Hot vulcanising tyre repairs - can it be done? London/Essex.
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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...
Anyone any experience of this or know of a place in Essex / North/East London who can do it?
Ta muchly...
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.
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.
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.Anyone any experience of this or know of a place in Essex / North/East London who can do it?
Ta muchly...
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.
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.
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).
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).
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
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
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?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.
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.
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.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.
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.
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.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.
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.
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.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.
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.
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.
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