<VV>Tire "aging"

[Charles Cromwell]

Hello
I had a perfectly good tire throw a tread at 65 MPH.
It had never been in the weather. But was about 8
years old.Probably had about 3 thousand miles on it as
did the rest of the tires on my 62. When it let go it
took a good part of the rear quarter panel out.A
thousand dollars worth of damage.I replaced all of the
tires.
Chuck











--- Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
> 
> I have read a number of reports of tread separating
> on old, but 
> otherwise apparently good tires.  This always seems
> to occur on the 
> highway, which makes sense given the heat goes up
> considerably as speed 
> increases.  The closest I've come is a bubble on the
> side of some 
> unknown age tires, again after a highway run - not
> really fast, but 
> probably 65.
> 
> It's probably reasonable to use old tires to move
> the car around, take 
> it to be painted, that sort of thing.  If you expect
> to drive the car, 
> even casually, any real distance or on the highway,
> then Bill Elliott's 
> age limit of ten years seems like a good rule of
> thumb.
> 
> --Bryan
> 
> On Aug 15, 2006, at 12:29 AM, Bill Meglen wrote:
> 
> > Is safety compromised by their age? ...do they
> need replacement? Is 
> > tire failure likely to be catastrophic from aged
> tires?
> 
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