My brother blew a tire on the interstate 

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 07/01/2018 at 18:59 • Filed to: None

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Traveling at roughly 70mph, tire was  less than a month old, he didn’t hit any sort of large object or pothole and he pulled over immediately. Wonder what could cause this?

Discerning > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 19:07

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Was the tire rubbing anywhere under any scenario?

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 19:09

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Tire overpressurization, maybe?

Jayvincent > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 19:10

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or he hit something too small to be obvious, or the tire had a slow leak, became under- inflated, overheated at highway speeds and -boom-

a month is about right for a slow leak from install, low profile tires aren’t obvious about bulging when under- inflated, so if he doesn’t have tire pressure sensors  he might not have noticed one tire was low. Still, could be aliens...

Jayvincent > Jayvincent 07/01/2018 at 19:13

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What I meant to say was - good driving skills to get safely pulled over from highway speeds with asymmetric 3-wheeler, glad everyon e is safe. I’d go back to the tire shop and see if they give me a discount or warranty on the replacement.

dogisbadob > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 19:13

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There’s lots of weird shit on the highways. And at 70 mph on no-profile tires, it doesn’t take a big object or pothole to do that.

Chariotoflove > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 19:13

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That’s amazing. Even with a blow out, how could that much of the tire disappear without driving on it for a bit?  There must have been a basic defect in the construction.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Discerning 07/01/2018 at 19:16

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Not that I ever noticed

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jayvincent 07/01/2018 at 19:17

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They are replacing it under warranty 

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > dogisbadob 07/01/2018 at 19:17

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They were indeed quite low profile 

Steve in Manhattan > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 19:21

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Research manufacturer and “defect” ... also, slow leak from installation

Also, if on right side, likely a nail.

Over/under inflation.

Mounting error, failure to seal edges.

Bonus - photo of my buddy’s Blazer and me on Rte 50 into Annapolis in 2000 , when a tire blew at 70 mph. It was worn out - no other explanation.

His Christmas present that year was a radial wrapped half in Chanukah paper and half in Christmas paper. Unsurprisingly, he did not notice it under the tree, much like looming car maintenance.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 19:33

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Proper casing failure. Something a structurally sound tyre shouldn’t really do even in a failure state like low air...

Future Heap Owner > Chariotoflove 07/01/2018 at 20:04

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Yeah I was shocked at how much was gone, especially if they pulled right over. Seems like a shear or total explosion.

DipodomysDeserti > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 20:23

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Looks like there was a defect with the tire.  What brand and model?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/01/2018 at 21:28

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Well it could be anything, there isn’t much left of the tire to really know, it could have been some object and blammo it’s nowhere near the tire when you come to a stop. I had a right front tire go in a lifted truck in college, my whole right front just dropped and then I hit the rumble strip, I felt like I was flying and taking fire.

Dusty Ventures > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/01/2018 at 22:05

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This could be. Every time I’ve had tires mounted at a shop they left the pressure at whatever it went up to in the process of seating the tire. If you don’t know to air them down and even them out you could be in for a bad time.

they-will-know-my-velocity > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/04/2018 at 17:36

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Probably a puncture or a leak from install and then runflat to blow out. Heat kills tires very quickly and when you run them low on air the sidewall has to flex much more than usual and generates heat. Run it long enough and shit starts to give.