Why not check with M/T? I did regarding the diagonal strip of cord showing
and they sent me a bulletin that says that the diagonal strip is OK to run
and the tires are OK. My rear tires are 30 X 18 and not the 26's tho.
Skip
At 04:53 PM 8/24/02 -0700, Jim Dincau wrote:
>Gary
>We have about 8 runs on our MT 26 x 18's in the 230-270 range and the only
>sign of wear is the diagonal strip where the tread rubber is but joined on
>the circumferance. No cords seperating though only a white stripe about 3/16
>of an inch wide. On the old Firestone bonneville tires we used to run them
>with cord showing (these were 10 ply tires mind you) by trimming the threads
>with a razor blade.
>Jim in Palmdale
>
>> Maties
>> I posted this a whiles a go and zilch replies so as where on to MT tyres
>I'll
>> try again
>> Rod one of the blokes over here is running a AA/BFALT this car has made 6
>> runs in the 230 -250 mph range ,he is using MT landspeed tyres we are
>> concerned that some of the cord is showing through is this normal after
>only
>> 6 runs ? are they knackered already and require replacement ( one would
>hope
>> not ) ? we have heard from some of the Bonneville racers that came over
>here
>> that this is normal and there is a special tool to shave the threads off
>can
>> anybody confirm this ?
>> Gary
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