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omae mona wrote:Great story choko. How many times did I do that illegal u-turn in the meantime? Jeez...
chokonen888 wrote: flats, etc.
wagyl wrote:chokonen888 wrote: flats, etc.
Wait, wait, punctures influence your insurance rates? And people actually declare them??
chokonen888 wrote:Have that too as well as the OEM scissor jack and a niceweapontire iron. Puncture in the tread can be fixed on the car though, no need to pull put the spare.
Wage Slave wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Have that too as well as the OEM scissor jack and a niceweapontire iron. Puncture in the tread can be fixed on the car though, no need to pull put the spare.
Hmmm. I have seen the kits in the shops. So how does it work? Find the puncture, pull out the nail/screw etc, Drill the hole out and insert a plug. Just hammer home or or there some cement as well?
And it is really that simple and foolproof? If so, I shall be doing my own repair next time I get a puncture. Not sure I'll go out and get a kit though because I have had one puncture in the last 13 years or so. Tyres these days seem to be a lot better or is that just my imagination?
Not sure repairing at the roadside is easier though - I can change a tire in no time at all after all the practice with the winter tyres. On the other hand the spare is only rated for 80km/hr so on an expressway trip ....Much rather have a proper spare really.
Yokohammer wrote:Wage Slave wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Have that too as well as the OEM scissor jack and a niceweapontire iron. Puncture in the tread can be fixed on the car though, no need to pull put the spare.
Hmmm. I have seen the kits in the shops. So how does it work? Find the puncture, pull out the nail/screw etc, Drill the hole out and insert a plug. Just hammer home or or there some cement as well?
And it is really that simple and foolproof? If so, I shall be doing my own repair next time I get a puncture. Not sure I'll go out and get a kit though because I have had one puncture in the last 13 years or so. Tyres these days seem to be a lot better or is that just my imagination?
Not sure repairing at the roadside is easier though - I can change a tire in no time at all after all the practice with the winter tyres. On the other hand the spare is only rated for 80km/hr so on an expressway trip ....Much rather have a proper spare really.
If it's "tire goo" you just squirt it in via the air valve. It creates a coating of glop all over the inside surface that seals the leak. Normally. Not a permanent fix though. It does make an awful mess that can be a problem when the tire is eventually changed though. Still, it's quick and easy, and it works.
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Wage Slave wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Have that too as well as the OEM scissor jack and a niceweapontire iron. Puncture in the tread can be fixed on the car though, no need to pull put the spare.
Hmmm. I have seen the kits in the shops. So how does it work? Find the puncture, pull out the nail/screw etc, Drill the hole out and insert a plug. Just hammer home or or there some cement as well?
And it is really that simple and foolproof? If so, I shall be doing my own repair next time I get a puncture. Not sure I'll go out and get a kit though because I have had one puncture in the last 13 years or so. Tyres these days seem to be a lot better or is that just my imagination?
Not sure repairing at the roadside is easier though - I can change a tire in no time at all after all the practice with the winter tyres. On the other hand the spare is only rated for 80km/hr so on an expressway trip ....Much rather have a proper spare really.
chibaka wrote:Wage Slave wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Have that too as well as the OEM scissor jack and a niceweapontire iron. Puncture in the tread can be fixed on the car though, no need to pull put the spare.
Hmmm. I have seen the kits in the shops. So how does it work? Find the puncture, pull out the nail/screw etc, Drill the hole out and insert a plug. Just hammer home or or there some cement as well?
And it is really that simple and foolproof? If so, I shall be doing my own repair next time I get a puncture. Not sure I'll go out and get a kit though because I have had one puncture in the last 13 years or so. Tyres these days seem to be a lot better or is that just my imagination?
Not sure repairing at the roadside is easier though - I can change a tire in no time at all after all the practice with the winter tyres. On the other hand the spare is only rated for 80km/hr so on an expressway trip ....Much rather have a proper spare really.
