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Originally Posted by rumatt
Whoa. Any idea what caused this? Were your pressures OK?
Did your wheel get damaged?
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My pressures were okay as recently as the previous Sunday, I know for sure.
I actually noticed just the slightest wiggle on the onramp when I was getting on 78 about 10 miles earlier. I made a mental note to check my pressures, but it didn't feel like a flat tire at all... just the tiniest bit "squishy" around the turn.
Then it finally gave up suddenly in Newark complete with show... violent shuddering, smoking rubber. The wheel was very hot.
It looks like there may have been a puncture from a nail or something, but I can't tell for sure... in the 1st pic, you can see a hole in the tread that could correspond with the hole in the sidewall. The outer sidewall is intact.
There's no visible damage to the wheel, but it will have to be checked out, I guess. If they have trouble balancing it when mounting the new tire?
