Originally Posted by vandalay

When the local Mech got it on the lift he immediately noticed the radial belt tearing away from the inside of the left front tire. 7,000 miles ago, due to budget constraints, I put 4 new 40,000 mile Republic Metric Tires on the car. I think these tires are made by Kelly. Anyway, due to the weight of these 126 chasis, not every correctly sized tire is a good tire. In other words cheaper is definitely not better. New tires are on now and she's back to riding smoothly.

Bob