Quick puncture repair

Carrot007

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

Lots of bikers use those type of repairs and the risk to a biker with a blowout is more than a car driver. So if its good enough for them...

And if your mate jumped off a cliff you would follow.

Car_54

Carrot007 wrote: »

And no, your car should not have passed an MOT either if it was noticed.

Can you substantiate that?

gardner1

used twice on small van tyres.....great for immediate repair when cant get to tyre place for repair
Although i did repair a brand new tyre tyre which had a screw dead centre of tyre and it was fine for 40k until changed

forgotmyname

Carrot007 wrote: »

See, that is the problem with these things.


They are emergency repair kits. Not life of the tyre kits. You still need to get a real repair or replace the tyre. and at £50 a tyre is that too much to ask for safety (YMMV but if you have silly tyres then you chose it (I am refering to Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance tyres BTW)).


I expect you did not keep under 50 either while the kit is on.


And no, your car should not have passed an MOT either if it was noticed.

Exactly they are emergency get you home repairs, not type approved etc.

Bikers use them at high speed, i wonder how many accidents they have caused?

cubegame

These aren't actually legal for use on the road as they don't meet relevant standards so if a tyre blew out with one in expect some scrutiny.

The only legal repair has to be done from inside the tyre so involves removal from the rim etc.

That being said I do use this sort of kit on my road bike tubeless tyres. They are inflated to 120 psi which is far higher than the pressure in a car tyre.

facade

Carrot007 wrote: »

And no, your car should not have passed an MOT either if it was noticed.

Why not?


There is nothing about temporary repairs in the current MOT test.


On The Olden Days I used to get advisories for all the temporary repairs in the back tyre of my 'bike. I cut the tyre up when I eventually wore it out and I couldn't pull the temporary repairs out with pliers.



There was some talk about a puncture failing the test too, but I can't find it, although it probably won't pass the brake test with a flat tyre.

EdGasketTheSecond

Carrot007 wrote: »

And if your mate jumped off a cliff you would follow.

If he had done it completely safely many times and I felt inclined, I might. Its a pointless comparison. In the US people use these repair strings all the time and they are legal there so can't be much wrong with them.

Joe_Horner

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

In the US people [STRIKE]use these repair strings all the time[/STRIKE] voted in an orange man-baby as president and they are legal there so can't be much wrong with them.

Fixed that for you

As with most motoring safety matters, it's a matter of risk v reward. 10s of millions of people drive their entire lives without ever needing their seatbelt, but few would suggest they should be made optional again.

Similarly, many people use these repairs without an issue but, if they do go wrong (and they do) they tend to go very wrong. You don't get a slow leak, you get a sudden deflation or sudden loss of tread areas which may well happen at speed.

Given that most people get punctures rarely, the difference between a £10 - £20 proper repair and the £7 - £10 these kits cost is a matter of a fiver or so.

I'm a real tight git when it comes to car maintenance - I've even been known to fit remoulds and used tyres from scrap yards - but even I don't see a fiver saved for an uninspected repair worth it!