Is a Tire Bulge Dangerous to drive on?
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2019
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I just wanted to thank you for this video. I started watching you a couple of years ago with hot rodding a snowblower. Mine turned out so good that I can't wait for it to snow. However on this video I couldn't believe how easy it was to poke a hole in the side of that tire. I always thought that tires were much harder and thicker than that. Thanks for the tutorial. I never had much interest in mechanical things until I retired, Now I have enough tools in the garage to keep the space shuttle serviced. Thanks to you!
Thanks Jon.
Nice tutorial, plenty of good information, great demonstration, and good knowledge dispersed. I learned a lot!
I like that the video is actually answering the questions a person would really want answers to if they experienced this.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
You're always near the top of my subs list. Always on point.
Hey thanks man.
I knew why they bulge but did not know how the puncture / break on the inside. Very well explained. This video gives a new meaning to " hanging on by a thread" 🤔 Stay well, Joe Z
Excellent video! Shows the detail. Hit a pot hole w/ so much force I thought my front strut broke in half! Checked for damage, all seemed fine. Then next day noticed a large bulge on the sidewall of the tire. Time to get it fixed.
Same for me. My right front wheel had the most violent pothole hit I've ever experienced. Next day noticed a small bulge where the sidewall meets the tread. Been a month and no worse yet. My spare has air.
How about letting all the air out then re-inflating it? Would the bubble re-appear?
Great Video and best explanation and clear throughout!
Thanks for the lesson, l have had a few of those ,l always blamed them on Monday made tires
Excellent, detailed video. Thanks for making it!
mine was at least that high, tires due for replacement anyway, held my breath all the way to the tire shop.
Quick answer, yes you can drive on a tire like that. You probably won't be driving very long or comfortably on that tire, but you can drive on a tire like that.
I always figured tire bulges were bad, now I know why in detail!!!
Just a few days ago I had something similar, but more dangerous !
Had been noticing that my truck had a vibration for a while so took it to the tire shop to put two tires on the front. When the guy removed the left front he dropped it to the floor and the tread split about twelve inches ! If I had tried to drive the ten miles back home that tire would have come all to pieces and no telling what could have happened !
And yes, I had looked that tire all over very carefully and not seen any damage and it still had 70 percent tread left on it !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Wow, that's scary.
I averaged 110mph on the Alcan Highway between the Alaska border and Haines with my 911 Porche back when the Alcan was dirt. I toasted a steel belt radial at about 1/2 way. Another tire died as I pulled up to the ferry terminal at Haines. They wouldn't let the car onto the ferry with a flat so I hitchhiked into town with a flat and the only tire I could find had an Easter egg on the sidewall. It got me onto the ferry. The ferry got into Seattle at 11pm and I drove all night to Sacramento California on the Easter egg tire and was sitting outside the Sears tire center when it opened.
Great story. Whatever it takes.
Nice fix at the end. Thanks Moe.
It's very rare to see autopsy of tyre, good job
Great info. I had that on a boat trailer tire next day after a long drive to AZ from ID. Massive bubble.
That's nerve racking. At least it didn't blow in the road.
Nice info and inside look -- Thanks!
Good informative video, thanks!
Working as a mechanic at Goodyear I've seen some pretty crazy ones old Oklahoma potholes number one tire salesman
I Googled it and was shocked.
We learned about load range ratings on our trucks after having so mysterious bubbles All of our work trucks get E load tires now
You have a real knack for bringing us really cool and interesting subjects. Complete with fun facts, great editing and a smart dog. :)
Hey Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. Red Green would be so proud of you.
There was definitely some Red Green inspiration here.
Such a great video, thanks!
I bought 4 used tires and only one of them had a bubble like that on the inside wall. I didn’t notice it until I was under the car looking for my 10mm socket. Looked up a few videos and decided to buy a new one instead. Thanks for the video
Hi. Did you buy a new one for all 4 tires or only the one that had bubble?
@@adamnugroho7496 only the one tire. Had the same tires for more than 2 years and didn’t have a problem with mixed brand of tires
Great explanation!
Great video. Thank you!
