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Date:         Tue, 29 May 2007 11:10:54 -0500
Reply-To:     Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Mounted Spare Blowout
In-Reply-To:  <AFFE29B7-487B-4EC6-B01B-CBB42F305870@uvic.ca>
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Greetings All,


Over the last weekend I moved the van and parked it in a different
direction.  The next day I noticed that the mounted spare had blown out.
Now while I have experienced a few blowouts on the road, this is the first
spare that I have ever seen blow just while mounted.  I know that the spare
has never been used as long as I have owned the van.  The tire is now
completely shredded with the steel belt out through the top of the tread.
To make things just a little more odd, the windshield also now has something
about like a stress crack in it running from top to bottom!  Does anyone
have any idea why the spare would just blow out while mounted on the
carrier?  The weather is in the mid 80s and the parking platform is shaded
by a number of large trees.


Route 66 Rider!
Ramon Hill
Live Long and Be Free
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