How long do you think till this tire would have blown?
 

No ladys thats not one of the great peaks of the northwest.... thats what i saw when i took off the wheel off my black beast...


i wonder how long till it would have gone POP!??? any guess??

pushing on the lump it seems quite soft..... the pics dont due the true size of this sucker justice

http://www.nick.aclockwork3.com/images/911.jpg

http://www.nick.aclockwork3.com/images/bulge.jpg

ha, that tires barely broken in. should be good for another 15,000 miles atleast!!!
;D Scott aka Mouse

One sharp rock or a nail and that would have gone immediately. Otherwise it would just be a matter of time until it got hot enough and burst. Not more than a few miles if you were running at normal speed...

Play the lotto tonight... you are lucky!

JoeA

at least 40 miles at 25 mph, or at least that is how far i limped with a bulge bigger than that in eastern brittish columbia in a white out snow storm after hitting a traffic island burried in the snow. It was sunday, 40 miles to the nearest open place with tires, and huge pile of gear over the spare (subaru wagon). by the time we got to the service station the bulge was the size of a baseball. I guess the fact that it was 20 degrees out helped.

and yes one light jab with a knife and boom. At least I knew it was there...

j

Ouch! I'm glad you caught that before it blew out!!

what brand is that defective tire?

pirelli super sports 7000


there from 1999... i dont think i could get any money for them....

Hmm - they say to repace tires every 5 years, but I always thought it was because the rubber hardens over time.

You might just show it to a Pirelli rep. It's a major quality brand - they may want to evaluate the failure. They might give you something just as a courtesy, but I agree you shouldn't have any expectations. I'd do it more in the sense of performing a public service.

When you go to the tire dealer, be there when they dismount the tire. If there is no break in the sidewall cords then it was a manufacturing defect and the tire whuld be pro-rated. If there is a break in the cord (commonly called a "star" break) the it is because of an impact and its all on your shoulders.

Good luck.

Jim

Here is an interesting situation I have seen. We had a tire like that so we put it inside the tire cage and added air – frome a “safe” distance. The bubble grew to about the size of a large grapefruit all along the sidewall. We decided to “break the bubble” at about 75 PSI. Psssss. No great explosion. Everyone went back to work disappointed.

It is possible that the failure isn’t as bad as it seems. The tire has three parts; an inner liner, the structural cord, and the outer covering (plus the tread.) It is possible that there is a pin-hole in the inner lining. The cord layer is permeable by the air. The undamaged outer layer trapped the air and swelled into the bubble. If (when) the bubble fails only that air will escape immediately. The tire will go flat depending on the size of the failure in the inner layer.

Would I drive on a tire like that – no way. You did the right thing, throw them all away. I agree with Randy, give Parelli the bad tire. Perhaps they will take all four and save you the disposal fee.

Best,
Grady

Thought I had CV problems.....
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1091842908.jpg

What? You mean these aren't run-flats?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1091846434.jpg