I drove on a bubble for almost a year lol
Changing it finally 🙏
Really??
Did you make it through snow?
This comment helped, thanks. Can’t afford another tire until another day and a half
I need mine to last two weeks, waiting for payday
@@memadelrey4832 I first noticed mine yesterday. It has to be the first day as it wasn't there in the morning. Need to wait for month end as well to replace it. Hope it will last
As always, educational
Hey thanks.
Thanks for sharing, Ginger.
Basically as long as its not huge then you can at a very slow pace until you can get a new one. But just make sure to get one asap!
I ran a 35-12.5 flat on the highway, after fixing the broken valve stem, it inflated to have them bubbles allover the place. But she went another 200 miles and got me home.
Whatever it takes to get home.
i got a tire replaced because the inner side of the tire had these blister bumps all over the tire. funny thing is i went to try to get it patched from a puncture.
Slap a little negative chrome on there and good to go, I love it that’s hilarious.
Happy trails
Luke
Thanks Luke. - Moe
Thank you so much for your help
Another great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks. You were very informative. I have bulge tire too.
Had side bulge on my new Bridgestone a few years ago, was not a cheap tire.
Thanks for that, great to see the issue in more detail and see the construction of the tyre.
Ahhhh, duct tape. The handy man's secret weapon.
Thanks, great explanation.
Glad you liked it
hey Moe, this was great, like tire anatomy, I never knew how the bulges were caused, I thought it was a defective tire. I liked your metal cutter, where did you get it?
Thanks. My little razor blade knife is a Gerber EAB.
We had 76' Monte Carlo, with a bad vibration in the front end. I couldn't find anything wrong with it, I knew it couldn't be the tires as they were 'Good Rich' 100,000 mile tires and I only had 40,000 miles on em. As i was laying under it, replacing the tie rod ends for the second time , I looked up and both front tires had a goose egg on the inside.
Always discouraging to have to replace tires with good tread.
If that's a front wheel drive car & the car is a front wheel drive ooops it is a accident that you don't want to be in oh by the way I did The bug spray treatment on my 2002 Kia Sportage headlights long story short it works like a charm so much for those who say it'll probably will not work so sad to bad I say it Will!!!!!!!!
Watching him working with material as strong and tough as tire rubber barehanded with a razor blade made me feel uneasy the entire video. That aside very great info I learned a lot !
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Now we know thanks for the video🤠👍
cool that you found the cause
Looks like the Gerber EAB Moe! I love mine. A while back they had a recall on them due to less than intelligent individuals cutting them selves, so they made a "Safety" EAB. You could send in your old one and they would ship out the new and "improved for idiots" model. I did this just to experience the customer service and they even sent me a shipping label (by request of course) to send mine back. Separated sidewalls....Yep...been there many times. Cheers my Friend! Zip~
I wore this EAB for years but retired it a few years back in favor of a larger pocket knife. I was just thinking I should carry both as this little knife is amazing.
I came looking for the reason I'm on my 2nd left tire; I need to replace my rim. Thank you.
I had that happen before from hitting a curb.
Nifty! Thanks for that 😎
Hey Thanks.
Agree with 90% of your outline, however the term radial relates to the way the nylon threads are arranged, rather than the steel belt under the tread. I'm a generation older than you, and recall the transition from cross ply tyres to radial tyres and then to steel belted radials. Nowadays car tyres are all steel belted radials and the 'steel belted' is generally left out of the description. However there was a 10yr or so period where non belted radials were common. Grew up on country roads in Australia, and it wasn't unknown to crack a tyre going out in the morning, change it and travel 60 miles to have it replaced, return home and crack a pair on the way home. Recall that my father established a record with the only tyre shop in the area, purchased one tyre and had it replaced 8 times under warranty during the 12 months of the warranty period. Dealer and manufacturer did stand by their warranty though.
Aussie
Good Stuff!
Thank you. 🙏
Thank you Mr. Gaffigan
Heck Yeah.
Perfectly explained ! I learned a lot ! Thank you !
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Can you drive this? Sure you can drive it right up until it blows out. and then you could still drive it so the tire completely shreds. and then you could still drive around on the rim.
