Cracked Tires Pass Safety?

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unL33T

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I looked at a bike recently and the rear tire had some cracks in it because it's the original tire from 2008. Still has loads of tread left because the bike only has 5000 km on it but I always heard cracking tires was a sign of dry rot and should be replaced.

Anyway, it passed the safety with this cracked tire on it. Is that normal? I'm not worried I'm going to die or anything if I ride on it like that but I just presumed it would fail.

Thanks.
 
Should have failed, IMO.
 
I won't be worried about passing safety. I'll be worried about not crashing
 
I'm not worried about it passing. I'm just curious if the standard is that cracked tires are ok or not. I'll probably replace them anyway.

If it passed when it should have failed, is there any recourse I have after I buy it?
 
unL33T said:
I'm not worried about it passing. I'm just curious if the standard is that cracked tires are ok or not. I'll probably replace them anyway.

If it passed when it should have failed, is there any recourse I have after I buy it?
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I'd go back & complain then call the Ministry & find out
 
RockerGuy said:
I'd go back & complain then call the Ministry & find out
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I actually had a discussion with someone in the know from MOT and he basically said it's 100% at the discretion of the signing tech, there is no wrong.

As far as the written regulation, it states: "no tire shall have tread or sidewall cuts or snags deep enough to expose the cords;"
 
I've had a guy point out cracks but pass me anyway. He just asked me to get new tires for my own safety.
 
There is nothing about cracks in safety regulations. Any mechanic who fails the vehicle for that reason is wrong to do so.


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I worked as a Tech at a GM Dealer for 15 years and never really liked doing Certs as there are too many gray areas according to the MTO.My personal policy on certs was that if I didn't like the looks of it I wouldn't sign the cert.After all it is my license on the line.In some cases my service manager would sign it when I wouldn't.Most times he agreed with me though.I would never sign a cert on something that had cracked tires(especially a bike).Tires are date coded and I wouldn't even buy new tires that had sat around for more than 2 or 3 years.I personally don't have to worry about my tires getting old and cracking as I ear them out too fast.
 
I agree with your personal policy, however, it is not what the ministry recommends and technically you should've passed those vehicles. I also think that safety regulations are extremely outdated and it is unfair to put mechanics on the spot. Logic vs. rules here. Nevertheless, as interpreted from the code, cracked tires will pass safety.
 
DemonPig said:
I agree with your personal policy, however, it is not what the ministry recommends and technically you should've passed those vehicles. I also think that safety regulations are extremely outdated and it is unfair to put mechanics on the spot. Logic vs. rules here. Nevertheless, as interpreted from the code, cracked tires will pass safety.
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Like I said "Too many gray areas and it's my license/livelihood".Sometimes you have to go with common sense although there doesn't seem to be a lot of that these days.I think MOST people would realise that I would be doing them a service by not passing unsafe tires.
 
Fatwing said:
Like I said "Too many gray areas and it's my license/livelihood".Sometimes you have to go with common sense although there doesn't seem to be a lot of that these days.I think MOST people would realise that I would be doing them a service by not passing unsafe tires.
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this is very true. I am also a tech. Signing safety are not worth it IMO . Most people think a saftey meaning the car/bike/truck is 100%.

There is allowable limits of play in the steering system.
-breaks pad wear is like 1-3mm of pad left passes so as long as the car stops when you hit the brakes on your road test( good one MTO)

- tire tread is like anything over 3/32 measured at 3 diffrent spots passes

- shocks just need to be attached at the top and bottem( they can be 100 out of oil not doing a thing but there still attached so they pass still)

way too many gray areas the ones I listed are just a few
 
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