look at my tire!

[fiddler]

Holy crap! Rode home front work tonight and found this in my rear tire.

 

[autoteach]

What is it, where is it? Cant see what I think you want me to see.

 

[tomatocity]

Looks like that might be a bubble but it is difficult to see.

If there is a problem contact the vendor. I had a separation problem with a rear K60. Took it to the vendor, they contacted the distributor, had a replacement tire in two days.

 

[~TABASCO~]

Is this a Kenda ?

 

[fiddler]

Yupper, the kenda big block. Warranty would probably be useless as its almost completely gone. Yeah its a 2.5 inch bulge. Sticks out about 3/4" from the base. Yeesh, one good left hander let'n er eat on the pavement and I'd be a skid'n.

 

[autoteach]

if you clean the whole area rather than just the bulge it should be easier to see in a photo. The contrast between the dirty tread and the bulge make it difficult to see the depth of the bulge. Good thing it didn't delaminate on you on the road.

 

[mattc]

Wow! Pretty scary to have a tire bubble like that. Makes me want to buy quality stuff.

 

[Maxified]

Did you notice any feedback from the tire on the way home, weird vibe or anything?

 

[RED CAT]

Poke a small hole in the bubble and see what happens. May just go down and be ok.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Wow! Pretty scary to have a tire bubble like that. Makes me want to buy quality stuff.

This has nothing to do with quality. A good localized impact can separate the tread from the ply like this. It looks like a well-loved knobby that's probably had it's share of stones and curbs.

That's beyond the control of the tire maker.

 

[stutrump]

I had that on a Continental fron tyre once. Ive never used Contis since, which may well be an over reaction but I dont fancy risking it.

 

[Ramseybella]

I guess it happens, but how often check the mold mark on the side how old is it?
You need a new tire as it looks..

 

[fiddler]

Yeah, I never noticed anything out of the ordinary. Ran like normal. Just happened to look down and glad i did. Oh, btw i didn't clean around the knob. That's just the color of stretched rubber. I'm guessing here as I wouldn't know what stretched rubber looks like.