Taffy

Taffy

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:mad: parked my disco on road outside my house normally in the drive but my missus parked in drive and next day flat tyre. took it off and it has large screw tapped into the wall of the tyre took it to garage for punture repair fella said no the tyre is knackered cos of the wall etc if it was i the grooves yeah but not in the side of tyre!! it is perfectly good tyre with 3 inch grips!!! i wanna kill the person who tapped it in!!
 
some specialist tyre repairers can and will repair your tyre. just find a few local places on yell and start phoning round, ats do em
 
really? great saves me a fortune ok i know a local ats will go there and ask cheers for letting me know mate
 
i believe it is against the law to repair the side wall, or any puncture close to the side wall but its worth finding out
 
nah, it's legal m8. you just have to have the right kit and be qualified.
theres a couple of threads on here somewhere about it from a while ago and all the legalities were brought up.
 
gegs88 said:
nah, it's legal m8. you just have to have the right kit and be qualified.
theres a couple of threads on here somewhere about it from a while ago and all the legalities were brought up.
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Whilst they are legal it isn't a case of simply plugging and patching the repair as yu would with a normal puncture. It has to be sent off to a specialist where it will be patched and revulcanised. and then reheated in an oven and then the repair is dressed to make it blend in to the tyre. Unless you have £200/300 tyres on the vehicle It'll make more sense to buy a new tyre.

The process is used almost entirely on huge tyre as used on earth moving dump trucks, tractors ect..
 
can a inner tube not be used? i'v had this done b4 wen the side wall was punctured - was a trailer tho
 
si844 said:
can a inner tube not be used? i'v had this done b4 wen the side wall was punctured - was a trailer tho
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yes but!! a tyre relies on the side wall for strength. if it has a split then it has been weakened. and you are risking tyre failure at high speed with possibly lethal results. The question you have to ask is, Is the value of yours & your passengers lives, worth more than the cost of a noo tyre? if the answers no, then Bodge away! :eek:
 
interesting points. i will go to ats and find out the local garage might have been trying to sell me new tyres i got mine from craddock i said no i will get the tyres myself
thanks for helping me out.
 
We have had 'Major Repairs' done on tyres off our vans, normally shoulder or sidewall that the tyres guys cannot use the cold repairs for.

Normally costs about £15 - £20. We had a nearly new tyre damaged like that, sent it away and bought a new tyre to replace it, when it came back we bought a new wheel and kept it for a second spare (we have 2 Renault Trafic vans)

We use GSB Tyres in Luton for all our stuff.

Peter
 
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just a sugestion .. plug it yourself and keep it as a spare rather than binnin it. or use 4 off road only. wouldnt use on road full time/at speed but would get you home etc.
 
if its not a big hole you can put a tube in it ,or send it a way for major repair try a familey run out fit not a national company
 
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