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Originally Posted by jeffwelsh
Damage done by a Westlake Tread Separation.
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That sucks, but throwing the tread is not something unique to a particular tire or country of origin.
This is why I run my hands over the sidewalls and tread during my daily pre-trip and at each stop during the day.
I found a bulge on the inside edge of the tread on one of the US made Goodyear Marathons on my old Airstream, at a mid-day fuel stop. This was most likely not a defect in the tire, but a road hazard that caused a bruise that eventually started the separation. Had I not found the bulge, it would have done the same thing to my Stream.
This is why I don't trust TPMS as the be all and end all of tire monitoring. If I would have TPMS it would not have indicated a problem until there was a catastrophic failure.
I live for this kind of thing, there is a problem. You have plastic wheel opening trim and a laminated floor that can't handle that kind of stress.
Now there has to be a solution. I have a couple of ideas and being as we have had our first snowfall of the year, (about an inch and it's going fast) I am going to have some extra time on my hands to ponder it.
Anybody got any ideas? And no I'm not changing to 17.5" wheels, or going to LT tires.