When I was a kid, I lived out in the country and one day I heard a really strange sound on the road in front of our house. It was sort of a roaring sound but metallic too. Yep, when it got close I saw it was a old truck driving along on nothing but four rims. Every few feet a spark or two would come off them and the noise was horrendous. I don't know how far the guy was traveling, but he seemed to be doing fine at about 20 mph. Something that I've never seen again since.
Thanks for quoting metric measurements
Once I went over a big stone at 70mph. And got similar balloon. It didn't get any bigger but, still changed the tyre.
Dang!
well info thanks!
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I've had this happen to me but it was on the inside of the wheel well. Driver side and on the side closest to the engine. I noticed a constant imbalance, a wobble. I had a feeling of what was going on, but I was on a bridge when it blew. No more wobble, and a whole lot of shit scared out of me. Sounded like a gun shot and since I was on a bridge between the bridge walls, it was a sound that bounced back and forth, so it was louder. Good thing I got the damn thing home, I was only a mile from my destination. I went from 60 to about 80 until my turn off. Once I turned onto the next highway which was another half a mile, the tire lost pressure fast because there was no tire expansion and when weight of the car pushed it all out. Needless to say, 15-20 mph the rest of the half mile home. I drove it in a way that the tire stretched under the rim so the rim wouldn't make contact with the road, I was hanging out the road and constantly watched it. The rim didn't even have a scuff 😅
It's nice when the bead stays attached to the rim and protects it.
@@sixtyfiveford Yeah, and I'm thankful it stayed attached
Thank you. As always, "the more you know"... =0) Do you have a link to your knife? I have one that is similar. A Gerber. I like the irwin blades as well. They are thicker and stay in the knife better.
That knife is the Gerber EAB (not the lite version) amzn.to/31ORGro . I wore it for years, my only gripe was having to unscrew the tiny screw to flip/change blades. It came with a really thick(2x razor blade) that I resharpened at least 100 times.
I was pumping gas when I noticed one tire nearly flat. After inspecting it closely, I noticed the bubble. I put air in and drove home. Don't know how it got the bubble. Either I drove with a nearly flat tire for a few days or there was some sort of impact, puncturing the tire and causing a slow leak and ultimately the bubble.
You hit a curb
It will be fine, just slap some flex seal tape on it.
Good one Moe.
Thanks.
I drove truck 38 years and had a few of these type of defects surface over the decades-NOW THIS IS FUNNY-Let me explain. This is old school back in the days of tubes. I noticed a good size bulge on the drivers side outside tire on axle 5 at a rest area as I was checking the rig over before I got back on the road. Ok-this is not good? I need to get this sucker to the nearest truck stop and get my spare on. So away I go at highway speed keeping a eye 👁 on it in the mirror cause it’s right there on my side of the truck-no sweat. Ok this is going to work out, only about 5 miles to the truck stop---WTF? Just like that the side wall split open about 2 to 3 inches and the tube emerged in the almost exact size of a basketball 🏀? What the hell? Back off the speed dummy! There’s big black basketball going round and round on the outside of that tire and it can blow anytime? This takes place in the slow/truck lane of 3 lanes on our side of the highway. Then I realize WoW- nobody is passing? I had it backed down to about 40 mph to limp it to the truck stop. 3 lanes of traffic behind me afraid to pass and rightfully so. It holds together as I’m turning into the truck stop I see people pointing and laughing as I approach the tire shop. This happened early in my career and as a bunch of us stood around this thing-at a very respectful distance-the old tire guy and the veteran drivers were all commenting that this was the first time they had ever seen this happen with a failed sidewall? We all agreed and I’m sure most of you will also that even with more modern tubeless truck tires whether there new or recaps that they EXPLODE and spread rubber chunks all over the highway when they fail. I certainly had my share of those also.
Mines in the shop now :\ damn construction!
Always heard picking up something in the tread could be plugged, not so for sidewall. Now I understand clearly. Thank You!!!
Yeah, there's not much strength in the upper sidewalls. Thanks for watching.
