Punctures

The OSR tyre on my rangie has a puncture...

It goes down over about 2 days, but the air escapes arround the rim of the
wheel. There is no damage to the wheel so i assume the tire is arsed.

If i get someone at Kwik Fcuk to remove and re-seat the tire do you recon it
will fix it?

Alternativly, does anyone have a 235 85 15 tire kicking about?


I think they are Greenway Macho's on it at the mo. These are remoulds, but
its only used in the mud so they will do....


Mark.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:57:18 GMT, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>It goes down over about 2 days, but the air escapes arround the rim of the
>wheel. There is no damage to the wheel so i assume the tire is arsed.
>
>If i get someone at Kwik Fcuk to remove and re-seat the tire do you recon it
>will fix it?

Check the valve seat too. Most tyre places have a big bath type
jobbie which will be able to show any little bubbles from any leak.

If you're going to have it re-seated, go to a commercial tyre place
and ask them to use lots of the sloshy gunky stuff (yes, technical
term). This is what seals tyres on rusty old lorry and tractor rims
and somehow seems to work pretty well.

Mother wrote:

> If you're going to have it re-seated, go to a commercial tyre place
> and ask them to use lots of the sloshy gunky stuff (yes, technical
> term).

Strangely enough it's called 'bead sealant'.

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"Mark Solesbury" wrote
> The OSR tyre on my rangie has a puncture...
>
> It goes down over about 2 days, but the air escapes arround the rim of the
> wheel. There is no damage to the wheel so i assume the tire is arsed.
>
> If i get someone at Kwik Fcuk to remove and re-seat the tire do you recon
> it
> will fix it?
>
> Alternativly, does anyone have a 235 85 15 tire kicking about?
>
>
> I think they are Greenway Macho's on it at the mo. These are remoulds, but
> its only used in the mud so they will do....
>

If you go to Kwik Fitup you will need a new tyre, guaranteed, and if there
is any doubt they will probably be able to show you a large fresh cut in the
sidewall that looks exactly like one made with a Stanley knife!
Been there, had that happen.
Don't go there unless it's to wind them up.

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In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Bob Hobden wrote:

>
> If you go to Kwik Fitup you will need a new tyre, guaranteed, and if there
> is any doubt they will probably be able to show you a large fresh cut in the
> sidewall that looks exactly like one made with a Stanley knife!
> Been there, had that happen.
> Don't go there unless it's to wind them up.
>

And they told me emphatically that inner tubes were illegal. Even
though I told them that plenty of vehicles, including my 110 had them
as standard. Go to a local independent.


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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:06:04 +0000, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:

>Mark Solesbury wrote:
>
>> The OSR tyre on my rangie has a puncture...
>>
>> It goes down over about 2 days, but the air escapes arround the rim of the
>> wheel. There is no damage to the wheel so i assume the tire is arsed.
>>
>> If i get someone at Kwik Fcuk to remove and re-seat the tire do you recon it
>> will fix it?
>
>Is fitting a tube not an option?
>
>Richard

Kwik Fcuk won't put tubes in tyres if they're not "manufacturer
reccomended"

Alex

"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The OSR tyre on my rangie has a puncture...
>
> It goes down over about 2 days, but the air escapes arround the rim of
> the
> wheel. There is no damage to the wheel so i assume the tire is arsed.
>
> If i get someone at Kwik Fcuk to remove and re-seat the tire do you
> recon it
> will fix it?
>
Any other tyre fitter - quite probably. Or do it yourself - it's not
rocket science. A big hammer and a cold chisel with a rounded end will
probably do the trick to unseat the bead, then a couple of tyre levers
(or one and a big screwdriver) to get the tyre off. I described the
process in some detail ages ago - google should find it. Then go round
the bead seat area with a cup brush in the angle grinder to clean it up.

> Alternativly, does anyone have a 235 85 15 tire kicking about?
>
Odd size for a Rangey - 15"?

A few reasons not to go the "fit an inner tube" route:

- they're surprisingly difficult to find in stock anywhere

- they're surprisingly expensive when you do

- you get into the strange world of valve stem diameters, sleeves for
little inner tube valves in big holes, and so on.

- many tubeless tyres have very ribbed insides, which will soon make a
mess of inner tubes. I've just patched one tube, and need to do another
because of this (short term solution, I know).

But also beware that not all rims are suitable for tubeless tyres.
Original Range Rover alloys will have "tubeless" cast into them next to
the part number if they're suitable, but the general rule is that wheels
for tubeless tyres will have a slight hump just inboard of the bead
seat - this is intended to stop the tyre sliding too easily into the
well if it partly deflates.

Why is it so difficult to buy the bits and bobs associated with tyre
changing? I finished up making a not-very-good tool for pulling snap-in
valves through rims, and have never seen bead paste on sale at motor
factors or autojumble stalls. It's not even easy to buy tyre valves,
particularly "stubbies". Ask the local garage, and they tell me a man
in a van comes round every so often, but they don't seem to know who he
is, or when he'll next call.


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I don't know about bead sealant, but I have heard about 'tyrepliers'
take a look here - http://www.atvworld.com/toolsmaintenance.htm
UK distributor here -
http://www.4x4partsmaster.com/shop_det.asp?pd_id=271&pc_id=3138&sec_id=245

£72.45 !!?? only worth it if you change tyres regurlarly I would have
thought.

Stew.

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"Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:41:09 -0000, Autolycus wrote:
>
> > It's not even easy to buy tyre valves, particularly "stubbies".
>
> Saw packs of 5 valve cores full length and stubbies in Halfruads,
> Carlisle just the other day, didn't take note of the price.
>
> Not been aware of tyre levers or bead sealant though.
>
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