Tyre failure analysis & forensic guides (with diagrams)
- Source / publisher: Michelin — "The Usual Suspects" irregular trailer conditions guide + Earthmover Tire Conditions Analysis Guide + service-manual wear-pattern chapter; Goodyear service manual ride-disturbance section (Goodyear service manual)
- Type: guide | diagram set
- Topics: wear-pattern forensics (toe, camber, cupping/scallop, diagonal, heel-toe, river, centre, shoulder, flat-spotting, brake skid), damage taxonomy (crown perforation, sidewall cut, bead deformation, crown-ply oxidation, zipper rupture), per-damage probable-cause → evolution → action flow, "do not confuse with" differentials
- Vehicle scope: truck | trailer (earthmover guide as structural teaching analogue)
- Region: global
- Language: en
- Link: Michelin "Usual Suspects" trailer-wear PDF: michelinb2b.com ; Michelin Earthmover Conditions Analysis Guide (photo-table format): cxf-prod.azureedge.net ; Michelin Truck Tire Service Manual 2023 (wear-pattern chapter): michelinb2b.com
- License/access: public download, Michelin copyright
- Notes: damage-name ↔ photo ↔ cause ↔ action structure — the forensic teaching flow. Prefer Michelin PDFs (vector + real photos) over the 1994 TMC scan for imagery; TMC RP 219 numbering is the condition vocabulary.