avon routemasters

i've got two old avon routemaster 650x16's with loads of tread but are cracking a bit on the sides.
Any suggestions for cosmertically filling the craks without having to raid the wife's makeup box!
Mot coming up

toss them!! yer sides are the weakest part of a tyre and when they crack they are pretty dangerous, very prone ta blowout. take a big breath, swallow a couple times, wipe away yer tears an cough up 4 new wuns mate.

i agree wiff the kaffershagger i had a blowout due to sidewall failier its not fun

crack like this

ffs boy chuck em on the silage, i wouldnt risk backing off the drive in them. as g string says, the old kaffer shagger is spot on, bin em and buy some new uns

oh dear. oh well thanks gents. the rear has two good goodyear super hi-milers from an ex-military half ton trailer. know where i can get same tyres?

another ex-military half ton trailer ????

longshanks said:

crack like this

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I wouldn't even think of trying to get an MOT

the tester will fill in the box that says in my opinion this car is unroadworthy

Bin them.
They are not even worth keeping for off roading (ever try to change a tyre on mud?)
Also when you replace them make sure that all 4 are the same diameter or you will get drive wind up when in 4x4.

yer can fix that with some black plasticine, but before yer do would yer mind if i took out a £100,000 insurance policy on yer?

My 600x16 avon traction mileage tyres have cracks on them, and there only 7 years old which is a shame.. anyway both our tyres are cross-plys which have inner tubes, which won't blow out.. personaly in my opinion they are fine.

yes they will, if the crack goes all the way through the tube will push into the hole and then it will get pinched and boom, i have rangemasters on my 109" and i had a blowout due to cracked sidewalls

wow, im glad you dont give me a lift. yes there are tubed but its not that simple. the tyres have cracked because they have dried out. this means they have lost their elasticity, therefore when using them on a road or any otjher surface there is no give in them. where a tyre in good condition would give a little these will simply split a bit more until the split actually tears off a piece of the tyre, leaving the inner tube exposed and i can guarantee you that within 10 mili seconds of the tube being exposed it will blow out. ffs use your brain before offering advice on things you know nothing about

mah n/s/f tyre blew out goin round a corner alot less than fun!

one_carb_or_two? said:

My 600x16 avon traction mileage tyres have cracks on them, and there only 7 years old which is a shame.. anyway both our tyres are cross-plys which have inner tubes, which won't blow out.. personaly in my opinion they are fine.

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Do you fiddle ya MOT's then? as yella said glad you don't give me a lift

one_carb_or_two? said:

My 600x16 avon traction mileage tyres have cracks on them, and there only 7 years old which is a shame.. anyway both our tyres are cross-plys which have inner tubes, which won't blow out.. personaly in my opinion they are fine.

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7 years old????? int there a 4 year age limit on tyres fer road use?

there is for trailer tyres but i dont know about car tyres i have never had tyres long enough to find out

I was told 5 years exposed to daylight by my local Kwick fit up.