{"id":725,"date":"2010-05-30T18:42:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T22:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=725"},"modified":"2010-05-30T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T02:15:14","slug":"the-red-jeep-chronicles-flat-tire-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/the-red-jeep-chronicles-flat-tire-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Jeep Chronicles – Flat tire in the rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Will and I were repairing a broken radiator hose<\/a> on his Jeep Cherokee. We decided to take the red Jeep to town for the parts run.<\/p>\n

Less than a mile from the house, I heard a whirring noise form the left front tire. I also felt a sudden pull to the left. I looked out the window and the left front tire was completely flat!<\/p>\n

I stopped in the road and backed in to a convenient field entrance since this road has no shoulder. I flipped up the seat and discovered that the jack<\/a> I expected to find there was missing!. I had a spare but no jack.<\/p>\n

Just as Will and I decided to just walk to the house, it started to rain. And rain very hard. We were just beginning a conversation with the folks sitting on their porch at the next house up the road when we had to dive for cover in the Jeep.<\/p>\n

After the rain calmed down a bit, we decided to ask the folks there for a ride to the house. The fellow was nice and drove us the mile or so down the road.<\/p>\n

At the house, I picked up the floor jack <\/a>and the trailer spare. I also got a long breaker bar<\/a> and a set of deep well sockets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back at the Red Jeep, I noticed that the tire was not just flat but the tread had separated and the sidewalls had split. I am glad I was doing only 30 mph or so when I heard it. The rim was not damaged.<\/p>\n

I was really glad I had brought the breaker bar<\/a> and sockets<\/a> as the lugs were very hard to get loose. But after some struggling they all come loose and I was able to swap on the spare. About that time, the rain quit.<\/p>\n

Will tossed the torn tire into the back of my Jeep and drove it home while I drove the Red Jeep. I guess Scott will be shopping for a set of tires before he can sell it now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, Will and I were repairing a broken radiator hose on his Jeep Cherokee. We decided to take the red Jeep to town for the parts run. Less than a mile from the house, I heard a whirring noise form the left front tire. I also felt a sudden pull to the left. I looked … <\/p>\n

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