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General => General discussion => Topic started by: 1.8Tgolf_Chris on 02 April 2014, 13:22
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Got my new wheels fitted one of the dam tyres has a puncture pumped it up to 32 psi last night went to the pump earlier this morning it was down to 11 psi
Anyone recommend a place for tyre repairs? even mobile units Kinda want it cheap as possible
Thanks people
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Is it a puncture or is the beading buggered? Either way a decent tyre fitting place should sort you out.
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Is it a puncture or is the beading buggered? Either way a decent tyre fitting place should sort you out.
Good point - Not too sure now Ive run the tyre round and put washing up liquid on every potential hole and parts of the rim where there has been some damage before, its 215 35 18 tyre on 18 x 7.5 i think so there is some stretch valve seems ok, guess ill keep pumping it up for now see how it goes for the rest of the week might hold out ive pumped it to 36 psi this time is it a chance the tyre needs to be re-seated? And will tyre shops charge more because it is stretched
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if you have run it whilst at 11 psi, NO decent tyre place will repair it if there is any sidewall damage.
they will only find this out when they pop the tyre off the rim and see if its full of marbles.
further, it might not be repairable anyway dependant where it is punctured.
Cutting corners ( no pun intended ) on tyres, next up cheap sh!te ebay brakes :whistle:
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if you have run it whilst at 11 psi, NO decent tyre place will repair it if there is any sidewall damage.
they will only find this out when they pop the tyre off the rim and see if its full of marbles.
further, it might not be repairable anyway dependant where it is punctured.
Cutting corners ( no pun intended ) on tyres, next up cheap sh!te ebay brakes :whistle:
Got no sidewall damage jon - No corners being cut If a new tyre is required it will be fitted, If it can be repaired/ Re seated even better, And naa mate dont mug me off if i wanted new brakes theyd be off a LCR
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you wont see the sidewall damage until the tyre is off , its the internal wall that will marble up if its been run flat / at a low pressure. :smiley:
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I've seen perfect tyres until they got taken of the rim and Chuff is right 1/2kg of marbles (chunks of rubber) fell off the inner side wall from people who think they were run flats :grin:
I hope the puncture is on the main surface any holes on the side can't be repaired!
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Just needed re-seating all sorted Massive cost of £15 :grin:
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I know I have a small a tiny nail, like a panel pin in my tyre. Not notincing a massive loss of air, I top it up every month. My questions, how small can they can do a repair on a tyre?
Worth taking it in or not?
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I know I have a small a tiny nail, like a panel pin in my tyre. Not notincing a massive loss of air, I top it up every month. My questions, how small can they can do a repair on a tyre?
Worth taking it in or not?
They drill it out bigger then plug it basically so yes it will be fine.
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I know I have a small a tiny nail, like a panel pin in my tyre. Not notincing a massive loss of air, I top it up every month. My questions, how small can they can do a repair on a tyre?
Worth taking it in or not?
They drill it out bigger then plug it basically so yes it will be fine.
As above however it may not be fine, the further you drive with a nail in tyre the worse it will be, as its such a small nail i think that you may be ok with this and it will only cost you a few quid to get repaired, however in future always take a tyre to get repaired as soon as possible, i know people who have had tyres that cost the best part of £200 had to be replaced no long after first fitting because they have driven with a nail in for too long and its damaged the surrounding area of the tyre.