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On 25 Jun 2005 at 16:50, Doug Brashear wrote: > As for whay I mean by dry rot, it's not only that the tires are > cracking on the surface, but now that one of the tires is completely > flat you can see that the crack goes down to the fibers that support > the drywall...so we're talking several milimeters of rubber that's > comprimised. I think the proper term for the cracking is "checking." Light checking, like a mm or so is generally no problem, but, as I alluded before, checking that gets to the cord IS a problem, and such tires should be replaced. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~