I don't have a spare, my car comes with a pump and a bottle of snot, OK for most punctures but not all. I had a nail in a tyre a while ago and Eneos charged me 2500円 to plug it. So I bought a repair kit http://item.rakuten.co.jp/cityliner/10260476/
Had another problem last month with a screw in a tyre, it took 30 minutes with taking the screw out, inserting the plug and waiting for the cement to set.
Good points: Worth the cost, easy to do
Bad points: may wait years to use it again
chibaka wrote:Wage Slave wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Have that too as well as the OEM scissor jack and a niceweapontire iron. Puncture in the tread can be fixed on the car though, no need to pull put the spare.
Hmmm. I have seen the kits in the shops. So how does it work? Find the puncture, pull out the nail/screw etc, Drill the hole out and insert a plug. Just hammer home or or there some cement as well?
And it is really that simple and foolproof? If so, I shall be doing my own repair next time I get a puncture. Not sure I'll go out and get a kit though because I have had one puncture in the last 13 years or so. Tyres these days seem to be a lot better or is that just my imagination?
Not sure repairing at the roadside is easier though - I can change a tire in no time at all after all the practice with the winter tyres. On the other hand the spare is only rated for 80km/hr so on an expressway trip ....Much rather have a proper spare really.
I don't have a spare, my car comes with a pump and a bottle of snot, OK for most punctures but not all. I had a nail in a tyre a while ago and Eneos charged me 2500円 to plug it. So I bought a repair kit http://item.rakuten.co.jp/cityliner/10260476/
Had another problem last month with a screw in a tyre, it took 30 minutes with taking the screw out, inserting the plug and waiting for the cement to set.
Good points: Worth the cost, easy to do
Bad points: may wait years to use it again
Russell wrote:chibaka wrote:
I don't have a spare, my car comes with a pump and a bottle of snot, OK for most punctures but not all. I had a nail in a tyre a while ago and Eneos charged me 2500円 to plug it. So I bought a repair kit http://item.rakuten.co.jp/cityliner/10260476/
Had another problem last month with a screw in a tyre, it took 30 minutes with taking the screw out, inserting the plug and waiting for the cement to set.
Good points: Worth the cost, easy to do
Bad points: may wait years to use it again
Is there an expiration date on those kits?
Mike Oxlong wrote:Russell wrote:chibaka wrote:
I don't have a spare, my car comes with a pump and a bottle of snot, OK for most punctures but not all. I had a nail in a tyre a while ago and Eneos charged me 2500円 to plug it. So I bought a repair kit http://item.rakuten.co.jp/cityliner/10260476/
Had another problem last month with a screw in a tyre, it took 30 minutes with taking the screw out, inserting the plug and waiting for the cement to set.
Good points: Worth the cost, easy to do
Bad points: may wait years to use it again
Is there an expiration date on those kits?
Rubber will harden with age. Many tire shops try to get rid of their aging stock by offering deals. Past four or five years, the tires are already getting close to when small cracks will start to appear. The kits would probably need to be replaced at five year intervals.
dimwit wrote:I have a bit of a theory that gas station employees go out in the middle of the night and sprinkle the roads with nails and screws to drum up business.
chokonen888 wrote:Funny that I've never got a puncture here...and I drive more than most. In the US, I was constantly pulling screws and nails out of my tires.
Also, yessssss, holes in the sidewall are a no no. Time to replace the tire at that point...though I've only seen that once and it was when my crazy exgf slashing my previous exgf's tires. (or at least I think that's what happened...of course I got the blame until it was pointed out that was out of state at the time of the slashing)
chibaka wrote:Ever had this?
Lots of pot holes here in the sticks, changed this one this week....
chibaka wrote:Yes sidewall bulge usually caused by contact with a kerb or pothole. Some small roads around my place resemble Baghdad, so I'll assume it was a pothole.
However, the tyre was produced in 2009, I'm not sure if the age would make it more susceptible to this kind of damage, I know rubber degrades over time. Interweb tells me that instances caused by manufacturing defects are rare.
Yokohammer wrote:2009?! Virtually fresh from the factory!
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