Originally posted by DoubleAught:
Looking to find out how they could tell the belt was broken? You said because of the unusual wear..... any other ways? (special tools)? I ask because I might've broken a belt a little while ago.
More importantly:
Is this kind of thing usually covered under warranty? FYI they're my second set of BFG KDWs (not KDWS), first stock, then from tirerack. thx.
My rear tires were practicaly bald on one area only and in that area you could feel the uneven surface (cupped).
As for other ways of knowing, sorry, best to ask a tire retailer about what other signs there are for separated steel belts on a tire.
I thought I just needed an alignment because of the shake/vibration at 120kph! It turned out to be the rear tires wobbling!
I asked the same question about the warranty and the mechanic told me that I may not have much of a chance there due to the life left in the rest of those tire's tread! So, to answer your warranty question, it will depend on how much tread there is left when the belt separated. Most places use tread wear measuring tools to determine how much is left in your waranty of the tires. Say you have 100,000km waranty tires and something goes wrong with the tire. The store will look up your tires and see what the depth of your tire's tread was when new and then compare that with the depth of the tread now. They use the comparison to determing how much life is left in comparison to the warant of the tire.
Oh, and when waranty work is done it is usually just a lesser cost to you based solely on what tread is left on your tires.
Stephen
