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Tire bulge...
Hey, just yesterday, I took my '01 Maxima into get emmissions and safety done, and get registered. Everything went fine. Then today, I get on the freeway. After about 5 minutes, I notice some slight shaking. At first, I didn't think anything of it, because the car badly needs the allignment done, and it has had a slight wobble for a few months. I was just waiting to get new tires before I did it. The old ones are getting close to needing to be replace. Now, as I say that, they are NOT going bald or anything. They are technically still just fine. They haven't hit the little replacement marks yet or anything.
So after about 20 minutes on the freeway, it gets really bad. So I pull over, and on my front drivers side tire, there's a HUGE bulge on the inisde of the tire. Now I realize that this may have been an existing condition, but I think they grossly overinflated my tires at the shop yesterday. Cause I went to a gas station, put on my spare, and checked the pressure of all the other tires. The other front tire was at about 65 psi, and the rating was supposed to be 44. I never overinflate my tires, so they are the only ones I can think of that would have done it. So what are you thoughts? Could it be that they overinflated the tires, and that one had a weakness in it? I'm just curious cause now I'm going to get new tires, and I want them to help pay for that one!
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08-12-2007, 05:42 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Tire bulge...
what they probably did was have a new person over thinking it probably thinking that it would need more pressure since the weight of the car wasnt on it or something. but the steel belts in the tire to break arent all that uncommon, happens mostly in firestone. but the recommended psi for a tire for every day use is between 30-35 psi higher pressure if you are carrying a heavier load which you shouldnt do in your car
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Re: Tire bulge...
youll probably only need to replace the one and let out some of the air in the rest, shouldnt do any harm
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