Puncture repairs

Originally Posted by StewartR

Whad'ya know - In they same town with the same problem and ended up at the same place. My mate's DL, not my SV thankfully. I ended up doing the do though as I have a car and he just has a unicycle

'Ride In' in Reading will do repairs as well but I couldn't get there before they sloped off for their early Monday close so it's being dropped at Nick's tonight and I'll scoop it up on my way home tomorrow.

Haha it's a joke! No chance of me getting a new tyre when it's got plenty of tread left in it and it's not squared off. More places around here need to do them. I'll remember 'Ride In' for next time if Nick Robinsons decide to follow the sheep

[DJ123]

it also depends where abouts on the tyre it is.
You can buy tyre gloop and fill your tyres with it. It will repair most punctures up to a certain size, google for different makes and the properties.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by daddyjob

it also depends where abouts on the tyre it is.
You can buy tyre gloop and fill your tyres with it. It will repair most punctures up to a certain size, google for different makes and the properties.

Goop may make it impossible for the superior Mushroom fix tho.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Bordtea

But how can it go wrong? I've got a puncture that's not ridiculous, goes down maybe 10psi in 24 hours so it's not a potential blowout. If the puncture repair failed, the tyre isn't going to blow on me at 70mph, it's just going to carry back on as normal, deflating at 10psi per 24 hours surely?

Doesn't work like that at all, a repair to BSAU159 uses a mushroom headed plug inserted through a prepared hole, which is reamed to ensure good contact all over the plug stem and such that the flat part of the plug is not distorted when fitted.

Read this from some time ago, not all the same as the point you raise but similar enough to be relevant:

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Just because someone declines to repair a tyre does not mean they are thieves.

There are many factors that decide whether a tyre repair is suitable or not, much of which is the liability that a repairer will be obliged to shoulder because of the situation surrounding the business, repairs are not illegal, but they are not allowed by the relevant British standard, (BSAU159), which does not allow repairs to 'Z' rated tyres - so despite the feelings related above the tyre place aren't just being robbers. Following BSAU159 advice is hardly the wrong thing to do, this standard, (like most British standards), isn't bad advice, but of course sometimes it may be considered overcautious.

That said, some tyre manufacturers - not all - will allow repairs to 'Z' rated tyres, but they are very specific about what can be repaired and how those repairs can be made - mostly their requirements are broadly similar to the repair standards laid down in BSAU159. Also you should know that once the tyre has been repaired it will have a significantly reduced speed rating. Whether you choose to follow that is a personal choice of course.

This bears repeating:

BSAU159 is not specifically a legal requirement, so a garage that will repair a 'Z' rated tyre is not breaking the law, and dependant on which brand your tyre is it may or may not be OK with the maker. That said any repair is, again broadly speaking, decided on three factors: firstly the tyre must be examined to ensure that its structure has not been damaged, secondly that the injury is within an allowable area for repair, and thirdly that the damage caused can physically be sealed - not all can.
There are plenty of places that will repair tyres, and most simple punctures are suitable for repair, but when they won't it isn't just that they want to sell you another tyre, it just isn't that simple.

As mentioned above Essential Rubber will do repairs, but depending on the damage they too may decline to do so.

Running on an grossly under inflated tyre can damage the carcass so it is not always the case of just repairing the puncture when there might be structural damage to the tyre as a whole.

Turns out it was a leaking valve, happy days.

[jambo]

Good times

A local garage fitted a plug in my rear tyre, it had only done ~1000 miles and it still firmly in place now and not losing pressure 4000 miles later. It wasn't one of those temporary plugs though. Mechanic took the tyre off the rim and glued the plug in there. Cost £25 and 30 minutes work.

Nicks repair seems good on the DL wheel I took in so everyone's a winner

Follow up: the repair failed and the area where the carcass puncture was was noticeable weaker than any other part of the tyre. Put me right off repairs.