Tyre repairs - DIY or Garage

[Beemerman59]

I do have to laugh at myself here. I decided to try and repair the puncture myself so I knew how to use the kit for real, then take the tyre off and get it repaired properly by my local garage. In the end I broke the reaming tool and left a nice 1cm sharp piece of metal in the tyre so I have to take it off anyway. Having ordered a new tyre from Roundandblack I will fit that and get the old one fixed up and ready to put on the next time.

Have also ordered a stopngo pocket tyre plugger which seems a better approach to the problem than having to ream a hole through a steel radial belt with a tool not designed to put up with the effort needed.

All part of the learning process I guess.

 

[Fanum]

Your emergancy repair is not a mushroom and has been stated it's a EMERGANCY/TEMPERY only plug.

Yes, all the kits say they're recommended as temporary repairs only but that's just arse covering.

I've been using the rat tail types for years and with a good dollop of the proper glue, I've never had a leak or problem and I must have worn through 6 or more tyre until the end of their natural lives with so called 'temporary fixes' in them with no probs at all.

A bit of common sense is all you need

 

[Steptoe]

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Have also ordered a stopngo pocket tyre plugger which seems a better approach to the problem than having to ream a hole through a steel radial belt with a tool not designed to put up with the effort needed.

All part of the learning process I guess.

The stop and go also has a reaming tool. You ream the hole to get rid of any edges on the exposed metal cords in the tyre. If you don't there's a possibility of the cords cutting through the plug.

Any reference to puncture repair kits being for temporary use are purely due to product liability issues. They usually always last the life of the tyre, and if they don't there's nothing to get stressed about because it's only the same as getting another puncture. And if you worry about getting a puncture sell the bike.

 

[Steptoe]

Your emergancy repair is not a mushroom ..

My puncture repair kit is a mushroom

Back in the 80's a common fix for punctures was a self tapping screw with rubber goo screwed into the hole. And if it was a self tapper that caused the puncture all the easier to fix.

Oh how we've all lost the independent spirit and turned into a bunch of soft twats who stand at the side of the road in the wet and cold waiting to be rescued because they'll only do as they're told by instructions on a piece of paper written by an office dweller.

 

[Beemerman59]

The stop and go also has a reaming tool. You ream the hole to get rid of any edges on the exposed metal cords in the tyre. If you don't there's a possibility of the cords cutting through the plug.

What I inadequatly explained was my kit had a single tool for both reaming and plug insertion. By design this makes it too easy to snap off the thin metal strip designed to hold the plug while its inserted. The stopngo product seems to have a seperate tool for reaming and another for plug insertion. (Am I on the right forum here )

I'm hoping this allows me to ream and plug without breaking my tool.

 

[GSmonkey]

Temporary / Permanent fix - the debate on here it tending to imply one is 'safer' than the other....I don't really think so. The mushroom from the inside is less likely to fail in service given the arrangement. However, both still leave a weak point in the fabric of the tyre. If the temporary type work - that's good enough for me.

Would I repair a Z rated tyre on a litre sportsbike - probably not.

 

[LBL]

puncture

Hi All,

I had a puncture this morning , 7 week old GSA with 2200 miles on it so plenty left in the tyre, I took it of and popped it into my local tyre shop at lunchtime (5th new bike on the trot ive had a puncture) last one had 34 miles on the clock, they found a screw and two bits of metal, in all two punctures but the wire inside was not damaged so £20 for the repair.

I will stick it back on when I get home and suck it and see. Always been ok before and used the tyres until worn

The kits are handy if your in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Highside]

I guess it's down to the individual to decide if they are capable of repairing their own tyre to good enough standard?

I have a Genuine Innovations kit, think someone called the plug type a 'rats tail' type.

I repaired a nail puncture in 10 mins, after the initial 'suck it and see' period (2 miles???) I carried on as normal...............tyre was fine.
recently changed the tyre and had a look at the repair from the inside, nice snotty lump, mushroom head like, no way that was coming out.

I figured that even if it failed, the deflation would not be explosive therefore not a problem.

Young guy at Buckley tyres mentioned that he wouldn't trust a 'non official' repair, I said I prefer to trust my experience and that is that they work and are safe...........

 

[Steptoe]

Would I repair a Z rated tyre on a litre sportsbike - probably not.

I was at a track day at castle coombe in my porsche and had a puncture (it doesn't have a spare wheel) in the L/H rear wheel.
Fixed it with a plug from the bmw kit and carried on with the track day. And the plug is still in place today. Why worry .

 

[t'other dave]

My puncture repair kit is a mushroom

Back in the 80's a common fix for punctures was a self tapping screw with rubber goo screwed into the hole. And if it was a self tapper that caused the puncture all the easier to fix.

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I still tell people thats the best way if stuck at the roadside, self tappers..

 

[GSmonkey]

I was at a track day at castle coombe in my porsche and had a puncture (it doesn't have a spare wheel) in the L/H rear wheel.
Fixed it with a plug from the bmw kit and carried on with the track day. And the plug is still in place today. Why worry .

....i wouldn't worry if I had three other tyres i.e. a car

 

[Ali-bear]

Would I repair a Z rated tyre on a litre sportsbike - probably not.

No, neither would Protyre. They won't repair a Z-rated and they won't repair a Michelin.

 

[Vern]

My puncture repair kit is a mushroom

Back in the 80's a common fix for punctures was a self tapping screw with rubber goo screwed into the hole. And if it was a self tapper that caused the puncture all the easier to fix.

Oh how we've all lost the independent spirit and turned into a bunch of soft twats who stand at the side of the road in the wet and cold waiting to be rescued because they'll only do as they're told by instructions on a piece of paper written by an office dweller.

I managed to get home on my old speed twin once by taking one side of the tyre off the rim and stuffing two pairs of jeans and a woolly jumper in,and then putting the tyre back on.After 10 pints of old bollock twanger at the pub later you could hardly tell the difference in handling

What do I win