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I was doing 70mph down the m25 yesterday, in lane 3, a very loud bang preceded violent shaking and rumbling and i was not in full control for a moment.
I sort of went into auto pilot, indicated, checked mirrors, saw a cloud of black things flying out the back of the car and made it to the hard shoulder.
Upon inspection i discovered this
passenger side read, tread had peeled off more than 180 degrees round the tyre, caught the mud flap which when bend the inner wheel arch back in toward the wheel which ripped more tread off.
There was also a shiny spot on the front side of the wheel arch, presumably made by friction from the flapping tread.
I had a spare, but i had to take the mud flap off and bend the inner wheel arch (sorry it might not be called that, i'm not sure what that bit of body work is actually called) back into place as it was only an inch or so away from the tyre and the slightest bounce on the suspension would have torn the new tyre in no time.
The only thing that i had with me that was capable of bashing the metal work back into place was my axe.
I was on my way to the bushcraft site to set up for a course i was running today so luckily had the axe in the car. I used the back of the axe to hammer it back into shape and got going again.
In all seriousness, I do not understand why this happened. The tyre was inspected a couple of months ago during the MOT and it was at 32psi because i topped it up a week or so ago (ok so maybe it might have dropped to 30psi).
There is loads of tread, is this a manufacturing defect?
What sort of things can cause this to happen?
Was there anything that i might have done that could cause this sort of damage?
I think that i might be lucky to have got out of this one unscathed at that speed
I sort of went into auto pilot, indicated, checked mirrors, saw a cloud of black things flying out the back of the car and made it to the hard shoulder.
Upon inspection i discovered this
passenger side read, tread had peeled off more than 180 degrees round the tyre, caught the mud flap which when bend the inner wheel arch back in toward the wheel which ripped more tread off.
There was also a shiny spot on the front side of the wheel arch, presumably made by friction from the flapping tread.
I had a spare, but i had to take the mud flap off and bend the inner wheel arch (sorry it might not be called that, i'm not sure what that bit of body work is actually called) back into place as it was only an inch or so away from the tyre and the slightest bounce on the suspension would have torn the new tyre in no time.
The only thing that i had with me that was capable of bashing the metal work back into place was my axe.
I was on my way to the bushcraft site to set up for a course i was running today so luckily had the axe in the car. I used the back of the axe to hammer it back into shape and got going again.
In all seriousness, I do not understand why this happened. The tyre was inspected a couple of months ago during the MOT and it was at 32psi because i topped it up a week or so ago (ok so maybe it might have dropped to 30psi).
There is loads of tread, is this a manufacturing defect?
What sort of things can cause this to happen?
Was there anything that i might have done that could cause this sort of damage?
I think that i might be lucky to have got out of this one unscathed at that speed
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