Hot vulcanising tyre repairs - can it be done? London/Essex.

[rix]

I've got a tyre on the missus' daily runabout with a puncture at the edge of the tread. I know that usual cold puncture repairs can't be done in this area of the tyre but have heard of hot vulcanising which i understand is safe/legal for such a puncture...

Anyone any experience of this or know of a place in Essex / North/East London who can do it?

Ta muchly...

[rix]

Anyone?

[littleredrooster]

I thought (but stand to be corrected) that the Code of Practice stipulated that any repair had to be within the central area of the tyre.

Vulcanising is certainly a more permanent repair than cold-plugging and gluing, but I'm not so sure that it can be done at the edge. The reasoning behind this is to do with carcase damage/weakening, I believe.

[Troubleatmill]

Exactly how much do you love your wife?

If tyre is fooked - new one.
They aren't that expensive.

[McWigglebum4th]

NNNOOOOOOOOoooooo

You have to go out and buy her the 4 most expensive tyres you can find

And throw the guy and extra grand just to be extra safe



Though i have had many tyres with a vulcanised repair and had no problems

[swisstoni]

Buy another tyre ffs.

[buggalugs]

Troubleatmill said:

Exactly how much do you love your wife?

If tyre is fooked - new one.
They aren't that expensive.

Maybe he wants to take her out for a meal with the £50 quid saved, what do you know?

[CampDavid]

I have nothing to add

[GC8]

rix said:

I've got a tyre on the missus' daily runabout with a puncture at the edge of the tread. I know that usual cold puncture repairs can't be done in this area of the tyre but have heard of hot vulcanising which i understand is safe/legal for such a puncture...

Anyone any experience of this or know of a place in Essex / North/East London who can do it?

Ta muchly...

Yes it can! I can recommend a place in Rotherham, but it may be a little far, especially considering that youll have to stay overnight too.

[rix]

Lol, it's a diesel astra ffs. I bought the tyre via eBay and was told it had been repaired to BS. It hasn't! Unfortunately eBay/paypal were useless at getting me a refund so I'm stuck with it. If I can salvage it for the price of a legal and safe repair then I will. Fwiw a new tyre of this type and size would be around £120.

If it can't be done legally then I'll be buying a new tyre. If it can then I won't. Certainly the British standard for cold repairs states that it must be in the central 75% (iirc) but that's not neccessarily the case for hot repairs. Hence this thread.

[panholio]

Had one done a few months ago by a place in Bingley near Bradford. It's been spot on.

Tyre was nearly new and £200odd to replace so it made sense. Repair was £30.

[GC8]

Ive had a number of HV repaires on the edge of the tread. After the repair is made they leave it in an autoclave overnight. I last paid £15 which included removal and refitting for me.

They can repair sidewalls too in certain circumstances, but not where the cords have been cut, obviously (so usually a vertical cut, and not a horizontal cut such as pothole damage).

[eltax91]

I've had several HV repairs. Mostly in the normal cold plug range, but 2 have been on the edge where tread meets sidewall. Both times the repairer was happy to go ahead

I'm in Leicester which is obviously too far. The company does HV repairs for truck tyres so for an extra tenner in cash mine just go on the top of the stack

[Troubleatmill]

Treat your Mrs to a new tyre.

She's worth it.


FWIW - I never understood why folks bought remoulds, 2nd hand tyres etc.
You just don't know what they came off of.

[anonymous-user]

rix said:

Lol, it's a diesel astra ffs. I bought the tyre via eBay and was told it had been repaired to BS. It hasn't! Unfortunately eBay/paypal were useless at getting me a refund so I'm stuck with it. If I can salvage it for the price of a legal and safe repair then I will. Fwiw a new tyre of this type and size would be around £120.

If it can't be done legally then I'll be buying a new tyre. If it can then I won't. Certainly the British standard for cold repairs states that it must be in the central 75% (iirc) but that's not neccessarily the case for hot repairs. Hence this thread.

You bought a used, repaired tyre, from ebay?

Used
Repaired
Ebay

If any 1 of the three was involved when I was buying a tyre I would have a word with myself - ebay I might let slide...
If you can't afford to buy reasonable, new tyres for a car, you probably can't afford to run a car.

[V8RX7]

Troubleatmill said:

FWIW - I never understood why folks bought remoulds, 2nd hand tyres etc.
You just don't know what they came off of.

So when you buy a used car you immediately change all 4 tyres ?

[V8RX7]

Nyphur said:

You bought a used, repaired tyre, from ebay?

Used
Repaired
Ebay

If any 1 of the three was involved when I was buying a tyre I would have a word with myself - ebay I might let slide...
If you can't afford to buy reasonable, new tyres for a car, you probably can't afford to run a car.

Rubbish I've bought (and sold) loads on Ebay - no problems.

I sold a set of 6mm+ Merc ML tyres simply because I bought the wheels (off Ebay) for my van and (obviously) the tyre size was no good for me, so I sold them on - a nice matching set of 4 - £140 for the lot - probably £800 new.

[TheEnd]

There are books on British Standards for tyre repairs.

If they are happy, I'd rather take their word that they'd be safe than anyone elses.

[anonymous-user]

V8RX7 said:

Nyphur said:

You bought a used, repaired tyre, from ebay?

Used
Repaired
Ebay

If any 1 of the three was involved when I was buying a tyre I would have a word with myself - ebay I might let slide...
If you can't afford to buy reasonable, new tyres for a car, you probably can't afford to run a car.

Rubbish I've bought (and sold) loads on Ebay - no problems.

I sold a set of 6mm+ Merc ML tyres simply because I bought the wheels (off Ebay) for my van and (obviously) the tyre size was no good for me, so I sold them on - a nice matching set of 4 - £140 for the lot - probably £800 new.

Great story. You bought wheels with tyres, which you then sold on without putting on your vehicle. No wonder you had "no problems".

[V8RX7]

Nyphur said:

V8RX7 said:

Nyphur said:

You bought a used, repaired tyre, from ebay?

Used
Repaired
Ebay

If any 1 of the three was involved when I was buying a tyre I would have a word with myself - ebay I might let slide...
If you can't afford to buy reasonable, new tyres for a car, you probably can't afford to run a car.

Rubbish I've bought (and sold) loads on Ebay - no problems.

I sold a set of 6mm+ Merc ML tyres simply because I bought the wheels (off Ebay) for my van and (obviously) the tyre size was no good for me, so I sold them on - a nice matching set of 4 - £140 for the lot - probably £800 new.

Great story. You bought wheels with tyres, which you then sold on without putting on your vehicle. No wonder you had "no problems".

Comprehension isn't your strong point is it ?



I've bought (and sold) LOADS on Ebay (see the word LOADS - I then gave one example)

I bought wheels and tyres - and sold tyres.