Out for a quick spin today and I noticed the rear end of my 07ST feeling a little light. Thought maybe it was the interstate truck traffic affecting the top box - it happens. About 5 minutes later, no question, a flat rear tire.
Getting it to the shoulder I find it is indeed flat - very flat. So, struggling it up onto the center stand, I can find no foreign object in the tire. But while looking, I push lightly on the center of the tread and it caves in like a flat basketball. Odd? Anyway, I put about 20lbs of air in and look again. Sure enough, a small (1/8") cut just off center of the middle of the tire. I plug it, fill the tire, it holds and all of a sudden these bulges start appearing on the tire. First, right next to the plug, then on the other side and eventually all around.:censored
Called MoTow and now she sits in the garage, waiting for new shoes.
Belt separation maybe? It's a new one to me. The tire was a Metzler Z6 with about 6,000 miles on it. Thought ya'll might be interested.
Oh yea, I checked the pressures before I left this AM and I had 42 rear and 40 front.
Getting it to the shoulder I find it is indeed flat - very flat. So, struggling it up onto the center stand, I can find no foreign object in the tire. But while looking, I push lightly on the center of the tread and it caves in like a flat basketball. Odd? Anyway, I put about 20lbs of air in and look again. Sure enough, a small (1/8") cut just off center of the middle of the tire. I plug it, fill the tire, it holds and all of a sudden these bulges start appearing on the tire. First, right next to the plug, then on the other side and eventually all around.:censored
Called MoTow and now she sits in the garage, waiting for new shoes.
Belt separation maybe? It's a new one to me. The tire was a Metzler Z6 with about 6,000 miles on it. Thought ya'll might be interested.
Oh yea, I checked the pressures before I left this AM and I had 42 rear and 40 front.