Regular Tyre Flats - Root Cause??

thechamp said:
But if it is low pressure it will be like that on both sides, right? is the damage on bOth sides OP?
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Not necessarily, it depends on how the vehicle is loaded, road conditions, etc. As someone has mentioned already, the damage to the tyre looks to be a symptom of driving it under inflated but may not be the root cause of the issue.
 
Neuk_ said:
Not necessarily, it depends on how the vehicle is loaded, road conditions, etc. As someone has mentioned already, the damage to the tyre looks to be a symptom of driving it under inflated but may not be the root cause of the issue.
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But it will still definitely show on both sides even if the damage is more pronounced on one side. Maybe OP can provide a picture of the outside.
 
Neuk_ said:
Not necessarily, it depends on how the vehicle is loaded, road conditions, etc. As someone has mentioned already, the damage to the tyre looks to be a symptom of driving it under inflated but may not be the root cause of the issue.
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I don't see it being that bad on one side and nothing on the other side as a result of low pressure regardless of how its loaded.
 
thechamp said:
But it will still definitely show on both sides even if the damage is more pronounced on one side. Maybe OP can provide a picture of the outside.
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I don't believe that low tyre pressure is the root cause, I merely mentioned the tyre looked like both of the ones my father lost, there is another cause of the OP's issue.
 
That white ring is the exposed fibres of your tyre.

You have something... on that side of the tyre that is slowly wearing away at that exact spot all the way around and it's worn its way through the logo and all the rubber into the supporting structures in the tyre.

It can't be suspension, wheel alignment or even bad driving. Those would produce uneven wear patterns. This is equally eroded on all sides of your tyre until the supporting structures could no longer take it and "exploded" at a pressure point on the tyre.

You're looking for something at exactly that spot on the inside of your wheel arch somewhere and it will be very very black with rubber. It should not be hard to miss.
 
DMNknight said:
That white ring is the exposed fibres of your tyre.

You have something... on that side of the tyre that is slowly wearing away at that exact spot all the way around and it's worn its way through the logo and all the rubber into the supporting structures in the tyre.

It can't be suspension, wheel alignment or even bad driving. Those would produce uneven wear patterns. This is equally eroded on all sides of your tyre until the supporting structures could no longer take it and "exploded" at a pressure point on the tyre.

You're looking for something at exactly that spot on the inside of your wheel arch somewhere and it will be very very black with rubber. It should not be hard to miss.
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That's white ring is the rim eating the tyre when OP drove the car for 2km, that ring should be on the other side too. the issue is the wear around that ring, causing weakness in the sidewall and a blowout resulting in driving it while flat.

@OP post pics of the other side of the tyre also.
 
Zuner said:
That's white ring is the rim eating the tyre when OP drove the car for 2km, that ring should be on the other side too. the issue is the wear around that ring, causing weakness in the sidewall and a blowout resulting in driving it while flat.

@OP post pics of the other side of the tyre also.
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There are some cuts on the front side but the erosion is not as uniform around the tyre as the reverse side.

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I took a wide picture of the tyre but it went missing from my phone.
I'll just monitor the new tyre to see what happens. The fault could be the rim.
 
Trust|Nobody said:
There are some cuts on the front side but the erosion is not as uniform around the tyre as the reverse side.

I took a wide picture of the tyre but it went missing from my phone.
I'll just monitor the new tyre to see what happens. The fault could be the rim.
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Okay so the inside is way more damaged showing that something is wrong on the inside, camber could be out negative making it worse.
Buckled rim should be picked up when balancing is done.

Also take a pic of the tread, but needs to be clear to see if its lower on one side. Should it be lower on one side also take note which side that is.
 
Zuner said:
That's white ring is the rim eating the tyre when OP drove the car for 2km, that ring should be on the other side too. the issue is the wear around that ring, causing weakness in the sidewall and a blowout resulting in driving it while flat.

@OP post pics of the other side of the tyre also.
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Look at the edges of wear and tear around the fibres. That's not 2km driving to the nearest tyre shop kind of wear and tear.
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The green dots show the Original tyre wall. You can clearly see on the blue arrows that the wear and tear happened only in that area around the whole tyre, towards the centre where the wear is the worst... probably from the type weakening and bulging over time.
The red arrow shows directionally worn rubber, similar to the patterns you see on the tyre tread when doing high speed turns or spinning your wheels on acceleration.

I speak from some knowledge with regards to that kind of damage, needing to drive on a flat for the equivalent amount of km. So I agree I could be wrong, but I did not see that amount of damage in similar circumstances so I tend to disagree.

Also, the blowout happened right on the exposed fibres and ripped along them.
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I'm betting that something near the body of the car is either black with rubber or highly polished (as observed by someone looking over my shoulder)
My observer also suspects suspension/spring issue. Maybe previous damage and axle alignment or body is out?

That's what it looks like to me. I'll be happy to be wrong cause I'll learn something :)
 
Sinbad said:
You'd hear it if something was rubbing.
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judging by OPs name (I regularly see this 'Trust Nobody' on the back of a taxi on the N2 here in the mornings) you might not if he is a taxi driver or a Mitchels Plain man with 15" Kicker Subs in the boot of his Toyota Corolla 16v
 
Zuner said:
Okay so the inside is way more damaged showing that something is wrong on the inside, camber could be out negative making it worse.
Buckled rim should be picked up when balancing is done.

Also take a pic of the tread, but needs to be clear to see if its lower on one side. Should it be lower on one side also take note which side that is.
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I still have the tyre.

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It does look like its wearing out more on the left side of the pic.
 
Chuckmyster said:
judging by OPs name (I regularly see this 'Trust Nobody' on the back of a taxi on the N2 here in the mornings) you might not if he is a taxi driver or a Mitchels Plain man with 15" Kicker Subs in the boot of his Toyota Corolla 16v
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None of the above.
 
This cracking is exactly what I expect to see when driving on a flat tyre:
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That's a long shot from the damage seen here:
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This I expect there's something touching the tyre.

My observer suggests OP put in a spacer.
 
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