Hakka 10's loosing studs

[Phil Rose]

At 10:08 PM -0700 3/31/03, Steve Sherman wrote:
>Last fall I put a set of studded Hakka 10's (or is it ones too much mud
>on the sidewalls to tell right now) on my Quattro avant; just like
>previous years.  What I am seeing now is that some tires have lost all
>their studs, others about half.  I never had this happen to a set of
>these before.  Anyone else using these notice studs disappearing this year?

By now, my five-season-old Hakka-1 (not 10) tires appear to have lost
about 50% of their studs, although there is still at _least_ 50-60%
of the tread-depth remaining. The stud loss started to be noticable
after the second season, which included a Winter Driving School
(possibly some overexuberance on the skid-pad). However additional
losses were noted in subsequent seasons of normal driving. These are
regular studs (not the Haka "Eco" type).

In some of my tires, there are gaps of 8 to 10 studs (in a row)
missing in various places. I cannot see much of a pattern to the
loss, although on one tire there is clearly more lost from the inner
tread than the outer. So far, this hasn't resulted in any noticable
imbalance effects.

Phil
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Phil Rose
Rochester, NY
mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net