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Just a Public Service Announcement reminder to check your spare tire air pressure and general condition.
I hit something this morning on I25 north at Sante Fe. The tire went down almost instantly after the BIG CRUNCH/BANG. By the time I got over to the shoulder it was shredded. Then I found the spare donut was almost flat. There was enough air in it to get me off the highway to where I could add some air to get home.
I've been advised that I should make sure I rotate the air with the proper seasonally conditioned air. [LOL]
Have a Good Day. All in all my day wasn't all that bad.
DonnyCommo
08-12-2013, 22:57
Daggum!! That's one hell of a way to start off your day! Glad everything worked out for the most part!
Every time I change the oil I check it.
Great-Kazoo
08-12-2013, 23:29
another 8 weeks and you'll need to change over to fall air.
Just happened to check the one on my truck the other day. Thanks for the reminder.
One of the most missed items to check for because its hidden. Glad you made if off the highway safely. Thx for the reminder
hghclsswhitetrsh
08-13-2013, 08:01
I thought this was another juice thread... Jk
seriosuly though thanks for the reminder I will check this weekend.
Bailey Guns
08-13-2013, 08:10
I think my spare tire is over-inflated. So does my doctor.
StagLefty
08-13-2013, 08:13
Spare ?????
5 tire rotation, I don't have a spare, I just usually let one of them rest at all times.
kawiracer14
08-13-2013, 08:41
Also a good reason to have a small compressor in your car/truck. My compressor and my battery jump pack have come in handy many a times.
StagLefty
08-13-2013, 11:21
Also a good reason to have a small compressor in your car/truck. My compressor and my battery jump pack have come in handy many a times.
^ Amen to that.
cfortune
08-13-2013, 12:04
Yeah, I keep a compressor that works off the cigarette lighter in my car.
ChunkyMonkey
08-13-2013, 14:16
I ll just call CFortune then. [Flower]
cfortune
08-13-2013, 14:19
You'll have to provide food then.
ChunkyMonkey
08-13-2013, 14:20
You'll have to provide food then.
That I can do
Wife's Audi Q5 has a collapsible spare and a compressor - to save space.
Dambdest thing.
http://gallery.achtuning.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=20423&g2_serialNumber=4
Wife's Audi Q5 has a collapsible spare and a compressor - to save space.
Dambdest thing.
http://gallery.achtuning.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=20423&g2_serialNumber=4
I'll say. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine a woman driving.
You guys ever get a flat tire and wonder how in the heck whatever you ran over punctured your tire in the first place?
Well, I wasn't wondering today.
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clublights
08-29-2013, 01:47
You guys ever get a flat tire and wonder how in the heck whatever you ran over punctured your tire in the first place?
Well, I wasn't wondering today.
**SNIP***
Well that's yer problem right there....
hey irving, you got a big ole metal bolt in your tire.
you should probably get that taken care of.
Couldn't plug it because it was about 50% bigger than the plug. Had to buy a new tire. I've been doing so well saving money by not eating out lately too.
clublights
08-29-2013, 02:00
Couldn't plug it because it was about 50% bigger than the plug. Had to buy a new tire. I've been doing so well saving money by not eating out lately too.
I saw the handle for inserting the plug in the background and thought "yeah thats not gunna work"
Idiot light on the dash told me low tire pressure, so I check all 4 tires and they are perfect. Come to find out the spare was 10 psi low...How the hell?
lpgasman
08-29-2013, 07:04
I know my spare is good, its on the front of my truck. Damn I need tires![Bang]
Most tires lose some air over time, either because they don't seal perfectly to the rim, or leak at the valve stem/core. The smaller the tire, the more pressure loss you will see, because the volume of air in the tire is smaller. Bike tires are particularly bad in this respect. More than half of the bikes that come into my shop have tires that are down 25% or more from the motorcycle manufacturer's recommended pressures. And throw away those shitty pencil style gauges. They're about as accurate as a Denver weather forecaster, and as repeatable as a carnival fortune teller.
My spares look okay [Thanks]
http://i.imgur.com/ezJgDzth.jpg
RblDiver
08-29-2013, 14:09
another 8 weeks and you'll need to change over to fall air.
Or, if you're rich, Perri-air?
http://sprocketink.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spaceballs_perri-air.jpg
generalmeow
08-29-2013, 14:20
I was driving in the middle of nowhere, Queensland, Australia, in a rented car, through sugarcane fields about 15 feet high on each side of the road. I was with my girlfriend at the time. It was so remote no cars were coming by.
I got a flat. Got out to put on the spare, and the spare was flat. I take out the cell phone to call the rental company, and the phone dies. Fuck.
We started walking up the road, and it just so happened that there was a small cinder block farmhouse. Maybe 10'x20'. Just cinder blocks and a roof. We knocked on the door, and this really scary looking guy answered, and we asked if he happened to have a phone. He said yeah, come in. We go inside, and it's just him and his two sons living in there, none of them have shirts on, they're filthy, and living in squalor.
He lets me use the phone, I call the rental company and tell them where I'm at. While I'm talking on the phone, the dad says "stay right here", and leaves the house and I see him go out back to his shed to get something. I think "oh fuck", and I tell my girlfriend under my breath to leave immediately. For a split second I thought the guy was going to come out with an axe or a gun and kill us. My heart was pounding. I don't think he came back from the shed with anything. And he didn't kill us.
We went back to our car and waited for about an hour, and after about 30 minutes the scary guy comes straight out of the sugarcane at us and knocks on the window. I thought again, "we're going to die". He just asked if we wanted to come back to the house and have some tea. We did not care for any tea at that moment.
That was scawy movie 5,, already saw it.
through sugarcane fields
I read the rest of the story in Hermes Conrad's voice.
And a few months later, another tire bites the dust. Hancook Otpitmo tires suck I guess.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HbIcAosZ4Js/UwwBOi8j_PI/AAAAAAAAIXE/O6_utNRANJc/w999-h562-no/20140224_193426_Richtone%2528HDR%2529.jpg
wctriumph
02-27-2014, 01:54
I have it checked and adjusted every time I have the tires rotated.
Wife's Audi Q5 has a collapsible spare and a compressor - to save space.
Dambdest thing.
Must be a German thing....my 911 had a spare that was intentionally flat so it'd fit up front.
Must be a German thing....my 911 had a spare that was intentionally flat so it'd fit up front.
Nah. pretty much every make has done it over the years. Late sixties Chevy Camaro or Corvette was the first I saw it. Some people dont get spares at all. Bad plan in my mind.
Persocon
02-27-2014, 16:11
no spares = plastic donut mounted to inside of the wheel run-flats, or stiff reinforced sidewalls. I'd prefer that so i can get away from a situation quickly
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