Screw through tyre, repairable?

Iamzod · 23 Jul 2006 at 16:52

Just picked up this screw in my tyre, i know punctures are repairable but my dad thinks this one will be too close to the side of the tyre.

Opinions?

Sorry about quality but it was taken on my phone.

PeterNem · 23 Jul 2006 at 17:02

I beleive the Bristish standard that governs tyre repairs states that it can be repaired if it is within the central 75% of the tyre, so that would be borderline, possibly slightly outside the repairable area.

It's be worth taking it to a garage and asking.

I recently had a nail removed and one of my tyres repaired from a local tyre place who charged me £8.00 + vat.

chrislusty · 23 Jul 2006 at 17:24

Take it and see, a friend just had one fixed, his was like yours, close to the end but they did it for him.

Phil W · 23 Jul 2006 at 19:34

You can get that repaired, if its not a striahgt repair job and a local garage wont do it, you can send it off through ATS and they cant get a 48hour repair done on it.

[SKR]Phoenix · 23 Jul 2006 at 19:53

Ouch, on a F1 too!

I would say that's borderline. Although the 75% rule is probably over cautious, but is it worth the risk?

Scania · 23 Jul 2006 at 20:06

[SKR]Phoenix said:
I would say that's borderline. Although the 75% rule is probably over cautious, but is it worth the risk?

I reckon thats scrap ,sadly. It looks very like a similar puncture I had a while back.

The 75% rule is there for a very good reason - safety.

Not worth a bodge repair (many places will repair such damage) imo, its not worth it.

Doonhamer · 23 Jul 2006 at 20:17

Borderline and impossible to say without seeing the inside of the tyre. Depending on the angle of the screw as long as it hasnt touched the side wall you may get away with it.

Oracle · 23 Jul 2006 at 21:19

Its 75% of your tyres profile width.

I've got to say though in reality its fine as long as its not in the sidewall or the curve upto the main section, therefore yours looks like its repairable and therefore should cost no more than £10 to get fixed.

Iamzod · 24 Jul 2006 at 01:42

[SKR]Phoenix said:
Ouch, on a F1 too!

Not just an F1, an F1 with 6mm Tread left on it

Gonna take the wheel off tomorrow after work, take it with me to work on tuesday & try a couple of local tyre places during my lunch.

If i have to replace the new tyre can i get away with just buying one bearing in mind both rears still have 6mm or so on them or is it best to get a new pair?

Oracle · 24 Jul 2006 at 07:53

Iamzod said:
Not just an F1, an F1 with 6mm Tread left on it

Gonna take the wheel off tomorrow after work, take it with me to work on tuesday & try a couple of local tyre places during my lunch.

If i have to replace the new tyre can i get away with just buying one bearing in mind both rears still have 6mm or so on them or is it best to get a new pair?

Yes, there's no legal obligation to replace tyres in pairs. It may be best practice, but if your other tyres are all looking healthy, there is no need to go on a uber tyre replacing spree

Bill101 · 24 Jul 2006 at 09:24

take it to an independent tyre place as Kwik Fit and ATS are in the business of selling tyres. Find somewhere that advertises Hot Vulcanizing repairs as they will repair it if at all possible.the major chains will rather sell £500 of new tyres than spend that amount on repair equipment

Oracle · 24 Jul 2006 at 09:27

Bill101 said:
take it to an independent tyre place as Kwik Fit and ATS are in the business of selling tyres. Find somewhere that advertises Hot Vulcanizing repairs as they will repair it if at all possible.the major chains will rather sell £500 of new tyres than spend that amount on repair equipment

Whilst I agree with most of what you say it is important to remember that although places like KF etc are indeed in the business of selling tyres they have to pay large amounts to dispose of the rubber that they collect. In an ideal world you'd think that they would see a decent treaded tyre and repair it, unfortunately the monkies that work there dont give a toss about the cost to KF of disposing of tyres and will slap a whole set on if they think they can get away with it!

2 x 17" GSD2s from KF a few years back in total cost me £400!!!!!

Never again!

lordrobs · 24 Jul 2006 at 09:40

I'm suprised that screw punctured the tyre tbh.

It only looks half in and with 6mm of tread for it to go through before it hits the body of the tyre I'd say that was pretty unlucky.

stoofa · 24 Jul 2006 at 12:27

Last time I had a nail in a tyre it was repaired.
Nice and quick and the tyre was absolutely fine afterwards and was still the same tyre on the car when I sold it.

A screw however in one of my tyres (with less than 3k miles on I might add) caused a lot of damage.
From the outside it looked no different to the nail previously.
Took it to the tyre place and they showed me the tyre, the screw had done a lovely job at ripping it's way up the centre of my tyre.
End result - one new tyre Grrrrr.
Screws nearly always do more damage than nails - hopefully you'll be lucky.