Originally Posted by
Robking11
Ballooning is on the rear drive tires. I DO NOT have vents cut in the tread of the tires only the wheels are vented on the inside. Using closed cell foam inserts. Its possible water got inside the tire but I'm pretty careful about not submerging them.
The tires are pretty new so its just odd that one ballooned so quickly. Only the second weekend I have used these tires.
I've heard both sides of keeping tires on the same side vs. rotating them. To be honest have never noticed a difference either way.
Anyways, wont drag this on. Was just wondering if anyone had ever had this happen.
Generally on a track I am going to use sauce I don't vent the tire. Some sauces will Definetly affect the inserts and shorten there life. But .... Generally the tracks your running sauce on don't require much more than a simple wipe down with rag to clean tires. It does sound like you have some water trapped in them though. Try cutting a small vent and see if you have any water escape when you spin them up. After that I would avoid washing tires without vent holes in the tread.