I've been subbed for a long time, but just today I watched my second vid. Now I'm wanting to kick myself (but I'd probably fall over). Some good info in this vid!! Time to look at some older vids!!
Have a GREAT Day!!!
Thanks Moe
Thanks for watching.
Just like a hernia hey?
Bob's yer uncle
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@@joelclark634 There you go. Some sort of relation anyway!
Ok so I just bought a used tire earlier today and this evening I noticed that my low tire pressure light came on (same wheel that I got the tire replaced) and I noticed the same bulge in the tire that is shown in your video, but it’s a little smaller. The thing is, I won’t have any extra money to get a new tire replaced until another day and a half and I’m in a tight situation to where I need to make deliveries in my car until the time being. Do you think my car will survive for another 36 hours with this bulge while I’m out on the road? I’m honestly scared of it exploding while I’m out on the freeway or something and I won’t be able to afford anything extra until payday. I’m just concerned because I can’t afford having my tire self destruct on me before payday.
Did your car survive the 36 hours? I got one of those bubbles and I gotta drive 20 miles to get home and wait for the tire shop to open up in the morning 🥲
Haha
Im cheap too! If the tire still had good tread, you could have kept it for a spare. Just throw a tube in it!
I had a tire when i was young and broke that got a screw hole right in a spot where the tech would not plug it. He said it was too close to the side walls...so we put a tube in it to get the summer out of the tire. Well, 3 yrs later, it was still going strong and i sold the car with tubed tire...yes, i told the new buyer that it had a tube in it...lol
I threw a tube in a large truck tire 35x12.50 years ago. The tube pushed it's was through the super thick patch and right out the tiny hole. I was only driving 20mph and it flattened in 2 seconds. Once those cords are ripped there's really nothing holding the tire together. The tires for this car are cheap at around $25 delivered from Amazon. BUT, I'm cheap and there will probably be more tubes in my future....
@@sixtyfiveford
Ha
Man i hear ya...
I only have one question; can it be fixed by patching the damaged area? Like you patch a puncture that goes all the way through?
If no, why not?
If yes, how long would that patch last?
Thank you for your answers! 🙏
No. Because the sidewall flexes every time the tire goes around. Going at freeway speeds, this flex happens about a 1000 times a minute/ 16 times a second. This flex will stretch and pull off any patch you put on a sidewall. That's why they say they can't repair a puncture or anything else if it happens in the sidewall.
If you lived in a third world country, they could revulcanize the rubber and fix the sidewall. It would last the tread life of the tire. But because we live in America, there's not a single company that will touch the sidewall of your tire.
@@sixtyfiveford thank you sir it was very informative. 🙏
I just happy that we are talking about a tire and not about the heart or a kidney. LOL
Very interesting - well, I guess that answers my question of trying to repair a tire with 3M PR100. Might work, but is it worth it? Always wondering about the repair? Blowout at the worst time in winter, night, miles from nowhere - that kind of stuff. Nahh, buy a new tire for peace of mind.
Duct tape fixes everything :-)
Is there a way a tire shop can make a bubble manually to scam someone 🤔 asking since I bought new used tires and only wanted a install and they told me layer after waiting for a while that they discovered the bubble after it was mounted...
Not likely. More than likely the used tires you bought already had the damage. Or the bubble can happen if someone dismounted the tires without a machine and were overly rough. Tire shops will always give you a hard time if you bring tires in to just have them mounted as they make virtually no money. They make all their profit off selling you tires.
I never knew!!!
I would drive home on it on a back road going slowwww ..Sure would not get it up to the Interstate speeds
Couldnt you just let all the air out through the valve then re-inflating it again?
The repair at the end..... If I didn't know better, I’d think you were joking :)
I knew it wasn't real because everyone knows you have to put the duct tape on the inside first!
A friend once had that happen to all the tires on a brand new Audi. The tires were defective.
That's never fun.
Why not get an inner tube and put that in the tire? The bulge would not be there anymore, because all the air would be in the tube. Yes, the rubber would still be separated at that point, but the tire would still be serviceable, at the very least as a spare.
Tubes arent recommended in tires for highway use.
