Cut Steer Tire...No Good?

Replace it.

Toss that thing. Any kind of defects on steers get them replaced regardless of cost. You can have good steers if you value your life and those around you. No amount of money will ever assauge the pain and loss of leaving a bad steer on there.

 

Please dont put my family in jeopardy by runnin that dang thing!

 

Any time you have noticeable damage to a steer tire, it needs to be dealt with immediately.
Other tires will tend to stay serviceable as long as you didn't puncture the side wall.
Drives and trailers get nicks and cuts all the time and do fine, but your steers are probably the most important link.
Don't take a chance with your saftey, especially if you're running heavy.

 

Not just the tires......The Whole front axle-

Many people naturally don't think about how sensitive this can become.

Do your daily inspections completely- Check the whole steer axle and components- That's your lifeline.

 

Doesn't matter if he put his notice in, as mentioned earlier. Besides, on a steer, he may not be around to tell the tale.

 

OHHHHHH yeah. And even then, there can be things going on that you cannot see, but will show up at speed under load. I was given a truck that bobtailed and pre-tripped just fine, but was doing its own version of the Rumpshaker under load at 65 mph. Could not keep it in the road, and it got steadily worse. I parked and refused to go further until it was checked out. Safety man called me and said the dealer could not get me in until late the next day, and that "No one else says anything is wrong with that truck. My instruction to you is, we need that load delivered."

To which I replied, "Are you willing to bet my life and someone else's on the say-so of people who don't have a CDL and aren't even qualified to operate this vehicle? Because I'm not. I promise you, another 400 miles and something very bad is going to happen." Dealer found a bad torque rod on the forward differential. Made a big difference, but 1500 miles later, it was getting worse again.

The next dealership found shifted leaf springs on the steer, a faulty centering pin (allowing them to separate and leave the axle), weak bushings on all four drive axle spring-to-frame mounts, the rear drive axle torque rod was also bad, and a three-axle alignment on a sesame-seed bun. They also said the rear tires were softer rubber than the originals, which induced a fair amount of lateral sway.

None of these were visible to the naked eye. Note, I said "weak" bushings, meaning they were soft, but not falling apart. Steering box has minimal play, which causes a bit of wandering still, but at this point, no one says anything is in need of repair. (Which I'm not so sure of)

Sorry to hijack your thread T Rucker, but this story was relevant to that particular post to the thread.

 

Man, hit something pretty good. With a schnok like that, I'd be concerned about alignment too. I wouldn't run that on a tag axle.

 

You know equipment can fail while moving, right. Any driver that has time behind the windshield has been there. So why take your chances on having a bad day by running with a known mechanical issue. Should of, could of, would of.

 

Unless it was "up".