Screw In My Tyre
Discussion
Driving home from work and heard what I thought was a stone stuck in my rear tyre. Turns out that it's a flippin screw. Is it worth trying to get it repaired or just buy a new one? Obviously I'm a little concerned as to whether I should drive a car that's a little fast with a repaired tyre.
Also if the route is a new tyre, is it best to buy a pair?
Depends entirely where the hole is - if it's in the 'flat' cross section of the tyre then should be repairable. As long as the repair is done properly (inside plugged as well as bonded) then it will be fine. If you get a new tyre - and the tyres were well worn then you may get an issue with PSM etc when one wheel is rotating faster than the other (which it will being a larger diameter..). Will also affect the handling to some extent. If fairly new tyres up to 1/3 worn, then this won't be an issue.
Edited by richardb.jones on Thursday 27th July 21:20
Depends on your conscience, and how fast you go
is the screw directly in the tread or in the wall of the tyre
a repair will consist of simply inserting,
a rubber plug from the inner wall>out, unless they won't repair it as the holes in wall/tread corner
its best to replace them in matching pairs I'd say
in terms of tread wear/age of tyre,
if dare keep at NSL anyway it might be less pressing untill you've worn the tyres out.
Richard
is the screw directly in the tread or in the wall of the tyre
a repair will consist of simply inserting,
a rubber plug from the inner wall>out, unless they won't repair it as the holes in wall/tread corner
its best to replace them in matching pairs I'd say
in terms of tread wear/age of tyre,
if dare keep at NSL anyway it might be less pressing untill you've worn the tyres out.
Richard
There's a reasonably new method of punture repair called "Vulcanized" tyre repair, (I think that's how you spell it). It costs around £30 but the punture can pretty much be anywhere on the tyre, that includes right up against the side wall and in some circumstances even in the tyre wall itself.
Do a search on the internet for this repair in your area.
Cheers,
After Eight
Do a search on the internet for this repair in your area.
Cheers,
After Eight
Well I got the punture whilst at a trackday in Bedford (of all places) - pumped the tyre and drove to kwik-fit to see if they could repair it - they could, asked about the usage on track and they advised that the inner plugged and bonded method 'cannot' physically come out (it's like a reversed mushroom) so good for the speed rating of the tyre. Was cautious for a few laps, then up to 140+ on the back straight with no issues. Tyres have done another 3 track days before becoming road illegal so I've now changed them (see GT3 tyres thread!)...
donkfish1 said:
I notice you are Kent. I don't suppose you know any reputable repair centres do you? The screw is in the tread so I guess it should be repairable.
I use RM Tyres on the Medway Estate, won't bull you about it being non-repairable will either fix it or sell you a pair at a decent price. Very careful with alloys as well, have used them
for years. 01634 716336 Barry or Phil are the guys!
Vesuvius 996 said:
sleep envy said:
Vesuvius 996 said:
A good quality butt plug will be fine.
Shot with my own bullet........
To avoid the bin, tyre plugs are tapered. The greater the pressure the harder they are forced into the hole.... Actually, that doesn't sound very good either, does it!
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