Does anybody know what is likely to cause a non-remould tyre with 27000 miles use to shed its tread down to the steel reinforcement?
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18 years ago
Does anybody know what is likely to cause a non-remould tyre with 27000 miles use to shed its tread down to the steel reinforcement?
Low tyre pressure
Yes. Driving on it illegally, ie when it was worn down past the limit.
Tyres have wear markers moulded in. When they are flush with the tread the tyre has had it. 27k is not bad for a tyre anyway depending of course on the driving.
Novaboys get less mileage out of them than granddads.
Steve
The fact it's done 27,000 miles? Is this a front tyre? I've never had front car tyres last anywhere near that long. 15,000 miles, no matter the car, and the buggers are dead.
Well, maybe. This Granddad struggles to get 10K from the fronts of a 1.8 Focus!
;-)
Chris
Just had new fronts on the rover 600. 42k on the clock and owned by my dad from new now mine. Original tyres
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Cor - whaddyer do to 'em? I've had front tyres last 40,000 no trouble.
if it occurred rapidly to a previously apparently good tyre then overloading or low tyre pressure or massive misalignment or deterioration due to age.
mrcheerful
What brand?
27,000 is a good life for an average compound tyre on the front of a front wheel drive car. However, if rather than wear, the tread has actually peeled off, then there are loads of possible causes, including manufacturing defects, certain types of punctures, low air pressure, etc.Christian.
Don't know. Astra 1.2, Skoda Favorit 1.3, Cavalier 2L, 406 1.6, and even a Micra ferchrissakes! No Longer than 15,000 miles for a set of front tyres.
Christian McArdle ( snipped-for-privacy@nospam.yahooxxxx.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Indeed.
Was it on the front of an FWD car?
I suspect a manufacturing defect would have shown up WAAAAY before 27k miles.
My first suspicion would be damage that's allowed water in to the steel cores, which have then rusted and swelled.
You'd be surprised. AAIB reports of blown tyres on aircraft often show failures are due to original manufacturing defects, even after several retreads and many thousands of cycles.
The difference with road tyres (as well as a different usage pattern) is that someone bothers to examine tyres for why they failed.
Obviously, post manufacturing damage is probably more likely, although even then, tread shedding is often helped by poor adhesion or voids in the treadcarcass interface, which result from manufacturing defects.
Christian.
What? I manage 15k easily out of the fronts on my 1.8 Focus. I rotate the tyres front/back at around 12-15k and then change the 4 when they are worn out at around 22-25k miles.
Tim..
Ah. I only buy 2 tyres at a time. I rotate the back onto the front ever other time or so, so they don't rot away before they wear out. This way, I don't have to spend time with the jack and wheel brace. The tyre people do it for me for free.
Christian.
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Grief. My Monsterheavy Audi 100 had new tyres about 8,000 miles ago and still has 9mm left on the fronts.
I live in an area noted for its roundabouts, and I don't do many motorway miles. I've tried rotating, but found that overall it didn't make much difference to the miles/set. I also find that the rears on the Focus always wear more on the edges, despite weekly pressure checks, and I don't like putting these on the front. I have put 50% worn fronts on the rear, then renewed the fronts but the wear rates don't always allow this.
Oh.... before the "new tyres to the rear" arguments start, I'm happier doing it my way thanks!
Chris
The cheap and nasty tyres (£30 a corner) I had fitted to the Xantia lasted
20k plus or about a year's motoring. The Ceat ones I had fitted at Kwikflit seem to be holding up much better.
Milton Keynes by any chance?
Steve
Even I get 22k on decent tyres, and that's driving like a nutter.
Good guess, but no. Bracknell.
Chris
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