Puncture repair - DIY

ElephantBoy57

Ectophile said:

British Standard.  Expect to see a lot more references to BS numbers in the next few years as we phase out the EU standards.

We may call them British Standards, but it's unlikely to be any different from the EU standards. Emission standards will still be EURO6, we don't want more emissions.

EdGasketTheSecond

The legal position is that the kits can be legally sold, you can repair a tyre with the kit, BUT the repaired tyre can then only be used off-road. In the US, these repairs are legal.

Off the record I have repaired a tyre successfully using the strings; I had to put in two strings to the hole as after a while, it was losing air with only one string. I don't think there is much chance of a blowout with strings as there is a lot of material pushed through the puncture into the tyre. The good thing about this type of repair is that you don't need to get the wheel rebalanced 

DoaM

EdGasketTheSecond said:

The legal position is that the kits can be legally sold, you can repair a tyre with the kit, BUT the repaired tyre can then only be used off-road.

Source for this?

Herzlos

shaun_from_Africa said:

molerat said:

I would say that a tyre repaired other than in accordance with the BS is not "roadworthy" but as we all know there is little chance of that being found out except in some extreme situation where the car is thoroughly investigated.

Surely if that was the case, any car being driven after a roadside repair with one of the many sealant products available would be on the road illegally as these products do not comply with the British standards for repairs and if that was the case, why do some manufacturers provide these products instead of a spare wheel? 

I thought the sealant kits were purely a temporary measure to get you to a garage that can perform a repair or replacement?

sweetsand

This self repair kit. Many that may be buying that IMO may be fully aware of what can be repaired and what can't, EG, puncture in sidewall or shoulder of tyre as per charts at most trye fitters. Yet som will go ahead and repair a tyre that would be refused by good tyre fitters. If there is an accident where they injure, maim, kill others via a burst tyre, the road traffic officers/team will have the tyre scientifically tested to see if it was legal, manufactured properly, repaired properly - if they find something where they feel a tyre was respired by th owner/driver, they will purse their investigation down that route. There is a reason why certain punctures are not repaired and almost everyone on this thread will be aware of that.

Bottom line IMO, if you are fixing a tyre that is against the law, I hope you do not end up damaging or worse others when you have a blow out.

williamgriffin

sweetsand said:

This self repair kit. Many that may be buying that IMO may be fully aware of what can be repaired and what can't, EG, puncture in sidewall or shoulder of tyre as per charts at most trye fitters. Yet som will go ahead and repair a tyre that would be refused by good tyre fitters. If there is an accident where they injure, maim, kill others via a burst tyre, the road traffic officers/team will have the tyre scientifically tested to see if it was legal, manufactured properly, repaired properly - if they find something where they feel a tyre was respired by th owner/driver, they will purse their investigation down that route. There is a reason why certain punctures are not repaired and almost everyone on this thread will be aware of that.

Bottom line IMO, if you are fixing a tyre that is against the law, I hope you do not end up damaging or worse others when you have a blow out.

You asked a simple question and that was is the repair legal. 
The answer is still yes and you have yet to post anything to say otherwise.

RomfordNavy

facade said:

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It is a bit of a risk though, if the plug comes out the tyre will deflate very quickly, as you have to drill a wider hole.

Which suggests that perhaps just injecting a good quality super-glue into the hole might be a better and safer option?

George_Michael

RomfordNavy said:

facade said:

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It is a bit of a risk though, if the plug comes out the tyre will deflate very quickly, as you have to drill a wider hole.

Which suggests that perhaps just injecting a good quality super-glue into the hole might be a better and safer option?

Even the rubber based superglue products designed to be semi-flexible would probably degrade and crack as soon as the tyre started flexing and to get it to seal a hole in the first place would be far from easy as you might have keep the sides of the hole pushed together whilst the glue sets.

RomfordNavy

Just thought I would call my local Kwik-fit, they want £27 to fix a puncture!

DoaM

Kwik Fit et al will not guarantee a puncture repair. And what they do (with the vulcanised rubber plugs) is not far removed from using the tar strings. So there's no real benefit in paying them £27 for a single repair when you can pay £10 for a kit that will do 10+ repairs.

I'll continue to do my own repairs, thank you. (As long as the puncture is in a repairable area ... there is no such thing as a proper sidewall puncture repair).

Edit: I responded originally to Sandra ( ) but she deleted her post and then posted it again, so my comment here looks out of sequence.