Screwed upTyre

[Markd]

There's a British Standard apparently

So on a 200mm tread width you have to be more than 25mm in for a minor repair.

Nearer the sidewall counts as a major repair and would have to be fixed by a patch on the inside and removing and rebuilding the tread and then heat curing the whole repair.
There are plenty of specialists around the country.
Obviously costs more than the usual £10-20 at tyre 'shops' so only worth doing on fairly new tyres.

 

[Deleted member 25361]

Found this in a tyre this morning, it has a v slow puncture. New tyre a few month back .
Question is - is it too close to the edge for a repair? .(Blackaround the screw is where I made it wet to see if it was leaking)
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Should be ok as long as it's not on the side walls!

 

[yeoblade]

There's a British Standard apparently

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So on a 200mm tread width you have to be more than 25mm in for a minor repair.

Nearer the sidewall counts as a major repair and would have to be fixed by a patch on the inside and removing and rebuilding the tread and then heat curing the whole repair.
There are plenty of specialists around the country.
Obviously costs more than the usual £10-20 at tyre 'shops' so only worth doing on fairly new tyres.

So all Ok then , it was 32mm from the edge on a 200mm tread (just as your example)

 

[Markd]

Should be good - they work from centre as it's easier to measure so 200mm tyre size gives 75mm from centre

 

[trevskoda]

Stick it on the back,if it goes down it will be slow so dont worry,going out on a bike is much more dangerous.

 

[Markd]

I have done the rear wheel thing with a car tyre I tubed up in the past and got full life out of it but a lot more weight on back axle of motorhomes.
If you get turned down for a repair you could put in some sealant gunge and rear axle it - not ideal but probably quite effective if you keep an eye on pressure.
Up to you and your appetite for risk - after all I don't think a screw in tyre is an MoT failure.
But I'm going to research that now

Here is extract from Gov MoT guidance

So shouldn't generate a fail - up to you what you do.

 

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[witzend]

So shouldn't generate a fail - up to you what you do.

He done it see post 20. If he gets as much mileage out of his tyres as this thread he'll have no worry's

If it wasn't so new I'd just have got a new one, so I went to independent (not quickfit etc) tyre fitters and they took a look and said it was just on the on the limit of repairable, so plugged and sealed now for £12.50.

 

[Markd]

I managed to miss that - good to read.
Can't keep a good thread down
Anyway I learnt that you can get vulcanised repairs when the shops reject plugs.

 

[trevskoda]

I managed to miss that - good to read.
Can't keep a good thread down
Anyway I learnt that you can get vulcanised repairs when the shops reject plugs.

Yes spock on the ss enterprize does them. may have to wait lightyears though.

 

[peter palance]

Oko will not seal if close to side wall,a mushroom plug will work,i used to fitt tyres.

now your just mad,put a plug in it, you win . ok.pj.

 

[witzend]

Anyway I learnt that you can get vulcanised repairs when the shops reject plugs.

Yes Cornwall tyre repairs at Callington are our local Vulcanisers see what they can do below https://www.facebook.com/Cornwallty...742713538536/3001367196576066/?type=3&theater

 

[Markd]

I'm pretty sure that a tyre I took in repair for my son a month ago would have been repairable by them at economic rate as it had fair life in the tread.
We live and learn

 

[jagmanx]

WOT no Gaffer tape ?

 

[Polar Bear]

If you can find one it can be repaired by a tyre vulcanising company unfortunately now very rare .

I use to have a vulcanising company, Tred-a-gain Tyre Repairs. This tyre would not be a candidate for vulcanisation. Sorry.

 

[Stevie 25]

Just buy a new tyre a lot cheaper than a new van

 

[vwalan]

have a look at that ,its so easy to do.
best have a way of pumping up the tyre if necessary.
done loads of them.
first saw them in morocco but on return i was in my mates tyre shop and they had kits they used on the local china clay trucks etc .
the kit i bought was by rema tiptop. works a treat . lots of different makes around these days . ,yes they say temporary, but have known them last ten years then the tyre was worn out. so it was temporary .

 

[Eric The Viking]

Doubt that would be repaired by any reputable tyre fitter, I certainly wouldn't chance it. For the sake of the cost of a new tyre it could save me several £k's if it fails.

I've used self fix repair plugs successfully on motorcycles, but only as a temp get you home fix and would no doubt do likewise with a car or van should the situation arise, just keep the speed down.

 

[Markd]

I use to have a vulcanising company, Tred-a-gain Tyre Repairs. This tyre would not be a candidate for vulcanisation. Sorry.

Just as well he got a plug repair I guess

 

[Markd]

Some of the very cheap tyre shop repairs are done this way - something I found out when a repaired tyre eventually developed a slow leak when the plug started to 'work loose' right at the end of the tyre's life.
When I got the new tyre I could see that the repair was not mushroom type.
Since then I've always asked how the repair will be done.