Has this tyre been repaired?

[Pete1989]

Hi, just got some winter tyres off eBay and found that one has some junk on the inside. Has it been repaired with the filler stuff?


Untitled by PeteW1989, on Flickr

 

[Maccapacca]

Are you saying wheels and tyres?

Looks like some kind of sealer which could stand to reason if on an old set of alloys for the winter months as they sometimes don't seal properly.

See if they stay inflated and maybe get them balanced

 

[Pete1989]

Sorry, i got the tyres and alloys as one - that is how they came.

 

[Benihana]

Could also be the gunk some fitters use to get the tyres onto the wheels?

 

[paradigm]

Looks like copper slip to me.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Looks like copper slip to me.

Yep.

 

[Clarkey]

It will be sealer, not a repair. Never sen anything salmon coloured before though, seam sealer is black and mounting lube is white. Looks like a pretty shonky wheel tbh so no surprise it leaks.

 

[Maccapacca]

It will be sealer, not a repair. Never sen anything salmon coloured before though, seam sealer is black and mounting lube is white. Looks like a pretty shonky wheel tbh so no surprise it leaks.

Could be gripfill?

Funniest copper grease I've seen if it is

 

[Montala]

I don't like the look of that wheel at all... I hope they were really cheap!

 

[Locky]

The alloy is corroded inside the rim and the lazy scoot has used a can of tyre sealer to try and fix it which goes that color.

It's a simple fix for your local tyre fitter where by you sand down the inside of the rim and apply a proper tyre sealant and refit.

 

[Fireskull]

Thats not copper grease.

As said could be the colour of the tyre lube.

 

[Maccapacca]

If they don't go down and are well balanced I'd leave well alone, I assume you have bought them to just stick on at the first chance of ice and snow.

 

[Lopéz]

Just tyre sealer, my local place boshes loads of it on as a matter of course. Nothing to get concerned over.

 

[Frozennova]

Just looks like tyre soap/sealer to me as well. Its that colour at my local fitters.

 

[alexisonfire]

Anybody else impressed with how badly the wheel is curbed...considering thats the back?

 

[Pete1989]

Thats the only one that i have any concern over, all the rest are like below. £200 for all 4, not too easy finding 5x100 16" either.