Reply to: Car Tyre Tube Puncture repair..DIY..???

[TCL]

I have an abrasive wheels balancing certificate, anyone else have a wheel related cert?

I got a Cycling Proficiency Award one day at school when I was wee, does that count?

IGMC <---- I think we need an official CUK smiley for this

[Clippy]

I did have a sidewall puncture fixed once. The tyre place sent it off for manufacturer repair. Obviously I didn't go on any long trips until the tyre came back.

I think it helped that I used to work across the road from the tyre place and knew the lads there.

Same here.

Puncture was on/near the edge.

National chain garage said couldn't (read wouldn't) repair it.

Local 'tyre monkey' did it for a tenner - I also got him to switch it for my spare tyre so just need to remember not to give it the beans if I ever have to use my spare.

Reason for repairing the tyre was it was only a few weeks old and didn't want to ditch it.

Thinking about it, I wouldn't be surprised if I had followed the national chains advise and replaced the tyre, they would have got rid of it with the rest of their old tyres and thereafter it would have somehow have ended up in use again.

[Sysman]

There is no tube in a car tyre. There are guidelines on fixing punctures, usually if too close to the edge or in the sidewall it shouldn't be fixed. Get a second opinion.

I did have a sidewall puncture fixed once. The tyre place sent it off for manufacturer repair. Obviously I didn't go on any long trips until the tyre came back.

I think it helped that I used to work across the road from the tyre place and knew the lads there.

[gingerjedi]

I fix them myself, there again I've been on an evening course and have a certificate that says I can.
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I have an abrasive wheels balancing certificate, anyone else have a wheel related cert?

I like the new shape Mazda6 BTW, it looks like a less pretentious Lexus, even the estate looks very smart.

It's on the list for change time.

[Bagpuss]

I love you Threaded

[threaded]

As long as the hole isn't too big, and not in the side-wall you can easily fix it yourself.

The kit costs at most £5 down the market, and contains enough for incidents such as driving over 4 bags of nails, for example.

I fix them myself, there again I've been on an evening course and have a certificate that says I can.

Which is nice.

£100 quid? They're having a laugh, they're £57 fitted and balanced here.

BTW Mazda6, perfect contractor conveyance there, well done.

[Ken Dodd]

Puncture

Take it somewhere else, they just drill a hole and glue a rubber plug in from the inside.

This is more or less correct. Used to do this part-time. Should cost about a tenner and take about 30 mins.

The tyre needs to be taken off the rim and WILL need balancing when repaired.

The puncture can be safely repaired if it is in the tread area. If it is in the sidewall, then it can't.

[gingerjedi]

I once had a complete flat, filled with tyre weld to get me home, was going to take it to the garage the next morning but was still fully inflated.

Sold it 6 month later! - Still with the same tyre!

Nice... I hope none of my family are unlucky enough to have a catastrophic tyre failure because someone sold them a ticking time bomb, that stuff goes brittle over time.

[lilelvis2000]

Yeah...my usual tyre dude tries to sell me a new one all the time. Just tell them to repair it "damn it!"

[Bagpuss]

http://www.etyres.co.uk/images/etyres-tread-gauge.pdf

[Money Money Money]

I once had a complete flat, filled with tyre weld to get me home, was going to take it to the garage the next morning but was still fully inflated.

Sold it 6 month later! - Still with the same tyre!

[gingerjedi]

Take it somewhere else, they just drill a hole and glue a rubber plug in from the inside.

[Darren_Test]

just corrected..its a tubeless tyre...

[Drewster]

Pump it up and pop into another Tyre Place....

Offer any of the greae monkeys a decent drink and they will plug it for you....

[Bagpuss]

There is no tube in a car tyre. There are guidelines on fixing punctures, usually if too close to the edge or in the sidewall it shouldn't be fixed. Get a second opinion.