Jim Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 This is actually a follow up to the post titled "Re: Car pulls to the right at low speeds"From my experience and what I have been told about radial tires and modern front suspensions when a car pulls to one side it is usually the tires and as Padgett said you can swap the fronts and see if the car then pulls to the opposite side. A problem then might be possible ply separation. I recently went on two trips with my '91 and put on 6500 miles. Before I left Duluth, three weeks ago, my car was pulling to one side so I reversed the fronts and indeed the car then pulled to the other side. After about 100 miles around home I started out for Spokane WA but when I got as far as Fargo I thought I better put the fronts on the back, which I did at a friends shop in Fargo, because I could feel the car wobbling at slow speeds so I knew I was getting ply separation. I drove to Spokane and then to Sand Point ID and on my way to Colorado Springs I stopped in Butte MT and checked my rear tire. Look at the attached picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDBS0 Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Jim what brand of tire is this? I have had separations beforebut they were not such a dramatic shift to one side of the tirethis tire that you have was a danger on the front or rear. Glad you got it off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 I've seen it before but not for quite a while. You may not feel much when driving because the bubble is compressed when the tread is on the ground.Had two Firestone 500s (was this a Firestone or Brigestone ?) separate almost identically to yours 200 miles into a 500 mile trip and had one rear on my station wagon show steel when I checked it after a 500 mile trip (on the outbound side natch).Have seen them chunk and lose pieces of the tread before and all the driver felt was a vibration.It happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Motu 56 Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thanks guys!I took the tire off and it looked like the picture that Jim posted. I was lucky that it didn't blow while doing 70 on I-35. I appreciate being part of this web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 You must be living right. That looks very scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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