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I have some silicone and will give it a try.
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Just saw this thread....
Here is one area you see a lot of made in china tires pop up on.....trailers! small trailers and car trailers....and believe me they do not last....I never seen them crack as bad or as quick.... Again its a cost saving measure I am sure.....but I have switched them out on my open trailer also had new radials balanced..... denniskirban@yahoo.com Surf City makes a great tire dressing spray I used on my car tires....if you ever see their neat store display it features a 1969 GTO with an early Corvette. |
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Chopsticks!
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hmmm HANKOOK.. they are the only brand (right?) that still does 215/75r14 tires with a thin white line..they are made in china..... sad for all of us 14 inch guys
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The problems could be hidden inside - the steel belts could let go at anytime. I've personally had this happen to me while driving down the interstate with tires that were "in perfect shape and have extremely low miles" with "no cracks, dry rot, perfect;u rpimd with no flat spots and still ride like new" - until the belts started to separate at 70 MPH. Quote:
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We had a set of 16" trailer tires that started flinging treads off at 5 years old. That made me a believer in the 5-6 year old expiration rule. Of course, the trailer places much higher loads on the tires than a car, but the overall concept is valid.
If a tire tread separates, it will beat the h*ll out of your quarter panel. That seems to be too much risk for a classic car to run with old tires. I buy most of my tires from www.tirerack.com If you call up a specific tire and click on the "specs" tab, it will show you the country of origin. Sometimes, for a given tire brand and model, you'll find that certain sizes are domestic and other sizes are made in other countries. Eric
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Not starting an argument but I don't buy low quality tires and I do not buy into the 5 year time factor for tires.
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FWIW - the tires that I personally had the experience were not "low quality" or imported tires. They were U.S. manufactured from one of the major tire manufacturers. Car was always garaged when not being driven. The only thing wrong was they were about 10 years old. I no longer choose to run old tires based on my personal experience. |
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Funny you should say that. I watched a show, "How it's made" I think, that showed a company here in the US that makes chopsticks and they sell to China. So China imports chopsticks from the USA! Ironic isn't it?
Here's the company... http://www.npr.org/2011/07/27/138761...ticks-to-china |
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Aircraft tires have no age limit, although they are limited to 10 retreads for main tires and 12 for nose or auxillary gear applications. Anytime you fly on a commercial airliner about 70% of the tires are retreaded.
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Speaking of aircraft.....unlike cars you can never actually tell just how old the aircraft is that you are entrusting your life to.
chilling thought... denniskirban@yahoo.com |
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Be Safe!
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I really enjoyed taking field trips there during my college days there. |
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My tread didn't separate like your's, but I had a knot in the tread surface between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball. Felt like the rear end was going to come out of the car... My tires still looked like new - about 15,000 miles on them - but they were over 10 years old. Never again after that experience. |
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A lot of new rubber products are junk. Including tires. A friend had his brand new front suspension dust boots on his ball joints and tie rods rot and fall off the car while we were restoring it. They were 6 months old. We ended up cleaning and re-using the 30 year old USA boots. I've got 40 year old New Zealand made tires on my 1915 Ford, and they are still fine, no cracks. The new Vieatnamese made tires for these cars crack and split within 6 months to a year. I had a repop shift boot split in two after 6 months. Reinstalled the 47 year old one. I'm running 19 year old Goodyear ST's on my '67 GTO, and they look and ride like new. No cracking at all. I think the secret is in the poor manufacturing process/ingredients of the new rubber products. We have heavey duty 220 volt cord at work that's 3 years old, and it needs replacement...the insulation cracked and is falling off in chunks. I have drills, saws, etc. that are 40 years old, and the rubber on their cords is still fine. Quality is harder and harder to find.
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That's exactly right,new bungie straps break in half after a month now!
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Never run a tire longer than 6 years even if they have zero miles on them.
They can get you killed. One of my Pontiac club members brought four 8 year old BFG Radial T/A's to my shop so I could dispose of them for him. They only had a couple of hundred miles on them and showed no cracking whatsoever but he was throwing them away because they were too old to be safe. I threw them on the scrap pile out back, and unbeknownst to me, one of my mechanics dug them out of the trash and put them on his wife's Toyota Previa. About three weeks later, the left rear tire exploded while she was driving down the freeway at 70 miles per hour. The van immediately made a 90 degree left turn and she hit the concrete divider wall. The front of the van was in the front seat.......Somehow she survived with minor injuries, if you saw the van you would assume it was a fatal accident. |
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