Take it to a decent tire shop and have them look it over. If you have tread separation and you describe classic symptoms of exactly that, it is a very dangerous thing that can and will cause loss of control and a serious wreck. Do not mess around with it.. If the tread comes off the tire it will also beat the living hell out of the fender before you get to a stop, even if it doesn't wreck you. I recently lost a front tire on the Ford King Cab F350, 9,000 lb truck empty, due to tread separation, same symptoms you describe. The day before, I had it on the freeway running 75 and it felt "not right"... so I went to the far right lane and slowed down.... at 50 the not right feel went away... I kept the speed down on the return trip [about 60 miles] and the next day used the truck again.. At that time, I hit a bump and the front started an oscillation that was truly frightening. I hit the brakes and pulled the speed down to 20 before the front stopped driving itself. I got the message.... milked it to the closest tire shop and at that point, I could see a tread bubble about 2 ft long... [Big O tires.... 12,000 miles since new, a dual truck, so 6 tires cost $2,200 when new] Put a set of Michelin replacement tires on at the handy shop, and love them. Big O refused to warranty their tire set that failed... no refund.. I ate it.. ouch. They are forever on my "never do business with them again."
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 5:18 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I found an article that had the name of the company called Turbo Tires or > some such that sells these lizetti tires. A link to some business website > had their phone number so I rang up the company and talked to a nice guy > there. He said they had not imported these tires for 7 years and there > weren’t many out there. Weird as these tires looked pretty new. I need to > check the date codes on the tires. > > They now sell some tires made in Thailand called lexani. Cheep but he said > they were good. Whatever. Walmart seems to be their main outlet. That’s > probably where these tires came from. > > I’ll have to work on this tire, probably have to get another one. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Dec 2, 2021, at 3:40 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Yup, sounds like a bad belt. I would swap it to the rear and see if the > noise/vibration follows. I’m guessing it will. > > > > As I recall, the MLs use a weird tire size that’s not terribly common. > > > > -D > > > >> On Dec 2, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> The LF tire on the ML500 started acting weird at 25mph+\- , kinda > bouncing around, but then it smoothes out at higher speeds. At first I > thought something in the steering or suspension was loose causing this. I > jacked it up the other day and there was no play in the steering, all the > suspension bits looked tight and fine. > >> > >> today I was driving with the window down and it seems like a flapping > sound as the tire rotates at that speed. Got me thinking maybe a belt is > separating? I’ve never had that happen so not sure of the symptoms. F Rt > I’m what I can tell it looks ok. I was thinking to swap it front to back > and see if the behavior follows the tire. Or take it off and take it to a > tire shop to see if they can figure it out, maybe it shed a weight or > something. > >> > >> The tires are “Lizetti” and were on the vehicle when I “acquired” it > and looked to be nearly new. Not a lot of miles in them. It’s weird I have > done a search for the tire in the size 255/65R17 and none appear to be > available anywhere though a few other sizes are sold by different vendors. > They seem to have ok reviews for a cheaper tire but I had never heard of > them. > >> > >> --FT > >> Sent from iFōn > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
