I had a tire guy show me how to know if they're aged, and if you can't
really see anything.....
deflate the tire, and place you foot parallel to the tread and wheel, and
push down, if you see any cracks along the rim or the tread or edge, they're
done.
Bill The Magnumguy
John 14:6
http://www.mopowerstyle.net
Chapel & Magnum/Cordoba Forums
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From: "Eastern Sierra Adjustment Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:47 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Fisk: "Time to RE-tire"!
I think that I have written (either here and/or on the website) about how
eight years was supposed to be the maximum-safe
time-age limit for a set of tires, regardless of the driving mileage
incurred on them.
I recall that I amortized the $800.00 cost of my car's Diamondback
tires, over eight years, and came up with a daily
cost of $0.275 , whether I drive the car, or not!
Neil Vedder
Ray Jones wrote:
Just read this on ABC News and am passing it on. This is old news to many
of us but some may not be aware of the danger. Tune in and make up your
own mind about risking your big investment.
Ray
The U.S. tire industry is refusing to give American motorists the same
warning given to car owners in Europe and Asia about the possible dangers
of tires six years old or older.
More than 100 deaths in the U.S. have been attributed to aged tires
which dried out and lost their treads, even though they appeared to be
safe, according to Sean Kane, who heads a private auto safety firm and
consults with the federal government.
With no warning from the industry or the federal government, safety
experts say the only way for consumers to protect themselves is to learn
how to read the cryptic code embedded on a tire's sidewall which reveals
the year and week a tire was manufactured.
A full report on how to break the code will appear Friday on the ABC
News program "20/20."
The code is at the end of a jumble of letters and numbers on the tire
and, until recently, was on the inward side of the tire requiring
motorists to climb under the car to read the number.
For example, the number 418 indicates the tire was manufactured in the
41st week of 1998 and is 10 years old.
"U.S. consumers are left in the dark on this issue," said Kane.
A tire older than six years old, even if it's never been driven a mile,
"is like a ticking time bomb. You don't know what's going on inside.
That's what makes it so dangerous," said Kane in an interview for
broadcast on "20/20."
Watch the full report on "20/20" Friday at 10 p.m. ET.
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