One thing that gets forgotten after a burst is that the impact of the failure, and whatever caused it, may have knocked the car's geometry out. A tyre that let go because of a heavy pothole hit took that impact through the wheel, the hub and the suspension arm, and the tyre was not the only component involved. Even a failure with no impact behind it can leave the car having been dragged along on a rim, which is not something the suspension was designed for either.
The symptom afterwards is not always obvious. Sometimes the car pulls slightly. More often it drives perfectly normally and quietly eats the edge off the new tyre over the following few thousand miles, at which point the tyre gets blamed. So it is worth having the alignment checked after any significant tyre failure, particularly one caused by an impact. We will say so at the roadside if the circumstances suggest it, and we will look at the wheel for damage before fitting anything, because a bent rim and a knocked geometry frequently arrive together.
Recovery cover pays somebody to move the car. A mobile fitter finishes the job instead: one call, a technician sent to where you are stopped in Hampton, stock already loaded, and the wheel back on before the recovery truck would have arrived. Tight in Nurserylands, easy in Fulwell: neither stops the job. Level in Fulwell, sloping in Nurserylands: we set the car straight first.
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The impact that destroys a tyre rarely stops at the tyre, and the consequence usually shows up as a new tyre wearing unevenly months later. It is worth remembering after any failure involving a pothole or a kerb around Hampton. We check the wheel before anything goes on and we will say when the geometry is worth looking at.
A heavy pothole hit reaches the wheel, the hub and the suspension arm. The tyre is the visible casualty and it is rarely the only one.
The usual way a knocked geometry announces itself, a few thousand miles later, at which point the tyre gets blamed for something it did not do.
They frequently arrive together, because the same impact caused both. We check the wheel before fitting and mention the geometry if the circumstances suggest it.
If there was an impact involved, yes. The same hit that ruined the tyre went through the wheel, the hub and the suspension, and geometry is easily knocked out.
It often does. The symptom is usually the new tyre wearing on one edge over the following few thousand miles rather than anything you can feel.
Not at the roadside, and we would rather say so plainly. What we will do is check the wheel for damage and tell you when the circumstances suggest checking it.
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