CREPELLO wrote:There seems to be an assumption about the nature of the split in some of the other posts. I'm not familiar with the tyre in question, but it looks like the flaw is at a mould join. Note the blue stripe follows the flaw, which you would get at a join.
Also, the side wall looks to be made of a thickish layer of rubber - I can't see any carcass threads that you'd get with a thin sidewall. So could it be that the rubber at the join has peeled back, rather than any threads being cut? In which case, integrity might not have been compromised.
Perhaps the OP can tell us whether any carcass threads have been cut?
This is only my speculation, but there is usually a tendency whenever someone asks about a damaged component for most answers to be overly conservative in judgement. Not saying that it isn't sensible, but it's not objective. So no real insight gained. Sorry to sound critical.
Hi,
I agree, we don't really know what we we are looking at, and
for the same reasoning as yours it looks like a joint issue to me.
On the back take it off and investigate, inside and out.
Form a sensible, not knee jerk opinion. A real split
in such a high pressure tyre wouldn't last ten minutes.
I agree with your conjecture, (there is no obvious bulging,
otherwise the OP wouldn't be here asking), that the tyre
may not in fact be compromised in any real physical sense.
I'd also look at the other tyre regarding the blue line
wobble and evidence for some sort of common joint.
rgds, sreten.
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