Tire has Blister

[BlazerBud]

Has anyone ever had a tire that had a huge blister on it?


Background:
This is on my 2004 F-250 diesel. It weighs about 8000 pounds. I have 305/70R16 Mud tires on it 2" lift. They are GoodYear Wranglers with about 5,000 miles on them. I have done some off road with this truck and tires, mostly just mud, no rocks.

Today, a guy in a car behind me flagged me to pull over, when I stopped he showed me the bulge on the inner sidewall of the tire. I am greatful to this guy, it could have blew out at 70MPH. It is about 4" diameter and about 3" sticking out. I managed to drive it home at 35 MPH another 80 miles slowly. I have ordered a new replacement tire online tonight. I am not going to drive on this bad tire. It didn't blow out. I am hoping that I can put an inner tube in this tire and keep it for a spare. Does this sound like it will work?

 

[neverendingproject]

IIRC this happens when layers separate and there is a little hole on the other side of the bubble. Ive seen it happen and we jsut replaced the tire.

 

[isaac]

i would take it to back to where ever you bought the tires from and see if they are a defect. in most cases the tire has a mfg guarantee. and will replace free of cost. that happend once to my dad he got a new tire free of charge.

 

[Blue90]

It's called in impact break or sidewall budge, usually caused by hitting a curb or pot hole too hard, as a result of that the layers in the sidewall begin to separate as neverendingproject said. Take it back and replace it ASAP! it can blow easily if hit in that same spot again. inter tube could fit it......but i dunno I'm not a fan of that kind of fix.

 

[lectric80]

It can blow even if not hit in that same spot, and it will only grow worse. Replace it ASAP.