What the shop I went to did was put the wheel on their balancer, spin it and hold a piece of marking chalk at the tread... The bulge marked itself very nicely, and the balancer clearly showed the extreme out of balance. Instantly it was very convincing. I left the marks when I took the tire set back to Big O... and got stonewalled. Which reminds me.. it's time to jab another needle in the Big O voodoo doll... :))
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 6:51 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There’s a small repair shop here on the Island I’ll take it to after I do > a front/back swap, they do tires,, owner is nice and seems to know his > stuff. Maybe they can throw it on the balancer or something and see if they > can figure out whussup. > > —FT > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:27 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I avoid all the chain tire shops. Have always used local guys that are > working out of a warehouse with a tire machine, balancer, and some floor > jacks. > > > > > >> On Thu, Dec 2, 2021, at 10:21 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
