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Originally Posted by Gary A
.....cut...... Took it to my tire guru yesterday and he said they all showed some cracking on the sidewalls. That surprised me because I often drive it 20 or 30 miles just to "keep it movin" and it hits the road often. Oh well, baby got new shoes.
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You did the right thing.
I also had cracking, at tire shoulders, and it was deemed cosmetic by state inspection; at a tire shop of all places. I also had Ford look at tires recently during oil change and they didn't think it was an issue.
A couple of months later (a few weeks ago) one blew at high speed on Interstate. Granted, mine were much older and with a lot more miles, but what stood out is that the rubber was a lot more dry rotted than it appeared. Once the tire blew at about 70 MPH, it rolled uninflated for a distance before I got off the road, and the sidewall rubber essentially crumbled. The rubber apparently just couldn't flex much at all without breaking into pieces.
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