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Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual: Disintegrated Tread

Tires with Torn-Out Tread
Such damage usually develops over a longer period of time. If an already damaged tire is exposed to high stress, the centrifugal force at higher speeds can tear components off the tire.
Illustration shows a tire with torn-out tread due to driving with insufficient tire pressure.
 

Disintegrated Tread

Foreign Object Damage
Driving over hard, pointed objects like nails, screws and the like can pierce the tire. This always leads to tire damage.   ...

Tires, Damage from Low Tire Pressure
The most common causes of failure are small external damage, a defective valve or a leaky rim due to corrosion or damage.     ...

Other materials:

Mounting Damage
Bundle broken during tire inflation.     Modern radial car tires are mounted only on safety rims. These have a hump -1- running along the shoulders. 1 -  Hump (H2) ...

Tread depth and wear indicators
Fig. 147 Tyre tread: wear indicators First read and observe the introductory information and safety warningsTread depth Difficult driving situations demand the deepest possible tread depth for the tyres and the same tread depth for the tyres on the front and rear axles. This applies in pa ...

Antenna Wires, Repairing
Aerial Cable Repair Set -VAS6720 Special tools and workshop equipment required Repair Set, Aerial Cable -VAS6720- Checking the Antenna Wire. Refer to Replacing the Tool Head. Refer to ...

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