I was on year 6. Sidewall rubber was showing age, tread depth still very good.
Road was really hot, Was doing 65mph +, Something did not quite feel right.
Stop check air pressure, inspect tread, push vehicle sideways. look Ok, keep going 150 miles later entering a rest area very hot, At sub 25mph vehicle started wobbling. The slower the more apparent it was somethign was horribly wrong.
Found two rear tires 1t 195F plus Drivers side front at 170f and passenger at 122f.
Nearest town, 80 miles. Replaced worst tire with spare. Drivers side front when jacked up was a good 1.5 inches out of round.
35MPH hobbled driving on shoulder then a 55 mph attempt on a wider section revvealed no shaking/vibration.
Arrived small town, both rear tires 204F, spare tire front drivers side, 122f. All tires appeared extremely overinflated, but the spare.
Small Town had 4 cooper AT3 in my size. They were expensive. Very lucky they were there. They got me on my way quickly, would have loved to see them have used an actual torque wrench as I just inspected and rotated them yesterday retightening in 3 stages to 100Lb/ft.
Figure I Could have saved About 400$ had I replaced them in a larger metro area at my leisure.
Got extremely lucky one or more did not let out. Dangerous to me and others.
Shame. I should know better.
It's a Dangerous road with good tires.
I apologize. Thankfully traffic was light.
5 years, no more, and I will check their temp with IR gun whenever something does not feel quite right from here on out.
Road was really hot, Was doing 65mph +, Something did not quite feel right.
Stop check air pressure, inspect tread, push vehicle sideways. look Ok, keep going 150 miles later entering a rest area very hot, At sub 25mph vehicle started wobbling. The slower the more apparent it was somethign was horribly wrong.
Found two rear tires 1t 195F plus Drivers side front at 170f and passenger at 122f.
Nearest town, 80 miles. Replaced worst tire with spare. Drivers side front when jacked up was a good 1.5 inches out of round.
35MPH hobbled driving on shoulder then a 55 mph attempt on a wider section revvealed no shaking/vibration.
Arrived small town, both rear tires 204F, spare tire front drivers side, 122f. All tires appeared extremely overinflated, but the spare.
Small Town had 4 cooper AT3 in my size. They were expensive. Very lucky they were there. They got me on my way quickly, would have loved to see them have used an actual torque wrench as I just inspected and rotated them yesterday retightening in 3 stages to 100Lb/ft.
Figure I Could have saved About 400$ had I replaced them in a larger metro area at my leisure.
Got extremely lucky one or more did not let out. Dangerous to me and others.
Shame. I should know better.
It's a Dangerous road with good tires.
I apologize. Thankfully traffic was light.
5 years, no more, and I will check their temp with IR gun whenever something does not feel quite right from here on out.