Puncture repair - DIY

williamgriffin

Mercdriver said:

williamgriffin said:

sweetsand said:

ElephantBoy57 said:

RomfordNavy said:

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

You need to go to a small tyre repair center, £12 and sometimes less around where I live.

27 is a quite a bit of money you dont need to spend but its better than losing a 400 pound plus at times tyre. Better reason even that that to go to a reputable tyre repair is that a badly repaired tyre can cost lives. In the scheme of things 27 pounds is not to bad

There are not many £400 plus tyres about. 

Yes but Sandy is talking about cars for her fleet of cars, don't you know.  Can't leave very much for her private jet to Orlando

I don't remember tyres costing that much for my TCR. Maybe modern scalextric cost that much. 

Scrapit

sweetsand said:

Scrapit said:

sweetsand said:

Herzlos said:

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?

There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver.
Thanks

And how does that relate to the British standards you referenced earlier in the thread?
Another difficult question you will ignore...

Clarify!

Its simple enough. How does using the space saver spare compare to the british standard? The standard you referred to. I suspect you dont know, and so far I've been correct albeit you've avoided answering rather than ignoring.

Scrapit

Scrapit said:

sweetsand said:

Scrapit said:

sweetsand said:

Herzlos said:

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?

There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver.
Thanks

And how does that relate to the British standards you referenced earlier in the thread?
Another difficult question you will ignore...

Clarify!

Its simple enough. How does using the space saver spare compare to the british standard? The standard you referred to. I suspect you dont know, and so far I've been correct albeit you've avoided answering rather than ignoring.

Not one for posting into the evening, thank goodness. I await the reply tomorrow then.

sweetsand

Please do not twist what I said as I can give exmaples of what is legal on the roads and what is not.
I stated and I quote
"There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver."
Where is the "BS standard" in that comment or you got me confused with someone else on another thread?

DoaM

sweetsand said:

sweetsand said:

knightstyle said:

I also have repaired several tyres using this kit.  Started when the tyre place refused to repair an almost new tyre as the hole was too near the edge. I bought a kit, repaired it and the repair lasted over two years till I replaced the vehicle.  Since then I have repaired tyres for neighbours, daughter and a work friend.  All OK but some steel reinforced tyres are hard to get the tool into.

Is it legal to repair a tyre close to the edge as we have had a few nearly new tyres go belly up with a nail/screw in the close to the edge. It hurts when you have to dish out 400 for a tyre and it's hard to get the same brand/model of tyre on spec at times but safety first as no one wants a blow out at higher speeds.
Why do tyre repirt people not reapir tyres with a close to eadge nail etc other than it is illeagel

Anyone interest why a tyre is not repaired by tyre repair people the link below
explains BS.  Tyre have to be reapired properly and if you get a blow out at speed after a porrly, non legal repair of a tyre as per BS rules and injre or worse someone else, .... then read the link that tells you clearly why a tyre can and cannot be repaired safely and legally.
https://blog.greenflag.com/2015/repairing-tyres-all-you-need-to-know/#:~:text=Tyre%20repairs%20are%20governed%20by,it%20may%20not%20be%20repairable.

Scrapit will be referring to this post, where you first raised the subject of BS.

It's well evident across many threads that comprehension (joining the dots) is not your strong point.

Scrapit

sweetsand said:

Please do not twist what I said as I can give exmaples of what is legal on the roads and what is not.
I stated and I quote
"There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver."
Where is the "BS standard" in that comment or you got me confused with someone else on another thread?

I'm not confused. Appears you are though.

sweetsand

Scrapit said:

sweetsand said:

Please do not twist what I said as I can give exmaples of what is legal on the roads and what is not.
I stated and I quote
"There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver."
Where is the "BS standard" in that comment or you got me confused with someone else on another thread?

I'm not confused. Appears you are though.

I took the time and effort to search up my post, be curtsy to you by responding as I don't normally to certain posters, you then evade backing up your tenuous assertions.

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Please remember

Scrapit

sweetsand said:

Scrapit said:

sweetsand said:

Please do not twist what I said as I can give exmaples of what is legal on the roads and what is not.
I stated and I quote
"There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver."
Where is the "BS standard" in that comment or you got me confused with someone else on another thread?

I'm not confused. Appears you are though.

I took the time and effort to search up my post, be curtsy to you by responding as I don't normally to certain posters, you then evade backing up your tenuous assertions.

I am asking about your post, the one you think you have searched. I am asking how does a space saver comply with the relevant BS that your post mentions? And how does a DIY tyre repair compare to that same BS? I could also further ask about any DIY repairs on any part of a car carried out and how they comply with any BS but I suspect that would really be a bridge too far. I am of the opinion that you have no idea what you are talking about and are not in a good position to be giving advice, based on your posts in this thread and most of the many, many other posts you have made in the motoring section. I am giving you the chance to disprove this to me and anyone else still reading this, and so far you haven't even come close.

Mr_Spoon

DoaM said:

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.

Tar strings are something you might use on something like a motorbike/scooter as a temporary measure. I certainly wouldn't recommend them as a long term puncture repair on a car.