[Healeys] Tires

[Reinhart Rosner (aon)]

Delamination may be one of the problems with old tires. 

More often it will be hard tires. During the years tires kind of dry out.
They get harder and harder and loose grip on the road. This effect is worse
on wet roads or even on the snow. If you recognize this, it already might be
dangerous, if you have to stop e.g. if a child runs across the street. 

Little bit less dangerous but nevertheless a problem is grip driving through
a curve. Especially if you have to brake or want to accelerate. And again it
is worse if it is wet.

And hard tires will increase wear on the axles and the steering system.

Most of the automobile clubs recommend not to use tires longer than four
years after production. They might look fine but got old due to physical and
chemical process whether you use them or not.

Regards

Reinhart



Reinhart Rosner
1955 AH 100 BN1
Vienna - Austria





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Von: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
Im Auftrag von Alan Seigrist
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. März 2009 00:52
An: Mr. Bill; healeys at autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Tires

Bill - I had Rikens on my BJ8 for 15 years first in Cali then Hong
Kong, put 50K miles on the tires - one tire finally delaminated,
thankfully I wasn't going fast.  I'd say 10 years is a good time to
change.  My new tires grip WAY better.

On 3/12/09, Mr. Bill <bn1 at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Gentlemen and List,
>
> When this "old tire" thread went around a couple of months ago, I had a
> question but I wanted to do some research first.  I have since talked to
> some longtime Healey friends and a bunch of 240Z maniacs I know.  It was
> agreed by everyone I talked to that a tire used all the time does not
> age the same as a tire sitting dormant on a shelf.  Living in Southern
> California, my Healey is driven all the time.  My one owner 240Z has
> been sitting a long time and, I agree, those tires are trash.  Because
> of the lightness of those two cars, I get excellent mileage and have run
> tires for 10 years on them.  I have never had a failure or even a bulge
> to indicate delamination was about to happen.  Are we all just lucky?
>
> Bill
>
>

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Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
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