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Repairing tyres
« on: October 26, 2014, 08:48 AM »
Whats the best way to repair a tyre rip?

I've just stuck some thick tape behind the tear at the mo but it shows white through.

Is a puncture repair patch something people have tried before?

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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2014, 08:56 AM »
Don't think you will be able to repair that Ed .

Looks like a new tyre in order
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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2014, 09:00 AM »
I was thinking a flat patch for car tyres or if ur local garage only ha mushroom patches then cut the stalk off they'd be a lot stronger than bike patches also use their glue

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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2014, 09:04 AM »
Don't think you will be able to repair that Ed .

Looks like a new tyre in order

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just trying to make the best of whats there and hide the tear  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2014, 09:06 AM »
I was thinking a flat patch for car tyres or if ur local garage only ha mushroom patches then cut the stalk off they'd be a lot stronger than bike patches also use their glue

would Halfrauds have them T?
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2014, 09:13 AM »
I wouldn't have thought so unless it's the service center just any garage should have loads just ask if u can have one , I worked in a garage for years we used to have a constant supply of them

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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2014, 09:24 AM »
Take it to a local tyre shop who carry out licensed repairs mate, they carry out a Vulcanising procedure for punctures that might be the only real way of doing this.. ?
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2014, 09:37 AM »
bit of superglue on the tear and a patch on the back works ok for a while.

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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2014, 10:35 AM »
Ed it may take a bit of searching but there was a guy at a cycle jumble at Manchester velodrome who was doing just this sort of thing. He had a few repaired sections, one of which looked like someone had knocked a nine inch nail through the sidewall.
If memory serves he was laying on some sort of muslin type fabric and bonding it with a sort of liquid rubber?
I doubt glue alone will be able to prevent the slit opening when the inner tube is inflated
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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2014, 10:36 AM »
Park Tools do a patch for that Ed...

http://www.parktool.com/category/tube-tire


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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2014, 10:44 AM »
thats quite a bad slash and will need a substantial patch as the tyre will need support to stop it getting worse

you could do what i do to road bike tyres when they get a bad cut in them when out on a ride

Get some gaffer tape, stick it on the inside covering the cut to stop water etc.. getting in, then get some cardboard (cornflake box thickness) cut it to size making sure you have a good inch or so all round overlap then using more gaffer tape stick it to the inside of the tyre coverinng the cut area and over the first layer of gaffer tape

Pump up the tyre and all is good

Ive done this many times with road bike tyres, pumped em back upto 120 psi and carried on riding them for 50 miles +

As you dont want white showing through the trye you could do as above but when you stick the first bit of gaffer tape on use a small patch of inner tube to cover the hole first so no white sticky side of the gaffer tape is showing
« Last Edit: October 26, 2014, 10:50 AM by kev-s »

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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2014, 11:02 AM »
Thanks fellas - great feedback :-)
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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2014, 12:03 PM »
Yeah, proper gaffer tape (with the cotton threads through it) really is your friend on this occasion, as it doesn't stretch.

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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2014, 12:42 PM »
Yeah, proper gaffer tape (with the cotton threads through it) really is your friend on this occasion, as it doesn't stretch.

And sticks like shite to a blanket  :daumenhoch:


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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2014, 01:06 PM »
Ed I'll see if I can get some glue from work into a jar for you.
Pretty sure all our patches are the mushroom type at work but will have a look for you.

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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2014, 01:25 PM »
Apparently stiching the tear together with synthetic dental floss is the done thing  ???
They guy at the jumble had somehow managed to make the repair almost invivisble  :shocked:
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Re: Repairing tyres
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2014, 11:39 PM »
was just looking quickly and maybe these ???http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24-PACK-x-6MM-COMBINATION-TYRE-WIRED-MUSHROOM-PUNCTURE-REPAIR-PLUG-PATCHES-/181424050708?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Wheels_tyre_Trims_Trims_ET&hash=item2a3db75214

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