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From: thorm mund on 30 Jun 2007 00:37 Is it possible that tire dressing causes dry rot? I have 4 year old b.f goodrich 265/70r16 with 54000 miles that show cracking and the local tire dealer says it's caused by tire dressing. However there is cracking on the tread and I have never put dressing on the tread. Is this a defect? /
From: Jeff Strickland on 30 Jun 2007 17:34 54,000 miles on the tires, or the truck? If you have that many miles on the tires, do not pursue any claim for defects. "thorm mund" <thorm(a)operamail.com> wrote in message news:optupwgvjtubyayn(a)toshiba-user.myhome.westell.com... > > > Is it possible that tire dressing causes dry rot? I have 4 year old b.f > goodrich 265/70r16 with 54000 miles that show cracking and the local tire > dealer says it's caused by tire dressing. However there is cracking on the > tread and I have never put dressing on the tread. Is this a defect? > > > > > > > > > > > /
From: Bonehenge (B A R R Y) on 30 Jun 2007 19:01 On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:34:51 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr(a)verizon.net> wrote: >54,000 miles on the tires, or the truck? > >If you have that many miles on the tires, do not pursue any claim for >defects. Yeah, it's time for new tires.
From: Mike Dobony on 2 Jul 2007 16:06 "Bonehenge (B A R R Y)" <DwightSchrute(a)DunderMifflin.com> wrote in message news:25od83p88us27fomi3nuin434j6kolm95g(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:34:51 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" > <crwlr(a)verizon.net> wrote: > >>54,000 miles on the tires, or the truck? >> >>If you have that many miles on the tires, do not pursue any claim for >>defects. > > Yeah, it's time for new tires. I had some tires that lasted for almost 70,000 miles before the tread was too shallow to drive on safely. I also had tires with about that much mileage, but 8 years old that developed a "black baseball" on the side. Change tires according to the age, tread depth, and general condition. Dry rot is not covered under warranty. Miles are. If they are dry rotting, change them. 54,000 miles in and of themselves do not say a lot for tires with a 70,000 mile tread life.
From: B A R R Y on 3 Jul 2007 07:38
Mike Dobony wrote: > 54,000 miles in and of themselves do not say a lot for tires > with a 70,000 mile tread life. Did you know most tires lose significant performance at 1/2 usable tread life? If you live where it never snows or rains heavily, you can drive nearly the entire tread life. Everywhere else, it could be false economy. I don't sell tires, so I have nothing to gain from this. <G> |