Cool,,, & I suppose could very well be coincidental but My guess

would lean toward the loose CVJ bolts causing the tire to go bad & the

tightening of the bolts caused the tire badness to become apparent ~

                        Just My 1/2cent ~~      ORR~DeanB

> On 19 Sep , 2023, at 9:16 PM, Markus Benne <mbenne@M-BASS.COM> wrote:
> 
> The problem is solved.    It appears that by some massive coincidence the tire did indeed go bad during the few days the van was offline while I was fixing the coolant leak.  I would not have guessed that.
> Date code on the tire was week 46 of 2004.  Not good.  New tires ordered.