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Old 04-16-2023, 03:29 PM   #37
SoCalCoupe
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Default Re: Safety of old tires

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Arrgh! Bought a new set of five new Diamondback Auburn radials with radial tubes also from Diamondback and had them installed. Had a flat on the way home from the shop with less than five miles on the tires. .... Changed the tire, drove the rest of the way home, put the car in the garage and called it quits for the day.

Pulled the flat tire out of the trunk and figured it out in about 30 seconds. Diamondback uses wood spacers to hold the beads spread apart on the tires. The tire shop let one fall into the tire and then installed the inner tube right over it. I can hear it rolling around in there. No wonder the tube burst after just a few miles.
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