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3.4.2 Elongation. The tire treads and sidewalls shall have an ultimate
elongation of not leas than 400%.
3.5 Performance. Tires shall meet performance requirements when mounted
on vehicles operated or stored in ambient air temperatures ranging from plus
125°F to minus 65°F. Class MTL tubeless tires shall provide performance
equal to that of tubed tires.
3.5.1 Breaking energy. The minimum breaking energy values of the tires
shall be as specified in table I (see 4.7.4).
3.5.2 Indoor endurance. Tires shall be subjected to indoor endurance
runs. After the indoor endurance runs, no tires shall have tread, sidewall,
ply, cord or bead separation, chunking, broken cords, cracking, innerliner
separation or open splices (see 4.7.5).
3.5.3 Road service. When specified (see 6.2), a road service test shall
be conducted. After the road service test, tires shall show no evidence of
broken cords, separation of tread, ply, cord or bead, or of cracking in the
tread or sidewalls sufficient to expose the fabric. There shall be no fabric
visible as a result of tread wear (see 4.7.6).
3.5.4 Balance limits. When specified (see 6.2), the tires shall meet
the requirements of static unbalance specified in table II. Tires of sizes
6.00-16LW, 7.00-16LW and 9.00-16 shall be balanced as a part of production
and balance marking applied as specified herein (see 3.6.5 and 4.7.7).
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