Has anyone else had this problem?

I got a set of Hoosier R6's in the spring. First time I used them, the rear tires spun on the rims and I had to get them rebalanced (at the track). Happened a second time on the next session. Now the bead will not seal on one side of the tire. Goes from 30 psi to 0 in about 3 days. We tried flipping them, and that same bead won't seal on the other side. These are 295/30-18's. Same thing on both tires. Fronts are fine.

I ordered a replacement pair today. It's not clear whether Hoosier is going to make good on this. Anybody have any similar experience or advice?

Thanks,

Jon

 

hi... Had same problem but with an other make... It can down to this... " Too much bead lube". BTW they were spot on... most of the time it is under hard braking and on fronts... Tim

 

These spun in the power direction, not braking, and on the rear wheels. Now they won't seal even just sitting in the tire shop, off the car. Also, only one bead and not the other.

 

Tim is correct. The rim and tire both need to be cleaned completely of the solution that was used to instal the tire on the rim and the tire needs to be re-installed with much less "stuff"...

Send them to me and I assure you I'll get them mounted and used up!
Mike

 

I'm having a similar problem. Rears are moving with acceleration and fronts with braking. Was told to dimple the bead area inside the wheel and use minimal or no mounting paste. This was done and tires moved again last weekend. I am now going to take a 1/4" chisel and raise a shard of metal in several places that will oppose the direction they are rotating on the wheel. I haven't heard of anyone trying this but I'm at my wits end with the problem. I pulled all the wheel weights off in the interim and that lessened but didn't eliminate the impalance issue. Be sure to lightly sand off all the residual rubber and bead seal on the wheel.

 

Hoosier beading sucks. They do laps on your wheels while you do laps on the track. I have driven on NT-01's, MPSC, Yokos and Pirellis, all on turbo twists and none of them turn themselves out of balance like hoosiers.

Great tire, but they need to address that issue.

 

I think I found the issue...
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
Turn down the boost!!
Mike

 

But Mike, my front tires move under braking. I Know I have big turbos on the engine but none on the brakes. :-)

 

And we'll be happy to downgrade your brake sizes as well...

We're here for you Al!

Mike

 

My buddy at the tire shop suggested the same thing... He's recovering nicely.

I could live with losing the balance. It's losing the air that bothers me. Road America in two weeks. I don't even want to think about losing a tire at well over 150 mph.

Jon