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tearing big lugs of my B.F.Goody Muds

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tearing big lugs of my B.F.Goody Muds

Post by MUSS »

has this happened to any one else? only really happens when im doin some serious wheelin and with my tyre pressure low (15 - 19psi) the lugs are big and they are tearin all the way to the steel belts :shock:
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:shock: there must be other blokes out there with this problem aswell
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Post by bazzle »

Only if you spin the crap outof them on jagged rocks.
Caterpillar tracks break that way too.

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Post by 4sum4 »

:D Sounds like your being doing some driving,If the lugs come of thats bad luck.My first set I riped lugs of but not to the belt.
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Post by Area54 »

I've got a couple of lugs on my old style BF muds that have torn down to the steel belt. Put them on the back, in case the moisture rusts the belts and delaminates the tyre, never heard of it happening though...
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Post by MissDrew »

Never done it to a BFG but Have torn 3 lugs off a brand new swamper before, it was on its first trip. :bad-words:
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Post by MUSS »

think it might be cause i have the locker on too..... and the tyres at low pressure
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Post by Area54 »

Bazzles right, the jagged rocks will grab the lugs everytime and show them no mercy...
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Post by MUSS »

yeah but it only happened to my rear right tyre(which is now my spare) :D
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Post by Tojo »

i haven't ripped my lugs off but all my mud terrains now have bulges which makes the whole car shake, so i took them off. Does anyone know what causes the tyres to bulge like this?
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Post by Hoonz »

hahahaha jake its the powah of the middy .... better tone ur driving down a tad ... :finger:

we are gonna rip lugs off on the terrain we drive on ... spesh with the lockers .. all high traction rock with sharp edges
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MIDDY= TORQUE.... DUNNO BOUT POWER :rofl: :armsup:
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Post by MissDrew »

Tojo wrote:i haven't ripped my lugs off but all my mud terrains now have bulges which makes the whole car shake, so i took them off. Does anyone know what causes the tyres to bulge like this?
When they get badly worn sometimes a belt light move. I`ve had 2 do this before
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Post by bj on roids »

BFGs do not have big lugs to tear off? :finger:
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Post by Tojo »

i took a tyre to the tyre shop and they said the bulging was caused by the age of the tyres and tread seperation. The guy also showed me how to determine when the tyres were made from a stamping on the sidewall. It turns out mine were made in 1996!!! I had baught them secondhand from a bloke at work. It is a shame that i now have 5 useless tyres 3 of which have about 80% tread.
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Post by ozy1 »

so, can we too learn the art of finding out when a tire was made?
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Post by 308LUX »

i just bought new set of tyres today and speeking to the bloke at tyre power epping, he reackons the new BFG's are shite & wouldnt give em away let alone sell em!
i asked him, was it because of the new softer compound, but he replied by stating that the tread has been found to be ripping off the carcase right down to the steel belts :shock:
He said that this was the case in around 6% of em. i wasnt gonna risk it, got some bajaclaws 35"s x4 for $1200 fitted & balanced :cool: .
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Post by Tojo »

This is for BF Goodrich tyres. I don't know about any other ones. These stampings are on the inside sidewall. the first two designate the week of the year and the last one is the last digit of the year. So for this tyre, 19 6 means the tyre was produced in the 19th week of the year 1996. At least that was how the guy at the tyre shop explained it to me. I have no idea what all the other numbers and letters mean.
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Post by MUSS »

im gonna go TSL SUPER SWAMPERS i recon as ive seen first hand that you can give em a floggin and they still keep comin back for more
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Post by bogged »

ozy1 wrote:so, can we too learn the art of finding out when a tire was made?



there should be a stamp in the sidewall

0398 would mean 3rd week in 1998 thats how bike tires work.
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Post by 2car »

Tojo wrote:It is a shame that i now have 5 useless tyres 3 of which have about 80% tread.


Useless? Time for some burnouts!
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