Motor,

That joke was funny...last week. Why not try reading the entirety of the thread before you go reposting similar jokes?

Seriously, I gave you my tire rim specs and realized other possibilities that could have contributed to my blow-out in my post on page 5. Interesting how you chose not to comment on that despite your accusation (on page 2) that I was making generalizations. At this point I'm trying to move forward and learn from this experience....


BTW, you really shouldn't eat those KFC Twister sandwiches....they're really bad for your coronary arteries.

 

Love Falken tires and will continue to buy them. IMO some of the best.

 

If these stupid little comments of yours can make you feel better about yourself…I’m glad I could help.

 

Stupid little comments > Long drawn out idiotic blabbering

 

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I read this thread (yes, the entire thread), and I would like to describe a personal experience showing how this can happen. In my case it was a 4-wheel drive vehicle, but the rest of the event is pretty much what happened to the OP.

While driving at highway speed, I felt a slight pull to the right. Then I heard a loud bang (sounded as though it came from a rear wheel-well), and the truck started swerving (a big wiggle that felt as though coming from the rear). Mercifully I was able to move to the roadside. After stopping, the following inspection of the wheel and its tire resembled the pictures posted by the OP: The tire was shredded (the tread was separated from the tire, and the entire tire was almost split into two lateral pieces).

While waiting for the tow truck, I walked back about 100 yards and found a large machine bolt lying at the side of the road.

So, what happened? This is a guess, but what I think caused this.

• I ran over a bolt (not a small nail) that imbedded into the tire. This was probably at slow speed, and the puncture was self-sealing as long as this large machine bold remained in place.
  
• When I entered the expressway, and began driving faster, centrifugal force began working on the bolt. As the bolt loosened in the tire, air pressure began dropping (and why I felt the “pull to the right”).
  
• Then the bolt came loose and flew away hitting my wheel well (that’s the bang I heard). The bolt left a large hole resulting in a rapid deflation. Rapid deflation at high speed always results in a dramatic disintegration of any tire. The tire literally comes apart.

I doubt that the OP had defective tires or wheels.

--Spike
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EDIT: What does "DDS" in your forum name stand for?

 

Spike,

Thanks for sharing your story. Glad you're okay. The only distinction between our accounts is that I felt the loud bang came from the tire itself exploding. Very horrifying experience to go through...good job puzzling the pieces together and I will definitely consider it as a possibility.

The DDS moniker is short for Doctor of Dental Surgery. Are you a dentist yourself? Do you know 2th?

Good to meet you man. Happy Easter.

 

Yes…and practicing longer (thirty-three years) than I like admitting. I’m mostly doing surgery (placing implants, Ankylos and Zimmer) these days (attempting to avoid the insurance headaches/write-offs).

You did a great job avoiding disaster with such a complete tire failure. I experienced the same, and remember well how close I came to a very bad crash.

--Spike

 

Thanks, bro. Yes, this is definitely an experience you want to learn from.

Nothing wrong with 33 years of practice man -- you've helped a lot of people and found something you enjoy. Surgery is one of my favorite aspects of General Dentistry (I wish I could do more of it). I hear you on the insurance companies...

 

Well, I think we have proof that being a dentist produces blowouts as described! Res ipsa loquitur!

 

Indisputable proof, lol.

 

Another solid axiom arrived at by using scientific statistical data…

The sample is two occurrences (a huge sample)…

Yup… for sure we have it… case closed.

--Spike

 

Just like there have been Toyota & Honda lemons, there will be bad Falkens. According to CR, the top three tires on the market are: 1. Dunlop. 2. Michelins. 3. Falkens. I've only used Dunlops & Falkens, and have had an excellent experience with both.

 

necro-thread

 

lol @ the OP's wheels. They look like knockoff SSR GT3s/GT03s.

My only complaints with falken are that they get greasy (RT615) when you heat them up. Other than that, i like those tires. But I have dunlops now.

 

OLD thread

...but I just bought another rear set of 452s. Nail in shoulder of tire FTL!

 

That was then -- I was a 4th year dental student at the time. This is now -- I'm now a Dentist and fortunately have the luxury of affording better wheels

To the person who dug this thread up, just FYI, at the time I wrote this, understand that I was not in the best mood (I wrote this on the same day I had my blowout). I have since gotten over it, and have nothing against Falken tires.

 

i had a set of falken fk452 and they were great i rode them all the way down to the wires and never had any issues