Keep drving "it will show itself" - UPDATED
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Keep drving "it will show itself" - UPDATED
For those who have followed my posts I have been tracking several vibrations and sounds all over this state in my Ex. Piinion Angle, Drive Shaft Balance, Transmission Shield, Wheel Balance, a sneaky bad u joint. Well one at time I have managed to track them down and eliminate them, but when you have a half a dozen at once it takes some time. Have seen many of you comment "drive it and it will eventually show itself". Well today I think my Ex finally gave up her last one (crossing fingers). Yesterday after getting the U joint replaced she smoothed out quite a bit, all morning was better then later that evening on my way home and out of no where get a nasty shake in the front end. Get her home and get under it too look and find this on the inside of my front driver's side tire. Tires were soon anyway because I knew I had crappy Chinese tires even if the tread was still good. Obviously this was working it's way up to a full crack and I was getting sidewall flex long before this actually split. It wasn't this way a few weeks ago. Just glad it didn't blow completely to make itself known. She's getting new shoes before she moves again.
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For those who have followed my posts I have been tracking several vibrations and sounds all over this state in my Ex. Piinion Angle, Drive Shaft Balance, Transmission Shield, Wheel Balance, a sneaky bad u joint. Well one at time I have managed to track them down and eliminate them, but when you have a half a dozen at once it takes some time. Have seen many of you comment "drive it and it will eventually show itself". Well today I think my Ex finally gave up her last one (crossing fingers). Yesterday after getting the U joint replaced she smoothed out quite a bit, all morning was better then later that evening on my way home and out of no where get a nasty shake in the front end. Get her home and get under it too look and find this on the inside of my front driver's side tire. Tires were soon anyway because I knew I had crappy Chinese tires even if the tread was still good. Obviously this was working it's way up to a full crack and I was getting sidewall flex long before this actually split. It wasn't this way a few weeks ago. Just glad it didn't blow completely to make itself known. She's getting new shoes before she moves again.
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[quote=sammie0126;12489921]
Which American Racing Rims!
A lady with new shoes! How could it get better?
A lady with new shoes! How could it get better?
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PO put them on there, had never heard of them until I saw them on this truck in May when I bought it, Geo Trac is the name. Cheap junk.
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And I will spend way more on shoes for my truck than I will in a lifetime for my feet.
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Can you tell us the date code of these tires? The date code is the last four digits of the DOT number on the tire; but often these digits are only found on one side of the tire. They will be four numbers, the first two will be the week and the second two will be the year. For example 5006 is the 50th week of 2006 when the tire was made.
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Can you tell us the date code of these tires? The date code is the last four digits of the DOT number on the tire; but often these digits are only found on one side of the tire. They will be four numbers, the first two will be the week and the second two will be the year. For example 5006 is the 50th week of 2006 when the tire was made.
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Looked that up earlier today and it's 33rd week of 2009. You can see it if you got good eyes in the photo below. So they are only about 3 years old and are not even half way to the wear bars. Truck only had 77K on it and these weren't original tires so I am guessing they only have about 20K on them if that, but that is a guess.
You'll see "DOT" then a few blocks of letters and numbers. The last few, including the date code, appear to be stamped in by hand rather than being part of the tire mold like these. See the example here:
Tire Tech: Tire Aging - Safety Bulletin
Of course I could be wrong and this is just a goofy manner of a date code, but I'm willing to bet those tires are older than 2009. If you see a DOT number without a date code you have to turn the tire over and look on the other side; most tires only have it on one side.
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Don't think so Sammie. There is no DOT number before those, so I'm willing to bet that number is some random number that identifies the tire. I'm 99% sure that isn't the date code.
You'll see "DOT" then a few blocks of letters and numbers. The last few, including the date code, appear to be stamped in by hand rather than being part of the tire mold like these. See the example here:
Tire Tech: Tire Aging - Safety Bulletin
Of course I could be wrong and this is just a goofy manner of a date code, but I'm willing to bet those tires are older than 2009. If you see a DOT number without a date code you have to turn the tire over and look on the other side; most tires only have it on one side.
You'll see "DOT" then a few blocks of letters and numbers. The last few, including the date code, appear to be stamped in by hand rather than being part of the tire mold like these. See the example here:
Tire Tech: Tire Aging - Safety Bulletin
Of course I could be wrong and this is just a goofy manner of a date code, but I'm willing to bet those tires are older than 2009. If you see a DOT number without a date code you have to turn the tire over and look on the other side; most tires only have it on one side.
It says DOT OULF TCI 3309 you can see the OULF 3309 in the picture but they are spaced apart a bit, the DOT you can't see but it's right before the OULF I looked all over the tire looking for the date code yesterday and the only DOT reference is the one above so I arrived at 3309 even though it didn't look like the information I googled on how to figure out the tire dates. Any other places I should look other than beside where it says DOT?
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I know what you mean about sneakers for the car vice for the feet.
I walk into my local Discount Tire and they treat me like royalty!
Heck I walk into any Discount Tire and they call up my account and suddenly it's all smiles etc.
Probably because they figure I've contributed so much to their retirement fund already!
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This help any? Would like to know how old they are - not that it matters much just will maybe help anyone out there with these tires. Looked all over the front and can't find anything DOT or anything with a 4 digit number other than the weight ratings.
