Temporary tubeless tyre repair
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Any one used a tubeless tyre repair kit? The type where you have a needle type thing you push into the hole and leave a plug in there which you can trim. Like this. Are they any use? I'm getting a few punctures and I'm fed up using a silly wheel. I have an electric pump, so roadside repair without even removing the wheel seems feasible.
Tunku said:
Any one used a tubeless tyre repair kit? The type where you have a needle type thing you push into the hole and leave a plug in there which you can trim. Like this. Are they any use? I'm getting a few punctures and I'm fed up using a silly wheel. I have an electric pump, so roadside repair without even removing the wheel seems feasible.
The ones you have linked to can be used as permanent repairs if installed properly. I've had my (cheapy) tyres repaired with this style of plug and never had any problems.Petrolhead_Rich said:
better off with this stuff:
Supposedly temporary but I've used it in the past for the life of the tyre, takes 5-10 minutes, re-inflates and seals the tyre, might need a top-up with a pump, but you said you had one of those!
I've got one of those for Mrs. Tunku, so she can just "screw on and go" so to speak Supposedly temporary but I've used it in the past for the life of the tyre, takes 5-10 minutes, re-inflates and seals the tyre, might need a top-up with a pump, but you said you had one of those!
At the moment I'm pumping up both offside tyres on her Mondeo every 2 weeks or so, and now I've just discovered a screw in the nearside rear of my Volvo. I suspect the cheap chippies our neighbours are using in our short cul-de-sac because I found their old kitchen in my way when I drove to the top to turn.
s. Bill said:
They work a treat but AFAIK they're not legal in this country (but who's going to know...) The ones tyre repair places use are applied internally (again AFAIK) and are effectively a patch with a spike that fills the hole.
Can't see them being illegal because the AA have fitted them to an enterprise Vauxhall Insignia I had that didn't have the locking wheel adapter and they couldn't remove the nut!Although it was "an emergency repair" and I had to sign to say I understood this and drove it at my own risk!
Kit arrived today, so this evening before I left for work on nightshift I decided to try it.
I took the rear offside wheel off the V70 to make access easier. I located the nail, which turned out to be a screw with the head missing. I used a Leatherman plier to grip the screw and unscrewd it rather than just pulling it out.
I pushed the bradawl type tool into the hole and left it there while I drew one of the rubbery threads that forms the plug through the large eye in the plugging tool.
When I was ready, I simply pushed and pulled the bradawl a few times through the hole in the tyre to roughen the sides, then I pulled it out and inserted the plug tool and pushed until there was only a small bit of thread showing, then I pulled the other way and the tool came out, the split in the top of the eye allowing it to disengage from the thread which now formed a plug. I used the suplied craft knife to trim the remaining thread flush to the tread.
I refitted the wheel, pumped it up to 36 to match the other side with my electric pump and had a quick drive. Seemed to be holding.
Took the car to work and drove the 14 miles at speeds of up to 1 Lpt. First thing I noticed was the slight imbalance felt in the frame was gone, obviously the screw weighed more than the repair. No other problem noted. I will check the tyre is still up in the morning when I leave for home.
Then I will repair the two similar punctures I have in the Mondeo.
An outlay of £7 for three repairs which would be £15 a shout at my local tyre place is no bad deal. That's petol in the tank to me
I took the rear offside wheel off the V70 to make access easier. I located the nail, which turned out to be a screw with the head missing. I used a Leatherman plier to grip the screw and unscrewd it rather than just pulling it out.
I pushed the bradawl type tool into the hole and left it there while I drew one of the rubbery threads that forms the plug through the large eye in the plugging tool.
When I was ready, I simply pushed and pulled the bradawl a few times through the hole in the tyre to roughen the sides, then I pulled it out and inserted the plug tool and pushed until there was only a small bit of thread showing, then I pulled the other way and the tool came out, the split in the top of the eye allowing it to disengage from the thread which now formed a plug. I used the suplied craft knife to trim the remaining thread flush to the tread.
I refitted the wheel, pumped it up to 36 to match the other side with my electric pump and had a quick drive. Seemed to be holding.
Took the car to work and drove the 14 miles at speeds of up to 1 Lpt. First thing I noticed was the slight imbalance felt in the frame was gone, obviously the screw weighed more than the repair. No other problem noted. I will check the tyre is still up in the morning when I leave for home.
Then I will repair the two similar punctures I have in the Mondeo.
An outlay of £7 for three repairs which would be £15 a shout at my local tyre place is no bad deal. That's petol in the tank to me
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