Tyre Repair..No No

vigsom · 11th December 2006, 20:40

My friend discovered that there was a 1cm long/1cm wide gash on his Wagon R tyre .The tube was damaged badly b'coz the sharp object tore through the tyre into the tube.

The friendly neighbourhood tyrewalla offered him a 155/80 r13 tube which he obviously refused.A new tube of the correct specification in place, ,the tyre walla put in flap(piece of tube) to cover the gash and then the wheel was put back..the result..severe wobbling at speeds >60kmph.

Short cuts are a strict no no having experienced this.

jango · 11th December 2006, 20:57

Rethreading the tyre is not adviceable for cars, but on the other hand lot of people do it for Jeeps....Jeeps can take that, i have even heard that re threaded tyres can cause damage to the suspension of cars if used......

iraghava · 11th December 2006, 21:11

Was this cut on the treaded portion of the tyre or on the sidewall?

CrAzY dRiVeR · 11th December 2006, 22:09

Checked alignment and balancing???

Might have changed if they removed the wheels and put it back...

esteem_lover · 12th December 2006, 17:19

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Originally Posted by jango

Rethreading the tyre is not adviceable for cars, but on the other hand lot of people do it for Jeeps....Jeeps can take that, i have even heard that re threaded tyres can cause damage to the suspension of cars if used......

you mean treading & re-treading, dont you ?? this topic is not about re-treading anyway.

@vigsom. it is absolutely unsafe to drive like this. ask your friend to change his tyre & tube immediately.

sn48001 · 10th January 2007, 20:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by vigsom

My friend discovered that there was a 1cm long/1cm wide gash on his Wagon R tyre .The tube was damaged badly b'coz the sharp object tore through the tyre into the tube.

The friendly neighbourhood tyrewalla offered him a 155/80 r13 tube which he obviously refused.A new tube of the correct specification in place, ,the tyre walla put in flap(piece of tube) to cover the gash and then the wheel was put back..the result..severe wobbling at speeds >60kmph.

Short cuts are a strict no no having experienced this.

This tyre is not serviceable. Discard it off before you have a disaster.

11th December 2006, 20:40	#1
vigsom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NSEW Posts: 3,761 Thanked: 25,462 Times	Tyre Repair..No No My friend discovered that there was a 1cm long/1cm wide gash on his Wagon R tyre .The tube was damaged badly b'coz the sharp object tore through the tyre into the tube. The friendly neighbourhood tyrewalla offered him a 155/80 r13 tube which he obviously refused.A new tube of the correct specification in place, ,the tyre walla put in flap(piece of tube) to cover the gash and then the wheel was put back..the result..severe wobbling at speeds >60kmph. Short cuts are a strict no no having experienced this.
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11th December 2006, 20:57	#2
jango BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York & kotayam Posts: 800 Thanked: 23 Times View My Garage	Rethreading the tyre is not adviceable for cars, but on the other hand lot of people do it for Jeeps....Jeeps can take that, i have even heard that re threaded tyres can cause damage to the suspension of cars if used......
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11th December 2006, 21:11	#3
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 8,033 Thanked: 265 Times View My Garage	Was this cut on the treaded portion of the tyre or on the sidewall?
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11th December 2006, 22:09	#4
CrAzY dRiVeR Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore / TVM Posts: 17,180 Thanked: 73,491 Times View My Garage	Checked alignment and balancing??? Might have changed if they removed the wheels and put it back...
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