Punctured rear tyre

Started by Salthorse, June 04, 2016, 10:38:06 AM

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Salthorse

June 04, 2016, 10:38:06 AM
Three months old, nail in the side wall of the rear tyre, $450 later.  :thud:

At least it was a very slow leak so no need to use the tyre filler gunk and I think the price of the tyre was pretty good all things considered as I have seen them advertised for over $600 a pop.
Dave

1969 Black Jade Mach 1 with a 351C, 3v closed chamber heads, Comp Cams and lifters, FMX trans with 2500 stall converter, LSD, Edelbrock Performer 600 CFM, Sanderson ceramic shorty extractors and Flowmaster American Thunder exhaust.

2016 Deep Impact Blue GT manual with Roush exhaust.

I love it, I need it
I seed it
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JasonK

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June 06, 2016, 07:52:48 AM
Quote from: Salthorse on June 04, 2016, 10:38:06 AM
Three months old, nail in the side wall of the rear tyre, $450 later.  :thud:

At least it was a very slow leak so no need to use the tyre filler gunk and I think the price of the tyre was pretty good all things considered as I have seen them advertised for over $600 a pop.

Is that for the P Zero? Wow, they aren't cheap!

Pinto Pete

#2
June 06, 2016, 08:30:40 PM
A nail hole and it couldn't be repaired..?
It is far easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission

GLENN 70

#3
June 06, 2016, 09:08:18 PM
Not in the side wall . How did you get a nail in the side wall ?

Pinto Pete

#4
June 06, 2016, 09:24:27 PM
used to be legal did sidewalls all the time..
It is far easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission

GLENN 70

#5
June 06, 2016, 09:29:56 PM
I don't know if it legal or not but its not a good place to have a repair .

Salthorse

#6
June 06, 2016, 10:04:11 PM
Yes, it's the Pzero. Not sure how the nail found the side wall but I saw it firmly stuck in there angled up towards the centre of the rim. And it was a bloody long nail.
Dave

1969 Black Jade Mach 1 with a 351C, 3v closed chamber heads, Comp Cams and lifters, FMX trans with 2500 stall converter, LSD, Edelbrock Performer 600 CFM, Sanderson ceramic shorty extractors and Flowmaster American Thunder exhaust.

2016 Deep Impact Blue GT manual with Roush exhaust.

I love it, I need it
I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star

Deep Purple, "Highway Star" (1971)

Boet

#7
June 07, 2016, 05:58:03 PM
 :cry:
Bugger!!!!
Pity that spare you sold me didnt fit. As you said. Hope I never need it.

Pinto Pete

#8
June 07, 2016, 07:59:21 PM
Quote from: GLENN 70 on June 06, 2016, 09:29:56 PM
I don't know if it legal or not but its not a good place to have a repair .

Ok, why..?
It is far easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission

JasonK

#9
June 08, 2016, 09:27:57 AM
Quote from: Pinto Pete on June 07, 2016, 07:59:21 PM
Ok, why..?

This is a completely uneducated guess, but I reckon that because the tyre walls are thinner then the tread, and the walls are subject to forces operating at different angles to the repair, therefore making it less stable or less strong?

Boet

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June 08, 2016, 05:52:49 PM
Yes, the sidewall is thinner. Also does not have the reinforcing that the tread part has. Sidewalls are designed to flex under load and during cornering. The distortion could cause any patch/plug to come loose. I have seen a tubeless tyre with sidewall damage where the owner decided to install a tube and the hole split under pressure and the tube ballooned out through the tear. Ever watch a drag race car's rear tyre in a hard start. A road tyre distorts but not nearly as much.
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