Tyre puncture repair report

Hammyman

Wig wrote: »

possibly a stick like this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQZBgx_C4TM&nofeather=True

30 psi ain't that much, you can cover the hole in your tyre with your finger and stop the air coming out, same with the nail or screw in the tyre, it'll mostly stop the air escaping itself. The pressure ain't that great.

Try doing it with half a tonne pressing down on the tyre.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Not a bad idea as a get you home repair, certainly better than a squirt of aerosol foam in cars bought by people who think a car doesn't need a spare tyre, but it's temporary only and needs experienced eyes asap.

If you have a tyre punctured get it repaired by a professional tyre repair specialist such as 'Tyre Revivers' of Islip Northamptonshire (a few other pro's dotted around the country), a pro will inspect the tyre properly by spreading it to see exactly what damage has been done, if reparable they will then cut back the damaged area and fit a purpose designed patch inside after buffing the inside wall and coating with the correct curing solution, fill the damaged outer skin with uncured rubber, then vulcanise the tyre in purpose made moulds, buff to a finish and regroove the repair if needed....that is a professional repair.

Do not confuse a plug repair by a tyre fitter with a professional repair by specialists, your life depends on it.

Wig

Hammyman wrote: »

Try doing it with half a tonne pressing down on the tyre.

I'm sorry, what?

Was that the 'stick' they used on ice road trucks or not?

30 psi, is 30 psi, it doesn't become a different sort of 30 psi just because your tyre is on your car. Not to mention half a tonne divided by 4 = 125kg

Mustard_Dave

mickamike404 wrote: »

If its used as a get you home repair whats the problem.

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You could have a blow-out on the way home?!

What's wrong with using the spare or a can of tyre weld if you don't have one?

Wig

I don't mean to be disrepectful, but are you reading the responses?

Your last comment is dangerous.

Excuse me? You did read the first 9 lines of the OP?

My last comment that you refer to is merely a recommendation for these repair strings which do work, and work well.

Wig

Mustard_Dave wrote: »

You could have a blow-out on the way home?!

What's wrong with using the spare or a can of tyre weld if you don't have one?

How would you have a "blow out" isn't that rather melodramatic(sp) of you?

Mustard_Dave

Wig wrote: »

30 psi, is 30 psi, it doesn't become a different sort of 30 psi just because your tyre is on your car.

Yes it does!

The pressure will change as the tyre hits bumps in the road.

somech

based on butterfly plugs used widely in the commercial vehicle sector years ago.

scary part is people with no experience repairing punctures
how do you know what damage is done to the cords inside the tyre
do you know what parts of the tyre your not allowed to repair
and do people know what the biggest cause of blowouts are?

if someone offered to repair my tyre with a 40p kit i'd tell em to go forth
i'm all for saving money but not at the cost of safety

Mustard_Dave

Wig wrote: »

How would you have a "blow out" isn't that rather melodramatic(sp) of you?

The same way you can have one normally. The chances of it happening increase with a shoddy repair.

Why chance it when there are tried and tested alternatives to getting home with a damaged tyre?

Wig

So you think a tiny 5mm hole plugged with rubber and glue can suddenly rupture into a huge gash? I don't think so. The worst that can happen is another slow leak like you would have around a screw/nail.