oblong tires...

**step22** · August 11th, 2007 12:36 PM

i noticed that my rear tires are a little oblong. parang lubak - lubak ang surface pero slightly lang di noticeable kung di mo titigan. it is still safe to use ba? thanks

**userfriendly** · August 11th, 2007 04:33 PM

Time to replace. Oblong or out of round tires can fail at anytime. Failure can be as simple as defalted tires or as bad as a tire blow out.

Was in the same situation last week. Had to replace all 4 tires. 3 were out of round.

**step22** · August 13th, 2007 07:49 PM

naku sayang naman ang tire bago pa. bakit ba na ooblong ang tire?

**Bogeyman** · August 13th, 2007 08:07 PM

How new are the tires? As in when were they manufactured, not when were they installed on your car. You might want to have them evaluated at a tire shop, such as Servitek, just to be sure.

From experience, pwedeng mag-oblong ang tires kapag laging tumatama sa lubak during travel.

**nicolodeon** · August 14th, 2007 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by step22

naku sayang naman ang tire bago pa. bakit ba na ooblong ang tire?

Tyres go oblong when the steel belts inside either deform or break/snap. This is usually caused when you hit a bump/pothole really hard or you go over a "high" area at an an angle i.e. hitting your tyre on a sidewalk-curb while you're turning.

**userfriendly** · August 14th, 2007 08:08 AM

Can defective shocks cause a tire to go out of round?

**nicolodeon** · August 14th, 2007 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by userfriendly

Can defective shocks cause a tire to go out of round?

In my experience with a previous ride - yes. My rear-left shock absorber was defective then. We (my family and I) hit a bump square with all wheels while going a bit fast for comfort. Then next day, I felt a bit of wobble, wiggle on my leaft-rear tyre. I suspected that it went out of shape because of my bad shock-absorber and because we hit that bump squarely. True enough, when I had my tyres checked, the left-rear wheel was deformed (oblong) where as the four other tyres were okay. So, if I had a good (non-defective) shock absorber installed on the left-rear section of my ride then, I probably would have saved my pocket from buying a new tyre.

**Mile2** · August 14th, 2007 08:23 AM

When buying tires make sure you are getting the most recently produce.

Tires has manufacturing date markings.

example H2306 first 2 digits are the week number and the last 2 digits was the year.

**nicolodeon** · August 14th, 2007 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by Mile2

When buying tires make sure you are getting the most recently produce.

Tires has manufacturing date markings.

example H2306 first 2 digits are the week number and the last 2 digits was the year.

Hmm...this might have not much of a bearing if the tyres were stored by the vendor properly i.e. humidity/heat inside storage area is controlled/constant. When I replaced the tyres of my nanay's van two years ago, the manufacturing date was almost two years from the date we bought it. It still running quite perfectly: no bumps on the tyre wall, thread is still okay and in fact, we only experienced a flat only once.

**mackkcam** · August 14th, 2007 04:46 PM

Additional:
Also frommy Experience, when you go thru Hard on Humps/Lubak, not only your tires get oblong Also your Mags,

and yes, you also may get oblong tires with an Oblong Mag/s