When it comes to cleaning tires we recommend you follow this advice from our friends at michelin.
Michelin rv tires cracking.
When exposed to sunlight and the elements they can develop those small cracks often referred to as weather checking ozone cracking or just plain sidewall cracking.
From the picture it appeared the tire had what i would call ozone or uv cosmetic cracking.
Only driven maybe 5 000 miles since then so all tire treads appear as new but front tires developing small cracks in sidewalls.
Avoid the use of petroleum based tire cleaning products as they can exhaust the tire s oxidation and weathering agents within the rubber compounds resulting in cracking.
Crack depths average approx.
Guide for proper use and maintenance and rv tire information mwl43146.
The owner was concerned about the tire durability as he had suffered a couple of blowouts previously.
Surface cracked tires are no longer the plague of rv owners and classic cars tires today can last to the 80 100 thousandth mile.
With rv tire expert roger marble i recently read an rv forum post about sidewall cracks.
We have sidewall cracking on all outside mounted tires michlin tires 255 80r22 5 xrv dot b6h6 ak3x 3805.
When a consumer calls the toll free number 1 877 pax tire michelin will advise the consumer on how to service their pax system tire.
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Rear tires still appear as new.
All bought at the same time 7 years ago.
Not being able.
5 64 1 9844mm determined by inserting the corner of a paper strip into cracks scribing the paper with fine point pencil against the sidewall measuring marked depth with a micrometer.
Just say no to tire cracking.
2 michelin rv tires table of contents michelin tires and tubes are subject to a continuous development program.
And the michelin truck tire data book mwl40731.