I drove off the motorway to change the tyre. This is the one that came off.  Its a tubeless tyre with an inner tube in. The tube has gone and took most of the sidewall with it. Few pics from earlier when I took it out of the car.    Check the size of the split in the tube!!!!!!!!! That wasn't the end of it as the spare went flat too after about 5 minutes. I stopped at a garage and its currently got about 45psi in and its not gone down lol. Matt |
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Oct 28, 2007 19:12:31 GMT
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Check the date code I bet that tyre is at least 15 years old!!!
Lucky lucky man
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mowzer
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Oct 28, 2007 19:14:42 GMT
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I have heard of tyres with tubes doing that before at speed  Its something to do with heat build up of I was told  Glad all was ok tough mate  |
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2007 19:15:15 GMT by mowzer
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stealthstylz
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Oct 28, 2007 19:15:46 GMT
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Yep I checked them all they're all fairly old but they're not cracked and still fairly supple. Good enough reason to put the alloys on though.
Matt
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Oct 28, 2007 19:19:41 GMT
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Yikes Definatly using mine at crusing speed then  Why were you running tubes? They don't look particularly stretched? |
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2007 19:26:57 GMT by HoTWire
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Mr S
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Oct 28, 2007 19:20:41 GMT
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Yikes! Glad you made it out the other side ok!!
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stealthstylz
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Oct 28, 2007 19:27:20 GMT
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I didn't realise I was lol no way to check without taking the tyres off lol.
Matt
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Oct 28, 2007 19:30:49 GMT
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Good to hear you're ok!
cptsideways - where do you look for the date code on a tyre, I think this could be some valuable info for everybody!
I was under the impression that anything over 5 years old and your pushing your luck.
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berendd
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Oct 28, 2007 20:48:44 GMT
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_codehere it is.. the Dot code (department of transportation) is written in 4 numbers of which the first 2 are the wheek and the last 2 stand for the year. you got away there, those tires were years old.
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Oct 28, 2007 21:02:52 GMT
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Hells.. glad your okay, and the car aint trashed |
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Oct 28, 2007 22:03:54 GMT
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Phew, that was a close one! Glad you and the car survived! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_codehere it is.. the Dot code (department of transportation) is written in 4 numbers of which the first 2 are the wheek and the last 2 stand for the year. you got away there, those tires were years old. Well worth remembering, when we had a wheel nicked off Mrs JS's Vectra the Police used the code to prove a wheel recovered from the local thief was ours! |
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sav
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Oct 28, 2007 22:40:34 GMT
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Nasty one that, glad it tuned out ok for you.
Would having a look at the valves be sufficient enough to tell if it's been tubed or not?
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stealthstylz
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Duno whats the difference?
Matt
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Sh!te dude, glad your alright!
It made a right mess of the tyre, scary stuff.
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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The valve on a tube is the same thickness all the way down the part that you can see and simply sticks through the hole in the rim. A tubless valve "mushrooms" out as it meets the hole in the rim to create a seal.
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stealthstylz
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Ah right didnt know that will check all the tyres.
Matt
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Oct 29, 2007 11:17:53 GMT
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F*ck me I didnt know people still put tubes in tubeless tyres, I did know one tyre fitter who did that but now he`s thankfully a florist or something. If the tyre is old maybe this is some of his handywork.
Makes me feel funny to be honest, I`m assuming it`s the Uno, you could have been killed, and I`d previously had the opportunity to weigh the car in, therefore preventing you from having the blow-out. Strange feeling.
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Oct 29, 2007 11:32:12 GMT
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Tubes go like that even if they are in a tyre designed for them, its one of the reasons high speed blowouts are less common these days, tubless tyres usually go down quite slowly.
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stealthstylz
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Oct 29, 2007 11:39:18 GMT
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Yep was in the uno. Rob its not a problem mate you didn't know its not something I usually check for either but will be doing in future.
This was fully inflated 1 second and complete flat the next gonna stick with tubeless tyres from now on i've had one of those go flat on the motorway and it was much safer.
Matt
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Oct 29, 2007 11:58:54 GMT
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F*ck me I didnt know people still put tubes in tubeless tyres, I did know one tyre fitter who did that but now he`s thankfully a florist or something. If the tyre is old maybe this is some of his handywork. Makes me feel funny to be honest, I`m assuming it`s the Uno, you could have been killed, and I`d previously had the opportunity to weigh the car in, therefore preventing you from having the blow-out. Strange feeling. you virtually sold its as spares repairs... Twist of fate indeed, the biggest twist being that noone or anything was harmed Amazing isn't it, there seems to be a reason for everything... ...Might be different is some slow reaction joe public bought it of the lot... Wierd The van was a time bomb with bumpy tyres, no brake pads and wobbly suspension, both me and 'her dad' are lucky to have gotten away with that! |
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