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05-16-2010, 12:23 PM
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Wow rough day!
Well I was initially greeted by a flat tire on the grand prix that I took off and brought to Mavis to get fixed. Ends up being a whole in the sidewall, tire is junk. OK no biggie it happens. So I went to a friends wedding and on the way home I get a slight shimmy in the brakes of the Tahoe that gradually gets stronger. So I limp the truck home staying off the brakes and about a 1/2 mile from my house KABOOM! the right rear tire literally blows apart and I lose brakes completely. get it whoaed down and am sitting very precariously on one of the narrow roads that people fly down by my house, at midnight. I see a gaping whole in the sidewall of the tire so I made the decision to drive it the last 1/2 mile home slowly and use the trans to stop the truck when I get home which went fine but there is some pretty bad damage to the truck. Without even getting the wheel off the tire is obviously DEAD, the rear rotor has a crack in it and I am not even sure what caused the brake issue yet. fun fun!
Edit: alot of the damage on the tire is from driving it, the initial blow out is by the valve stem    
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05-16-2010, 12:35 PM
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That looks like fun! NOT!!!!!!
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05-16-2010, 12:48 PM
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wow was just your day for tires huh?!?!
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05-16-2010, 01:04 PM
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Damn man.
I just had to put 4 new rubbers on the Saturn cause they were so worn that they got real real choppy. LOL Atleast your ok and you didnt ignore it.
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05-16-2010, 01:04 PM
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well buy elcheapo tires and you ll alway get what ya pay for!
luckely you didnt get hurt or hurt someone else. I would change all those tires and stems for sure!!!!!
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05-16-2010, 01:11 PM
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05-16-2010, 01:23 PM
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maybe a bad batch?
sidewall blowouts are bad news! and you still got some tread left. how old are they? Maybe dry rot ?
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05-16-2010, 08:51 PM
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damn that sucks! good thing u didnt get hurt tho!
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05-17-2010, 12:14 AM
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shitty times. i hate those type of days
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05-17-2010, 12:56 AM
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I think the tire was induced by the crappiness of the road I live on. Tires are 4 years old, have about 40K on them
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