Can't change flat tyre, weird star shaped nut

RickST · 27 Jun 2009 at 01:06

MrMoonX said:
its not when u dont have a spare wheel, damn focus st with stupid contimobility weld kit, was a pos when i got a flat

OMG someone feels my pain, not to mention arguing with the tow guy that not all focuses come with a spare....

Howard · 27 Jun 2009 at 09:48

Overlag said:
i cant believe people dont know what/where there locking nuts are. How do you guys drive a car?

Take it easy, it was a genuine question

Re tyreweld, I've removed the spare from my MX5 and put Tyreweld in it's place as a) it saves a fair bit of weight and b) I think I'll trust a temporarily inflated Eagle F1 over the pathetic spacesaver any day! If the tyre gets shredded to pieces beyond the abilities of Tyreweld, I'll make use of my RAC subscription.

Wicksta · 27 Jun 2009 at 10:08

Duke said:
Just for future reference, its called a Locking Wheel Nut

The tool isn't called that?

Duke · 27 Jun 2009 at 10:27

You know what I mean

VFR_KID · 27 Jun 2009 at 10:33

i would never use tyre weld, Destroys the inner of your tyre and you are forced to get a new one, so cant even have the old one pluged.

Mu gf drove 6 miles to get me when i got in the car we went about 50 yards and i said wtf is that noise u got a flat?

Aww i dont know its been like that since i left got out flat as a pancake, nice new tyre for you lol

Howard · 27 Jun 2009 at 10:35

DavieCramb01 said:
i would never use tyre weld, Destroys the inner of your tyre and you are forced to get a new one, so cant even have the old one pluged.

The "proper" TyreWeld doesn't

alle · 27 Jun 2009 at 10:48

DavieCramb01 said:
i would never use tyre weld, Destroys the inner of your tyre and you are forced to get a new one, so cant even have the old one pluged.

...Where as I would never get a tyre 'pluged'? or plugged or repaired in any shape or form

PardonTheWait · 27 Jun 2009 at 11:24

alle said:
...Where as I would never get a tyre 'pluged'? or plugged or repaired in any shape or form

I had the rear tyre on my Fazer 1000 plugged, bear in mind it's a rounded profile bike tyre on a litre engined, 130bhp, 154mph motorbike that'll do 0-60 in 3.01 seconds.

It was fine, don't be such a poof!

[TW]Taggart · 27 Jun 2009 at 11:41

Dutchman said:
Posted my other post before I saw this
Thought I'd humour myself and have a look and in there is a little white plastic box, which in 1year and 4 months of owning this car I've never noticed
. Opened it up and hey presto, the tool to unscrew that nut

Thanks a lot for the advice, I'm kinda embarrassed that it was that easy to find and I couldn't on my own, but I've got it now and the wheel has come off and the spare go on

MAN EYES! I get them all the time, drives me nuts

atpbx · 27 Jun 2009 at 12:22

My first car came with locking wheel nuts and no adapter, first thing I did was give the car over to see if I would have any problems, took it straight round to Bush Tyres and had them taken off.

Doonhamer · 27 Jun 2009 at 12:38

alle said:
...Where as I would never get a tyre 'pluged'? or plugged or repaired in any shape or form

Why not?

alle · 27 Jun 2009 at 20:22

...Safety for one.

FreeStream · 27 Jun 2009 at 20:28

alle said:
...Safety for one.

Well seeing as the one on my Dads volvo lasted the life of the tyre I'd say they are pretty good...

alle · 27 Jun 2009 at 20:40

...Why risk it?

Doonhamer · 27 Jun 2009 at 20:46

I have repaired thousands of tyres. No one has come back and complained. The risk seems rather small.

Lopéz · 27 Jun 2009 at 20:51

alle said:
...Why risk it?

Because it costs £5 which is a lot less than another tyre costs.

Have you seen how a puncture is repaired?

Janesy B · 27 Jun 2009 at 20:57

I had a nail removed and the tyre plugged. Sure beats paying £120 for a new pair of tyres. I've done 4000 on the repair and I'm not dead so fairs fair. I watched how they did the repair and it seems more than safe.

alle · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:12

...As one of the only the four things that keeps the car on the road then no I would rather buy a new one thanks.

Wicksta · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:14

alle said:
...As one of the only the four things that keeps the car on the road then no I would rather buy a new one thanks.

It's clear you don't know enough about the repair process then to be honest, there is nothing unsafe about getting a car tyre puncture repaired.

FreeStream · 27 Jun 2009 at 21:16

alle said:
...Why risk it?

Lemme see, £200 for two new tyres (if we are being all safe and proper, you should replace both sides at the same time!
Or £10 to get it fixed which is to high standards set by the UK?

I've seen one of these go in and it took 30 mins to prepare it properly.

Its not a bodge and its not going to explode, its going to deflate if it breaks.

Not bothered at all. If it wasn't safe they wouldn't be allowed to do it, let alone for it to have set standards to repair.