Punctures to write home about

Conan_the_Librarian · #1 8th October 2012, 08:29 PM

Soooooo. I'm driving home down the A38 towards Plymouth. Following my youngest in his Skoda when the backed start to feel a little funny. Next second BANG and the back end feels very funny. Luckily I'm following a Skoda so only 65mph. I get out and it's a nearside rear flat. Bug ger! So off wheel and on spare.
Spot the puncture.......

Does this help?

WTF!
JUST had 2 new front tyres fitted after my little bump.

Singh · #2 8th October 2012, 08:42 PM

Scary as hell. Glad you're okay.

PsYcHe · #3 8th October 2012, 08:52 PM

FFS. That's a pretty catastrophic failure... Not seen one like that in a while.

Architex_mA8tey · #4 8th October 2012, 08:58 PM

OMG!

you never do things by halves, do you!!
what the heck was the cause of such a severe failure do you reckon?

Richierich37 · #5 8th October 2012, 09:09 PM

Oaft belter!

Adrian E · #6 8th October 2012, 09:21 PM

If I had to offer a professional opinion I'd be wondering how old the tyre was and whether it'd been sat under-inflated or potentially driven on under-inflated at any time in its life.

A combination of the 2 is the usual cause of structural failure unless there's an underlying fault in the carcus construction from new

Always scary as rear failures usually result in oversteer unlike fronts which tend to understeer. One of the reasons that perceived wisdom is to have your best tyres on the rear axle

Dezzy · #7 9th October 2012, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Conan_the_Librarian

WTF!
JUST had 2 new front tyres fitted after my little bump.

Is this one of the new one's fitted Mike? If so new one foc and that one sent back to supplier.

David's8 · #8 9th October 2012, 08:00 AM

Given the catastrophic failure of the tyre I think you were lucky Mike to make a controlled stop. Glad you are OK. Would you recommend Federal tyres after that experience?

Dezzy · #9 9th October 2012, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by David's8

Given the catastrophic failure of the tyre I think you were lucky Mike to make a controlled stop. Glad you are OK. Would you recommend Federal tyres after that experience?

After a few years fitting tyres this type of failure is not restricted to cheaper or lesser known brands, it only takes a small defect in manufacture or even a pothole catching the iner edge of the tyre and causing an “egg” in the inside wall combined with heat and pressure and BANG. That tyre has also been run flat for a bit too as seen by the black dust so the rip would have been smaller to start with.

What i will say is that Michelin always wanted the casing back to check it, as all the manufacturing deatails are on it, where, when ect.

Well held though Mike just as well you were not on a flyer. That said how’d the car track with the flat, when I had the front one go it was quite hard to tell really. I know how that sounds (you must be pretty stupid not to realise) what I mean is the 8 tracked well with a flat on the front, it would have done 20 – 30 mph no problems at all with the front tyre flapping around.

David's8 · #10 9th October 2012, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dezzy

. That said how’d the car track with the flat, when I had the front one go it was quite hard to tell really. I know how that sounds (you must be pretty stupid not to realise) what I mean is the 8 tracked well with a flat on the front, it would have done 20 – 30 mph no problems at all with the front tyre flapping around.

I had a puncture the other day on the nearside front. (Nail clean through the main surface - not a sidewall) and the car immediatley started pulling to the left as it started deflating. I was at 30mph. It was very noticeable so I managed to stop before any further damage occurred.