woodsy Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Can anybody tell me if there is a speed restriction on Recip Trial 245/70/16? We purchased 4 new (remould) tyres in Sept 2010 for our Discovery 2. Have used only for day to day and some green laning only so nothing extreme. The other day we noticed a flapping noise whilst driving and stopped as soon as we could. We saw that one of the luggs had come away from the rear nearside tyre and obviously would have peeled right off had we continued driving!!! There is no speed restriction warning on the tyre, neither were we told of any at the time of purchase. We have not exceeded 70mph as the disco is not really built for that but want to get as much info as poss before returning to where we bought them. Can anyone help or experienced same? Any info appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Can anybody tell me if there is a speed restriction on Recip Trial 245/70/16? We purchased 4 new (remould) tyres in Sept 2010 for our Discovery 2. Have used only for day to day and some green laning only so nothing extreme. The other day we noticed a flapping noise whilst driving and stopped as soon as we could. We saw that one of the luggs had come away from the rear nearside tyre and obviously would have peeled right off had we continued driving!!! There is no speed restriction warning on the tyre, neither were we told of any at the time of purchase. We have not exceeded 70mph as the disco is not really built for that but want to get as much info as poss before returning to where we bought them. Can anyone help or experienced same? Any info appreciated. Hi I have no idea of the speed ratings of your tyres, but in simple terms a speed rating of a tyre is a letter, say "A" at say "60 MPH" and that if you go 10MPH over this max rating for some time (can't remember what but say 10 mins) then there is a risk of delamination, which I think is what is happening with yours. So, have a good lookie on the www and your sidewalls see what they are - thats prob it, and why I am neverous of say Simex ETs on my 90 with the low speed rating they have, IMVHO Remoulds are evn more speed rating sensitive, I have know peeops in the old days with dirt devil tyres which undid themselves completely a a few MPH about the "Approved" speed rating HTH Nige PS moved to International BTW, and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Can anybody tell me if there is a speed restriction on Recip Trial 245/70/16? We purchased 4 new (remould) tyres in Sept 2010 for our Discovery 2. Have used only for day to day and some green laning only so nothing extreme. The other day we noticed a flapping noise whilst driving and stopped as soon as we could. We saw that one of the luggs had come away from the rear nearside tyre and obviously would have peeled right off had we continued driving!!! There is no speed restriction warning on the tyre, neither were we told of any at the time of purchase. We have not exceeded 70mph as the disco is not really built for that but want to get as much info as poss before returning to where we bought them. Can anyone help or experienced same? Any info appreciated. this chart should explain tyre speed ratings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 From what i can see, the speed rating for those should be an R which is rated to 106 mph............! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 More than likely it is just that they are remoulds therefore likely to fall to bits at some point. It isn't specifically to do with speed - we had a set of remould tractor tyres on the farm that totally delaminated and had never been on a paved road. Broncos were terrible for it which is probably why they aren't around any more, sold them for a while at work and we sold the last few sets off cheap to get rid of them as after a few fell to bits nobody would buy them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I have managed that speed on mine and they're ok still. Might be a dodgy batch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPendrey Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Since they're less than a year old, I'd be going back to the point of purchase for a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangebean Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 More than likely it is just that they are remoulds therefore likely to fall to bits at some point. It isn't specifically to do with speed - we had a set of remould tractor tyres on the farm that totally delaminated and had never been on a paved road. Broncos were terrible for it which is probably why they aren't around any more, sold them for a while at work and we sold the last few sets off cheap to get rid of them as after a few fell to bits nobody would buy them! Will second the view on Bronco's. Mine are delaminating happily and the truck's been parked up for 6 months . They were fine when I parked it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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