Picked up from the road or sabotaged ??

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#51

06-04-2010 | 02:59 AM

OldEnuf2NoBtr

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From: Doghouse... mostly

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Originally Posted by dibe

The only reason I posted this is because I was wondering if it was picked up from the road or not. I have never had anything like this in any of the tires on any vehicle I have owned.

And to all you haters, eat a dick

It's my guess that you in all reality have never owned any vehicle at all if you have never gotten a screw or nail in your tire.Where do you usually ride or drive? In the freakin air? On a roof? Inside a Wharehouse?On a lake?GEEZ.

#52

06-04-2010 | 07:25 AM

dog155

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From: Windham,Maine

Seriously! Just look a little harder,you will find a heck of a lot worse things.I once ran over a piece of car leaf spring while in a turn,it flipped up and cracked both inner and outer primary covers on my Electraglide.Now that day Sucked a big one.

#53

06-04-2010 | 08:16 AM

krusty1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by High Gear

Yup hard to believe how some things can find there way into a tire.

Generally its the front tire rolling over that sets it up for the rear.

Shoot had a 3/8 bolt get into the rear tire of my cage at parking lot speeds once , WTF.

I agree. T think this is exactly what happens. There's so much debris on the road, and a certain percentage gets flipped up by the front tire, and a smaller percentage just happens to be in the right position for penetrating the rear tire.

I've had lots of rear flats from screws and nails (even finish nails)....and never a front flat. In fact, the only time I've seen front flats is when somebody rides a tire way beyond its wear limits....though I HAD an acquaintance that hit a good sized rock (he was on a group ride riding tight and didn't see the rock) which flatted his front tire, throwing him immediately out of control and into a rock wall at the road's edge, where he died from head injuries.

#54

06-04-2010 | 08:22 AM

Quadancer

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From: Acworth Georgia

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Originally Posted by trafficjams

I've been working on the highways for years. It's incredible the amount of screws and nails that can be found in the breakdown lane just after bridge joints. They bounce out of the bed of contractors pick-up trucks at the tailgate hinge space. Eventually, after bouncing around the highway from traffic (with some of them once in awhile ending up in tires) they gravitate to the breakdown lane just beyond the bridge (or bump, or whatever). Don't pull over in a breakdown lane just beyond a bridge... trust me. You may end up broke down.

...just when I just know I know everything...along comes another tip...
I'll be copy and pasting this one to my RC website - good stuff.

#55

06-04-2010 | 08:40 AM

leicafish

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Man you are paranoid, There is crap all over the road. This happened to when my RK was brand new.

#56

06-04-2010 | 09:18 AM

Dick Darko

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt. Obvious

hahaha, pulled this out of the tire of my MRAP when i was in Iraq back in '08

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you get a little extra traction with that thing sticking out of your tire...

#57

06-04-2010 | 09:37 AM

RandyDowdy

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Originally Posted by Quadancer

...just when I just know I know everything...along comes another tip...
I'll be copy and pasting this one to my RC website - good stuff.

Me too. It does make sense, but I would have never thought about it. I guess the first couple hundred yards would be a mess.

#58

06-04-2010 | 10:45 AM

KBFXDLI

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Definitely sabotage....call the DOD right away that is definitely a Muslim screw. Did you find a little white turbin nearby anywhere?

#59

06-04-2010 | 10:53 AM

08rock

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From: new jersey

Amazing how all this crap finds it way into our tires. If you have ever tried to sabatoge a tire its almost imposible. Don't ask how I know.

#60

06-04-2010 | 11:09 AM

never say never

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thats usually what you would fined in a hardware store parking lot,the more experienced you become the smarter you will be in watching for such objects in different locations