I go in tomorrow for two new tires, some wheel and tire swapping, and greasing all four wheel bearings.
The latter because the guy that did the job on the wheel that failed did all of them a year ago. [Chappy: the guy that did my alignment in Tucson].
Meanwhile I flattened out the sheet metal a bit; it’s ugly but it will function until I can find a replacement sheet. Hopefully Tucson or Yuma.
I’m going to move up a grade in tires, a move strongly recommended by the good tire store here. I normally take the promises of tire salesmen with a grain of salt, but I’m getting desperate enough to experiment a bit.