Is this puncture repairable?
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Hope the following helps you sort it.
Tyre repairs in the UK should follow British Standard BS AU 159, which sets out what can and cannot be safely repaired.
Requirements for a legal repair
Puncture located within the central three-quarters of the tread width
Hole diameter no more than 6mm
The tyre has not been driven on while flat or with very low pressure
No secondary sidewall or structural damage
The repair must be a combination plug-and-patch applied from inside the tyre
External-only plugs applied from outside the tyre are not considered a permanent, safe repair under British Standards.
Tyre repairs in the UK should follow British Standard BS AU 159, which sets out what can and cannot be safely repaired.
Requirements for a legal repair
Puncture located within the central three-quarters of the tread width
Hole diameter no more than 6mm
The tyre has not been driven on while flat or with very low pressure
No secondary sidewall or structural damage
The repair must be a combination plug-and-patch applied from inside the tyre
External-only plugs applied from outside the tyre are not considered a permanent, safe repair under British Standards.
My first job was in a tyre repair workshop, very different methods and materials to a typical tyre fitting bay, that puncture assuming the object hasn't damaged the sidewall via tyre flexing would have been permanently and safely fixed via a simple patch hot vulcanised inside with the tyre mounted on a suitably sized mould and charged out as a minor repair only.
Such places have all but disappeared now, i don't know if even truck/agricultural/plant tyres have major repairs any more, if anyone does know of such workshops still going would be gald to know, its ridiculous scrapping perfectly serviceable tyres when a pro repair would see such a tyre fulfil not just the rest of its first life but a second too once remoulded.
Reading here the frankly ridiculous costs some are forking out for tyres on normal cars now, £350 a corner seemingly no one batting an eyelid at, if major repairs are still permitted given the right products and equipment then someone suitably skilled should think about setting up shop again and let it be known via forums such as this in all our interests.
Such places have all but disappeared now, i don't know if even truck/agricultural/plant tyres have major repairs any more, if anyone does know of such workshops still going would be gald to know, its ridiculous scrapping perfectly serviceable tyres when a pro repair would see such a tyre fulfil not just the rest of its first life but a second too once remoulded.
Reading here the frankly ridiculous costs some are forking out for tyres on normal cars now, £350 a corner seemingly no one batting an eyelid at, if major repairs are still permitted given the right products and equipment then someone suitably skilled should think about setting up shop again and let it be known via forums such as this in all our interests.
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£17. Lifetime of repairs.
Those things are in myTransit, Yeti, E-mountain bike (sidewall - smaller version), my employee's Volvo, my Endoro bikes (used two in the last few years) the list goes on. No patch as such, simply a worm of rubber than gets pushed by pressure and becomes part of the tyre .
£17. Lifetime of repairs.
Those things are in myTransit, Yeti, E-mountain bike (sidewall - smaller version), my employee's Volvo, my Endoro bikes (used two in the last few years) the list goes on. No patch as such, simply a worm of rubber than gets pushed by pressure and becomes part of the tyre .
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