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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / October 2005Lincoln Town Car wheel explodes
My 2000 Lincoln Town Car wheel rim exploded on the interstate last night. Blew out a half dollar size hole in the middle of the tread area of the rim. This was in Bronx NY on 95. Never have I had a flat like this.........BANG. Managed to pull over onto the service road. As luck would have it a mechanic/part time roofer came by and offered to help. Said he never seen anything like it in his years of changing tires ect. Any ideas on why this rim blew a hole in the middle of the tread area? Aluminum? > My 2000 Lincoln Town Car wheel rim exploded on the interstate last > night. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Any ideas on why this rim blew a hole in the middle of the tread area? > Aluminum? Please describe the location of the hole better. The middle of the tread area is not the rim. Do you mean the edge of the rim near the bead? > > My 2000 Lincoln Town Car wheel rim exploded on the interstate last > > night. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > tread area is not the rim. Do you mean the edge of the rim near the > bead? No.Not the bead....In the middle of the tread area of the wheel. No hole in tire. Did not run over anything. > No.Not the bead....In the middle of the tread area of the wheel. That's where you're confusing people. Wheels don't have tread. I assume you mean the middle of the rim (the round part) between the beads (tire seating areas). Okay, where the tread WOULD be if the tire was flat and all the car's weight was on it. :) Could be a big rock or something got tossed up into the inside of the wheel while you were driving, started rolling with it, and got wedged between the wheel and some brake or suspension part, tight enough to knock a hole in the rim. Do the torn edges of the hole show if the missing chunk was knocked in or out? > > No.Not the bead....In the middle of the tread area of the wheel. > > That's where you're confusing people. Wheels don't have tread. We know that. > I assume you mean the middle of the rim (the round part) between > the beads (tire seating areas). Okay, where the tread WOULD be [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > tight enough to knock a hole in the rim. Do the torn edges of the > hole show if the missing chunk was knocked in or out? The area arround the hole very very slightly bulges out. The edge of the hole is chamfered out away from the hole. At the time of the blowout I didnt see any hole in the tire. The mechanic has the tire I,ll get back to him when I get a chance > My 2000 Lincoln Town Car wheel rim exploded on the interstate last > night. > Blew out a half dollar size hole in the middle of the tread area of the rim. Wheels don't have tread areas unless you are talking about one of those very old steel wheeled tractors. Tires have tread areas and those are mounted on wheels. Whach are you talking about. > This was in Bronx NY on 95. Won't hold the location against you. > Never have I had a flat like this.........BANG. > Managed to pull over onto the service road. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Any ideas on why this rim blew a hole in the middle of the tread area? > Aluminum? Aluminum??? Aluminum what???? Please explain what happened in detail. You got shot? Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > My 2000 Lincoln Town Car wheel rim exploded on the interstate last > night. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Any ideas on why this rim blew a hole in the middle of the tread area? > Aluminum? > You got shot? My guess was miniature land mine... JazzMan  Signature********************************************************** Please reply to jsavage"at"airmail.net. Curse those darned bulk e-mailers! ********************************************************** "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry ********************************************************** > You got shot? Thats what first came to mind. The blow out was the RR wheel. If it was a bullet then it passed under the left side of the car between the front wheels on a diagonal on the way to the RR wheel. The bullet after making the hole in the rearward section of the wheel then runs out of steam and never punctures the tire. Or the bullet hits brake components ect and shrapnel causes the blow out I did see a very small bulge/tear just off center in the tread area of the tire. > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Any ideas on why this rim blew a hole in the middle of the tread area? > > Aluminum? > You got shot? Lets see: A Lincon Town car in New York. Is the OP in the witness protection program? ;-) SignaturePaul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Real programmers don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the illiterate's form of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how much good it did them. > My 2000 Lincoln Town Car wheel rim exploded on the interstate last > night. Quit buying Fords and stuff like this will stop happening. > > My 2000 Lincoln Town Car wheel rim exploded on the interstate last > > night. > > Quit buying Fords and stuff like this will stop happening. Yea. Buy a Dodge and the ball joints will fall apart. (C'mon Dan. They all have problems....) |
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