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I give up!!

Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 12:23 pm
by wixwacing
Over the last few years I have tried to understand what makes rubber tyres go hard and brittle,and worst of all, cause an oily slick to spread over everything within cooey! I have tried everything. In this particular case the rear tyres on a 'Sloter' Lola (which I have had and raced on and off for three years) had been replaced with MJK's and were sealed in a zip bag in the model's box. The model was stored in a cool part of the garage and only taken out for race meetings. the model was last raced about eight weeks ago and this week when I opened it not only had the tyres in the airtight bag gone hard and oily......the front tyres which have always been on the front, had done exactly the same thing at the same time! Got me beat? To my knowledge this has been happening since the 1970's were I first noticed it with MRRC model tyres.


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Re: I give up!!

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:06 am
by dangermouse
Yep - I don't have many shelf queens but have had this happen to one of my cars, which was sitting on the shelf looking pretty - makes you wonder what the tyres are actually made of.

David

Re: I give up!!

Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:07 pm
by Cyph
They are simply trying to revert to the state nature made them in, which in this case is oil.

Re: I give up!!

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:16 am
by Roger Miller
Howdy,

I recently left these tires, brand new out of the bag that day, in the sun, approx 23 degrees, not in bag not in a box, for no longer than 20 minutes, whilst re-arranging my stuff, to find this.

So it doesn't take long for these things to go belly up.

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Re: I give up!!

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:44 am
by wixwacing
Latest victims are the front tyres on my Carrera DeTomaso and McLaren M20 I've got MJK's on the rear so they escaped! Fortunately the MJK 4206 (Pro Slot 19m.m.) tyres go straight on the fronts!!! Pheeeew!

Re: I give up!!

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:31 pm
by frank9129
I have a theory about why tires get hard and oily.
I host races for kids. They only have one speed. Flat out into the next corner. After about a year of torture the tires are worn out.
When there is a wreck the cars behind try to push their way through the pile. Tires get hot from the rubbing on the track. A few minutes later a new heat starts and the cars sit and cool off. After several heats the tires have gone through several cycles.
By the next race they have developed a little shine. Sanding helps but the tires are shot. Then they get hard and oily.
I believe heating and cooling is the problem I am having.
Frank

Re: I give up!!

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:11 pm
by 460cixy
I've had them go rock hard but never seen them get oily like that. I wonder about what some people are putting on there tyres to clean them ect then that product getting on the track surface and what effect that may have on tyres

Re: I give up!!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:18 am
by frank9129
I don't put anything on my tires. I don't want to clean it off my track.
I have a 4'x16' routed oval I call Crab Alley Speedway. The tires lay down a nice layer of rubber and tires stick to the corners.
Frank

Re: I give up!!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:52 pm
by wixwacing
Yep, there's no rhyme or reason for it that I know, I can't even pin it down to specific makes.