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| ogite Rating: N/A |
Well, the outside dual on the street side of my Eagle is flat and separated from the bead so it won't hold air. The shop where I bought the tire told me to drive the coach there (2 miles down the highway) and they'll fix it. Even though the inside dual and tag tires are aired up fine, is it safe to drive with the flat or will it damage this $250 tire? Thanks for the advice. | ||
| mel 4104 Rating: N/A |
not a good idea as any more damage that gets done to the tire they will claim that it was your fault and any warrenty that you might get is gone. the tread of the tire can seperate and damage the side of your coach and they will not repair it for you. so my answer is No let them come to you and do the removal where it is afterall you got the tire from them so they should be the ones to work on it again mainly when you are so close. | ||
| kevin schooler (Sylverstone_pd4501864)
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truthfully, it depends. my scenicruiser did 3 miles through town, plus 10 more highway miles, and a couple hundred yards of gravel, with a tire that wasn't seated on the rim. (my bad, when i picked it up, my copilot checked 'em and forgot to tell me, and i was too worried about other things and didn't check them myself, and he told me w ehad one off the rim and flat about 3 miles out from where we were headed.) one bead was off the seat, the other was on the seat. i basically used a rail road tie (portable pit  ) and ran the axle up on it with the tie under the good tire, wrapped a tow strap around the tire to pull it in the direction that needed to be seated, and put air to it. this was the inside drive tire. outside tire? i'd try to seat it, if it's too problematic, i'd drive it to them with a chase vehicle on a cell phone to keep an eye on it. (if the tire is messed up now, it won't matter, if it's not messed up, it probably won't be by time you get there, after all, that rim is doing nothing but keeping the tire from rolling away, and the tire itself is only supporting it's own weight.) i have no idea what a "tire call" costs, but i wouldn't think they would make house calls for free unless you're a big ticket customer or they're a small shop. what did they say when you asked about possible tire damage? -dd | ||
| Brian Brown (Blue_velvet)
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I'm with Mel and wouldn't risk it. If you want to avoid a service call, an outside dual is one of the easiest to R&R... no jacking req'd., just drive the inside dual up on a runup block and bust the nuts off. | ||
| Tim Hoskinson (Tdh37514151)
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I drove my 4104 15 miles to a tire shop with a inside daul flat one side had come lose from the rim. My wife followed me we went about 40 miles an hour all the way had no problems. The man at the tire shop told me they have trucks come in frequently that way. | ||
| Rob King Rating: N/A |
Hi Ogite Can you do it? yes Is it ideal? no, but I have driven many miles in deserted areas with one dual flat. The key is go slow, say not more than 15- 20 miles an hour if possible. Go slow enough to keep the tire from "flopping" so you don't do more damage to the bus, other dual and hopefully not cause more damage to the existing tire. Rob | ||
| ogite Rating: N/A |
Thanks for the input everyone. I did drive (slowly) the couple miles to the tire shop. I was told the valve stem needed a grommet on both the inside and outside of the wheel, as that's where the air was leaking. I was told it was an older style Alcoa wheel. I hope, really hope, this ends the tire concerns for some time. I didn't buy 8 new tires to add problems. |