Tire blew on the freeway Options

[daazndood]

I was going like 75ish on the freeway when my passenger rear tire decided to stop cooperating. I got lucky it was the rear and not the front. I was able to pull to the shoulder very easily. To make things worse, I couldnt put the spare on because the wrench wouldnt go deep enough to take the lug nuts on for some reason. Im thinkin the rim got bent and warped which didnt allow me to secure the wrench onto the lug nuts but not sure yet. what a downer!! AAA emergency roadside assistance rules though, had a tow truck within 20 minutes of calling them.

the rest of the tires should have close to 10k miles left in them. I got them on(kumhos) about 4 years ago and put a little over 30k on since. I thought it was supposed to get 40k miles but i'll check my papers again. If the rim is not bent, would I just need to replace the 2 rear tires? If the rim IS bent I'll probably have to get 4 new rims along with 4 new tires, for the safest route right?

[Special_Edy]

I had a goodyear shred on me going over an interchange a few months back. Same deal it was on the rear passenger.

Before you go wasting money on a wheel, take the one that is potentially damaged to the shop that balances your tires and have them check it. In some cases they can even be straightened. I would imagine plenty of shops like discount tire would even check it for free if you ask.
The rim being bent could definately cause the tire to blow out, but the tire blowing out wouldnt cause the rim to bend unless you drove over a speedbump at 75mph on the bare rim. It usually takes running into something like a curb pretty hard to bend a wheel.

[daazndood]

I had a goodyear shred on me going over an interchange a few months back. Same deal it was on the rear passenger.

Before you go wasting money on a wheel, take the one that is potentially damaged to the shop that balances your tires and have them check it. In some cases they can even be straightened. I would imagine plenty of shops like discount tire would even check it for free if you ask.
The rim being bent could definately cause the tire to blow out, but the tire blowing out wouldnt cause the rim to bend unless you drove over a speedbump at 75mph on the bare rim. It usually takes running into something like a curb pretty hard to bend a wheel.

I just imagined driving over a speed bump at 75 mph on bare rim and legit LOLed at work haha.

I didnt know it took that much to bend a rim. I've seen so many bent rims on craigslist. What the hell are people doing to manage this?

As soon as my tire blew out I pulled over right away. I probably drove 1-200 feet before stopping. I dont think it was ever completely bare rim though. Good to know, I will definitely take it to a discount tire co since I bought the tires there originally.