Has This Ever Happened To You ?

[bangahh]

This is a true story that happend to me - Tyres are Khumo 265/35/18 Esta less then 10,000k had a pucture but I didnt realise it was flat as I rarely drive it and I dont know how long I have been driving on it for. Finally realised it when i went to check tyre pressure ( usully check every 3 month ) Fixed the puncture ( was a small screw )

Driving 60km is fine, anything over 100km/hr car shakes real bad ( got front wheels aligned when i got new tyres ) still shaking over 100km/hr before Xmas to pass Rego before i went on 5wk holidays.

Came back on holidays and found pigeons have made nest on my Balcony - having no choice as i dont want pidgeon poo every I got rid of the two eggs ( this is like the 4th time they set nest on my balcony - one time I let them hatch and let the pidgeon grow up and fly away - but cleanup was yukk never again 3 months of pidgeon poo ). and then on Australia day went for a drive to the cemetary at Pinegrove. I checked tyre pressure before i went and pumped it to 40.

Coming back from Pinegrove to Parramatta, heard the loadest POP, loader then exhuast backfiring. Pulled over into side street as i knew i had a flat tyre. Changed it with the space saver. Space saver was a bit soft was OK - but less then 50 meters it gave out also. So i limped all the way back home as i ran out of options.

should have stayed home that day.

[zebra]

wait....how did you not notice the tyre was flat?

[SUS_1]

k what happened to your tyre is when u got the puncture repaired it was done on a tyre that was run well under pressure which damages the internal side wall of the tyre and that is the reason for the blow out.

you should also when you check your tyre pressures also check that of the spare tyre so u would run into this problem

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

what

the

fuck

[bozodos]

it does seem odd, lol another reminder for me to procure a stock wheel to use as a spare

[Bunta]

what i would like to know is how the pidgeons relate to the rest of the story?

[s13_Skyline_inside]

yeh im pretty interested in how the pigeons went to

[mad082]

+1 for the pigeons.

as for your tyre letting go, driving on it flat is what did the damage. then it probably would've had an egg on the side which caused the vibration and it eventually let go.

oh and i check/alter the pressure in my spare every 6 months.

[alr33x]

what the f**k +1 what do pidgeons have to do with this story.

i use to get blow outs like this when i ran kumho's on my accord euro admittedly was low as fk but tyres would wear out in 5000ks cos of camber and 3 of the rear's blew out same as this, but not from driving while flat *shrug*

[l_uk3y]

Lol at the Pidgeons.

That'd scare the heck out of me. I dont even carry a spare.

Once you've had a drive on them when they are flat then its generally too late to replace. When the flat tyre comes off the rim (if its been driven whilst flat) its usually filled with powdery rubber.

The only time i've ever had a tyre blow out on me was a long time ago when my ol Lancer got into a drift (in the dry around a corner, NO handbrake) hit a gutter side on and blew out front and rear passenger side tyres. Needless to say that only ever happened once a very long time ago now.

[BeEnAr]

what camber are you running? seems odd to have the space saver roll off the rim too, unless it was dead flat and you were driving too fast.

Maybe the pidgeon's sabotaged your tyre, slashing it with their katana's when they realised you eated their eggs for breakfast that day..... hmmmmm

[CARSICK]

Bad luck always comes in 3s.

Was pigeons #2?

[bubba]

I always check my pressures everytime I fill up (once a week) and the spare once a month.

Oh and if you're not a pleb, you can feel when you have a tyre with lower pressure.

Edited February 25, 2010 by bubba

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

op?

[_Wing_]

As said driving whilst flat/low pressure will damage the sidewalls, so replace the tyre.

To the fella with the accord euro, a relatively crap tyre with way too much camber (and probably too much toe) will put huge amounts of load on the hinge point of the tyre, which is probably why you got so many blowouts.

[alr33x]

^^^

yeh i know .. it was worth it for the first few months looked good as..then i put it a bit higher got too expensive new tyres every 5000kz haha!