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that is exactly what happened to me on I-75 in south Florida, I was riding my Honda GL1500 motorcycle, in the left lane and about to pass a pickup pulling a double axle horse trailer.
the left front tire blew up, and the casing smacked the front of my bike head on. Broke some plastic, but the bike stayed true and straight, I pulled over and inspected for damage, it was minor, lost some Shark Grill chrome stuff, I don't like chrome, so no loss.
that SUV took one heck of a tumble, hope the occupants survived.
that is exactly what happened to me on I-75 in south Florida, I was riding my Honda GL1500 motorcycle, in the left lane and about to pass a pickup pulling a double axle horse trailer.
the left front tire blew up, and the casing smacked the front of my bike head on. Broke some plastic, but the bike stayed true and straight, I pulled over and inspected for damage, it was minor, lost some Shark Grill chrome stuff, I don't like chrome, so no loss.
that SUV took one heck of a tumble, hope the occupants survived.
That can happen with any wheel if the lug nuts aren't torqued. Your steel wheels would eat up the wheel studs faster than aluminum rims would. I know because I forgot to torque the lug nuts on my travel trailer. The steel rims slowly vibrated and wore down the sides of the wheel studs. I lost one full rim when it sheared the weakened and worn through studs. Almost lost a second wheel but it was still holding when I lost the first. All that happened within the first 60 miles of highway when we started a road trip. Fortunately it was a dual axle TT so nothing catastrophic happened. Just looked to me like I had a flat tire. Imagine my surprise when there was NO WHEEL!
I also recall I made a "forgot to torque" one of my steelies on my Ex. It hogged out the rim and wore the studs but I found it before it was catastrophic (within a few hundred miles). I had to replace the wheel studs and the rim.
Simplest thing to do is rotate your tires and inspect your wheel studs. If there is no wear on the wheel stud threads where the rim touches it, you should not have to worry. Just torque your lugs.
Now I'm **** about making sure I torque lug nuts properly.
I seem to remember the recommended torque on factory wheels being 135 ft/lbs (I know the F150 was 135), but I've used 150 for quite a while. A quick web search shows the recommended torque being 165! I don't ever recall seeing 165!
It appears that age of the wheels, studs, nuts, etc. has necessitated more torque for our own good.
