{"id":5846,"date":"2022-08-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2022-08-15T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:00:00","slug":"the-scariest-tire-ive-ever-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/the-scariest-tire-ive-ever-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scariest Tire I&#8217;ve Ever Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a mechanic, I see a lot of worn out tires. Usually we&#8217;re able to sell tires to a customer before they&#8217;re completely used up, but sometimes they&#8217;re already bald, or even worn down to cords. Sometimes the tires are just old and getting all cracked an dry rotted. But of all the tires I&#8217;ve seen, this car had the worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022_08_15_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022_08_15_01.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5853\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first I just noticed that the tires were getting low, and were old and had the typical small cracks forming in the rubber. But then I saw the inside edge of one of the front tires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022_08_15_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022_08_15_02.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5854\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The edges of tires often get worn down early due to improper tire pressure or suspension that&#8217;s out of alignment, and if they&#8217;re not caught soon enough can get worn down to the cords. This tire wasn&#8217;t just worn to the cords, it was starting to wear through the cords and a split was developing. Then I spun the tire to check the rest of it and saw the worst tire I&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022_08_15_03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022_08_15_03.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5855\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a huge split in the tire, with tons of cords showing and broken. You can even see a second layer of cords through the split. I&#8217;ve seen tires with bulges in the sidewalls, shifted belts, leaking sidewalls, but I&#8217;ve never seen a tire that I would be scared to drive on like this one. It&#8217;s surely only a matter of time before the tire just shreds apart. If it was up to me, this car wouldn&#8217;t leave the shop without better tires on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New blog post or video every Monday, plus pictures throughout the week on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mech_malarkey\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\">Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCasCW0ImD3UuLeMu5RAZCXg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch Mechanical Malarkey on YouTube!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mechanical Malarkey <a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/merchandise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T-shirts, hats, and stickers<\/a> are available to order!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Dan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a mechanic, I see a lot of worn out tires. Usually we&#8217;re able to sell tires to a customer before they&#8217;re completely used up, but sometimes they&#8217;re already bald, or even worn down to cords. Sometimes the tires are just old and getting all cracked an dry rotted. 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