How easy to sort (clipped kerb)

Adam_151

Adam_151

Adam_151

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Clipped the kerb the other day :o , seemed ok except for a clip broken on the wheel trim, I put an extra zip tie on it to sort it out, today on way to work steering felt very odd noticed the tyre looked a bit flat when I got to work, so pumped it up before leaving (had to cut the zip ties on it, because the trim was not alligned with the valve), just been out there to re-attach the wheel trim and noticed that the metal flange on the wheel itself is dented a bit, I'm guessing this has broken the seal with the tyre (they had to 'heat seal' it or something when I had it changed a while ago to stop it going flat)

I'll have to keep pumping it up over the weekend, but when I take it into the tyre place on monday, should it be relativly simple (read: cheap) to have them bash it back before re-fitting the tyre?
 
clipped? you mean rammed into the side of kirb at 40mph :p

should not be too expensive to fix I would imagine.
 
Lucky you didn't damage the suspension :)

Pulling out of a junction once, I didn't take into accout the sheer height/angle of the curb.

Cue me smashing my rear wheel up it :( Luckily, no damage to the actual rim, but when I was about to set off on a 250 mile trip to a mates' house, I found a small bulge in the tyre :eek:

Been like that since June and I've covered about 5k since :o
 
agw_01 said:
Lucky you didn't damage the suspension :)

Pulling out of a junction once, I didn't take into accout the sheer height/angle of the curb.

Cue me smashing my rear wheel up it :( Luckily, no damage to the actual rim, but when I was about to set off on a 250 mile trip to a mates' house, I found a bulge in the tyre :eek:

Been like that since June and I've covered about 5k since :o
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L0rdMike said:
:rolleyes:
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I knew that was coming.

I know it's stupid, and if I thought it was dangerous I would have got it changed (I was actually going to get it changed when at my mates), but it's only a slight bulge and seems to have held out really well and not got any worse.

Anyway, new tyres all round in a few weeks so all's good.
 
Dogbreath said:
Worn tread is one thing, but driving around for that length of time with a bulge on the tyre is pretty stupid IMO.
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As will be the consenus with most of the people on here, I agree too.
Here's an idea, why not drive around without a seatbelt on and leave the door open while you trundle down a motorway. You might not fall out...

Back on topic, if the rim is losing air quite quickly then i *think* garages cant repair bent rims (althoiugh I could be wrong). Being that it is a steely, should be fairly cheap to replace though
 
I had this on my last car, was £10 for a wheel from the scrappy and £12 for Kwik-Fit to change the tyre over. They'd looked at it first, tyre was OK but just said I should get a 'new' wheel.
 
Oh, don't get me wrong... I know it's stupid and idiotic to drive around with a bulge in a tyre for so long!

99% of my driving is normal 20-30mph through town with the odd 1% of 60-70mph on the motorway. If it blew at 20mph, the only thing it'd hurt is me... but 70mph could have catastrophic consequences.

Anyway Mike, I don't know why you're rolling your eyes at me. Didn't your MR2 fail its MOT on a bulge in the tyre? Only difference is, I know about mine and thus can adjust my driving accordingly (yeah ok, that's a silly way to put it but :p)
 
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Do get the tracking checked.

Will sort the strange steering and prevent it from wearing tyres unevenly.




Speaking of clipping cerbs My brother has bent one of the wheels on the Uno :eek: .
 
L0rdMike said:
Difference being mine was impossible to see. If it was on the outside I would have seen it and had it changed.
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Which is why people need to pay more attention to there tyres. A three second look at the outside edge isn't enough and more people need to make the effort to check them properly.

Aimed at people in general not you specifically. :p
 
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