@@CT_Taylor Interesting comment. In the past there were car/truck tires that required tubes, and I believe the old split rims also required tubes. My question is why are they not recommended for highway use now? I would think that tubes actually make the tire stronger. Just trying to learn.
@@MrDfbwa I worked at a tire shop. They wouldnt touch tires with tubes and refused to put tubes in tires. Apparently its an insurance liability thing, because a tires construction is really good and strong, but a tube isn't. I dont personally see the issue whatsoever, but its more so insurance companies refusing to cover shops for tubes. They do it for various other things. But when you think about it, a car tire doesn't need a tube unless its punctured or has a break of some kind, and I think the idea is that if it can be plugged or patched(simple puncture), its affected the integrity of the tire.
@@CT_Taylor Thanks for the info. I don't know why it would be a liability thing, but insurance companies march to the beat of their own drummer I suppose. I wonder if the same applies to antique cars that had nothing but tubed tires? Are the replica antique tires now tubeless as well? Didn't mean for this thread to go on and on, but I am always curious about what some people consider odd things.
I've ran tubes in a few sets of radial tubless tires. First was for some of bead sealing rubber being torn away from demounting(bought used tires) so there was slight air leaking at the beads. They claim it heats up the tire due to the friction from the tube scuffing the inner tire but I never had an issue and I monitored it really well for years. The second was for a sidewall puncture. I patched it with a extremely thick sidewall patch and then put a tube in. I drove it for about 6 months and it just blew out one day. The tube pushed it's way through the patch and sidewall. Once those nylon threads are cut you really have destroyed the tire. It's probably safer to run a dry rotted tire with a tube than one with damaged nylon cords.
I been driving on my tire for a couple months. 😩
Looked like my garden hose kinda, but it had more, like a snake that swallowed 20 stones
Can the internal cut/puncture still be repaired? Or has to buy new tire
No shop will repair it. You have to buy a new tire.
in your opinion, to best of your knowledge, if one was to realse all air pressure. put in sealer let bond, fill tire pressure. to stop it leaking past wall.....newer tire great tread..bulge
It's impossible to tell without thorough examination. However, if you have a decent size bulge on the side of the tire you have separation and the tire is not savable. You also likely have broken cords. There is no glue that will hold.
What's the best saw blade to cut a tire off rim I go through 3-5 metal blades after 2 tires please let me know.
I like angle grinders vs sawzalls especially for the rim ring. The fiber blades smoke a lot but the diamond blades don't.
@@sixtyfiveford I'll have to buy one thank for the advice
It’s fine in town
Sixty-five Ford can retread his shoes now.
Plenty of shoe tread to go around. I can retread yours as well.
sixtyfiveford LMAO That made me laugh I can see you doing that. Seriously can you make a set of Car Tread Shoes just for fun? That would be an awesome video!
A good base for a set of flip flops. Lol
Make a good pair of 'chanclas'
I hit a pothole and the exact same thing happened. I need to change my tires anyway. They are bald. Thanks for the insight.
It's always better to hit pot holes with bald tires. Then you're not out much money.
I keep getting bubbles in my tires. Is there anything that could be the car’s fault or is my city just that filled with potholes
Low profile tires are notorious for getting damaged.
Not at high speed and at any speed it will eventually blow
actually @sixtyfiveford I misspoke here.
At high speed it is very dangerous, and at any speed it will eventually blow
Cool
I wonder if you get syringe and some industrial rubber cement then inject the bubble then use a hand vise to hold it for 24 hours ! Then reinflate
The cords are what give the tire strength and keep the tire from expanding like a balloon. So it would seal and hold but you would eventually get a bubble from the rubber stretching where the cords are broken. It sounds crude, but your best bet would be to physically sew the area and then add unvulcanized rubber to the area and vulcanize it.
Lets see you cut a piece of sidewall out of another tire and graft it into the bubbled tire! Lol just kidding. Good vid.
I'll bet he could. Using a soldering iron, and some old shoe soles...
You guys are great.
Could I drive to the dealer to get it fixed ?
What brand of Duck Tape did you use ? l want to carry a roll in my truck
The cheaper the better.
T-rex is the best.