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Re: kumho crack - owner

To: mayipas@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: kumho crack - owner
From: ConeChasr@aol.com
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 16:55:46 EDT
In a message dated 10/5/99 4:34:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mayipas@hotmail.com writes:

<< So where do I go from here? Any suggestions? >>

I'll have to chime in here with my experiences in a GSX with Kumho 
245/25/17s.  During my second event on the tires, I nearly spun the car 
exiting a 3 cone slalom and some observers said that I lost a belt off the 
engine.  I checked and there was no missing belt.  Then, I found what had 
happened.

I checked the inside of the right front tire and the tread blocks on the 
shoulder of the tire had been SHEARED off apparently due to a bolt that 
sticks down from the upper control arm.  This bolt hit the tire when I nearly 
spun the car (leaning the suspension HARD on the right hand side).  FYI, yes, 
my kumhos did have a crack in the sidewall.

Honestly, I believe this situation was due to the fact that these tires were 
*just too big for the wheels*.  I had no spacers on the hubs but the tire did 
*appear* to have plenty of clearance.  But as we all know, the Kumhos do tend 
to deflect more than other tires and I believe this was a major cause of this.

*My* solution?  Run narrower kumhos or run BFGs.

Daniel "tire whore" Ledford
99 Mitsu Eclipse GSX

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