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Else, take the tyre to a competitive shop, who can examine the extent of damage and advice accordingly. Generally, a side wall bulge could be reinforced (when using tube) and may be kept as spare (stictly as a spare). I had a similar wheel (with tube) kept as spare and in one incident when I suffered a puncture on highway at night 10pm, I used this tyre to replace the flat. As I didn't find any mechanics near by I went on with the journey. I didn't care to put this tyre with bulge back to spare even after I got the flat repaired. Result was that the tyre with bulge eventually distorted under high speed running and left me with a scary experience. So, better replace it, if not, use it with utmost caution. | |
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| ![]() Dear BHPians, The present Tubeless on my Ritz has done 32500 kms (the car will complete two years on 14 Feb). Am going on a drive to Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling and back round trip from Bangalore nearly 7000 kms. a) Should I continue with the same set of tyres or should I go in for a fresh set? b) As this set has still 7000 to 8000 kms of usuage left (keeping the 40 K standard-and apparently the set looks in good state) in case, if recommended that I buy a new set, on return should i change back to older one till the 40 K mark?? Will the new set have any issues if kept in storage till the older set mileage is completed?? c) as per the post the road followed from Bangalore to Bhutan is in pretty good shape less a few KMs where its pretty bad. Jude |
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If the treads are unevenly worn in, then it is time to check the wheel alignment, balancing and maybe time to change the tires too (if the wear is too much). Also check the tread wear indicator. If the tread depth is not much then change the tires. Different countries have different rules for tread depth which warrant a tire replacement. Check the manual for your car for more information. If there are more than one or two punctures or if your tires are prone to punctures, buy a new tire. Carry a puncture repair kit with you and an air pump that can be used via the 12v ciggy lighter socket in your car. | |
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How does one carry out a wear indicator check?? from the exterior the tread dept looks real good-will check the manual today Will carry a puncture kit and air pump. Thank you once again. Jude ![]() Last edited by n_aditya : 29th January 2013 at 13:53. Reason: quote tags fixed | |
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| ![]() Pune BHPians, do you know any reliable shop in Aundh/ Pimple Saudagar/ Wakad who does mushroom patch for puncture repair? I had suffered a puncture about a year back. I repaired it using DIY method explained here. It held very well for over one year (22,000 kms) but since last week that tyre is losing air quite fast. I checked the previous puncture in water and air is leaking from the same place. For the time being, I have removed the old strip and put in a new strip at the same point. But if the strip doesn't hold well then I might have to go for mushroom patch. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Is there a different in quality of the repair strips based on color? How is the Coido brand of repair kit? |
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| ![]() I am sure there is. the earlier ones that I used were brownish in colour. They were a bit on the softer side & easy to pierce through the tyre. The new ones, which I got are greying dark in colour & they are hard, difficult to pierce in tyre. Have to shed off a portion of the wick longitudinally to make it enter the hole after some efforts. However sealing quality wise both are equally good. Haven't heard of Coido brand, but all the kits are more or less the same. |
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Coido is a good brand.From my personal experience all brown ones are good. | |
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| ![]() I have a doubt as to how much can a tyre withstand these repairs and what could be possibility of a tyre burst on a tyre that has been repaired 5-6 times? Anurag. |
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| ![]() I have fixed the about 10 punctures in my (5) tyres till date (all by myself, using the 10 wicks, which come in the pack). Only one puncture developed a minor leak, that too after more than one year of fixing it. So I have no doubt about the durability of these repairs. Tyre burst would be caused by hitting a pothole/curb etc at high speed. If a tyre has been repaired 5-6 times & you do a lot of highway driving, then you would be better off replacing that tyre to be on the safer side. |
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| ![]() I happened to hear a rythmic 'tuk tuk tuk' sound coming from the rear right tyre while driving today and stopped to inspect. Found a screw half embedded into the tread of my tubeless Michelins. I have read somewhere that one should never remove nails/screws from tubeless tyres until he reaches a puncture shop. In my case since the screw was only half embedded, i took a chance and 'unscrewed' the screw from my tyre. Thankfully the tyre did not lose air..in fact if i had left the screw in the tyre, it might have fully embedded itself and caused a puncture. Any thoughts? |
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One thing I recommend is pour little water around the area where the screw had pierced (if you can remember that location or do it for the whole tyre). If you find bubbles then its a puncture. Pour water slowly else bubbles will come naturally and you could mistake it for a puncture. Easy method than going to a bunk to check loss of air or a puncture guy. Cheers, Anurag. | |
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