Originally Posted By: CapriRacer
And just so everyone who is following this thread understands:
What I am describing is NOT the tire slipping on the rim. What I am describing is the tire wearing the rim flange away and creating small shards of metal that create a kind of crunching sound as the vehicle rolls.
We have observed this in our service vans at very near maximum GVWR. The bead may have been manufactured wrong or worn down, but the noise was bizarre, sort of like a brush on the sheet metal.
And just so everyone who is following this thread understands:
What I am describing is NOT the tire slipping on the rim. What I am describing is the tire wearing the rim flange away and creating small shards of metal that create a kind of crunching sound as the vehicle rolls.
We have observed this in our service vans at very near maximum GVWR. The bead may have been manufactured wrong or worn down, but the noise was bizarre, sort of like a brush on the sheet metal.