tyre let go

rpettafor · #1 12-10-2007, 22:46

my tyre decided to let go on the a34 on sunday, this being the main issue -

was lucky it was the inside of the rear tyre, and an empty road, i felt a very minor shaking of the steering wheel, which went away, until 5 minutes later there was a violent shaking of the wheel (all at 70mph) before pulling over to the side of the road

Good o' Nankangs!

Wocketfast · #2 13-10-2007, 09:03

Good old silvia cambre more like

Glad you're ok though, could have been nasty.

mr_turbo · #3 13-10-2007, 09:14

lol no wonder if it was a nankang hahaha u shud get some good tyres from me hehe wot size are they? my wrk has the cheapest prices in the uk for tyres and wheels

PukkaSilvia · #4 13-10-2007, 10:09

there bald as a coot.

Ive done a few tyres like that on the offside rear a few years ago from being skint and not buying new tyres.

wacomuk · #5 13-10-2007, 10:10

have you ever run that tyre flat?

s13eater · #6 13-10-2007, 10:30

only time my tyres did that, was on my mk1 and that was on the rears when it had been lowered, i found that even with the camber conversion that it would still feck the side walls up, i found that changing fron 40's to 45's sorted the problem,i think they look better, 40's don't fill the arch enough on 17's. youcan get 225/45/17's on the front ,but i hsd to grind a little window in the spring cup so that it din't rub.

lmrdave · #7 13-10-2007, 15:44

Never happened to me before, but I have had a steel wheel shear off completely, the centre of it is now mounted and is a trophey for my motorclub, the 'Wheel of misfortune'