puncture repair - screw

Grrr.
It's an almost new tyre, the last one had a screw in it too.

How on earth do they get in the tyre without some vandal using a screwdriver
?!

http://www.45six.com/screw_location.jpg

http://www.45six.com/screw_closeup.jpg

Is that in the area dealer's refer to as repairable ?

R.

 

Unlucky

Last repair I witnessed, they drilled the hole bigger than the puncture
and plugged it. This may not be possible so close to a tread groove?

 

IMO, Yes.

 

In

Avons do a free replacement on almost new Azaro tyres that get
punctured .. and as I'm on puncture no 6 for the last 12 months
its a good enough reason to stay with them )


--
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http://wrexhamseals.tripod.com

 

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Looks OK for a repair to me, only way to find out is get the wheel off
and take it in. Some places are reluctant to repair bike tyres so
phone around first. The last tyre I got repaired had a hole in a very
similar place ~£10 IIRC from a back street car tyre place.

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Have you tried just replacing the screw with a slighter bigger one?

 

I hope this was intended as some sort of joke. Anyone seriously
offering such advise wants shooting, IMO. It might hold air in for a
mile or twenty, or even a hundred, but it's going to be working its
way further in all the time and could end up causing catastrphic
failure.

It does look repairable, so for a tenner or so why risk it?

 

Do you know how many screws you could get for a tenner?

 

Until it fell out, there's a great possibility that he'd be riding
with a screw loose. And that's just mental.

 

I bet the tyres only flat at the bottom anyway.

 

As opposed to Posidrive at the bottom?

 

A posidrive at the bottom would be neg.

 

Bonwick: "The nail seems to still be in there ok, it's good for 100MPH,
easy."

 

<dutifully>
Typos fixed, Bro

 

In

quarter of one usually ....


--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

http://wrexhamseals.tripod.com

 

Just had a similar experience with a staple but advice was it couldn't be
plugged properly as there were two holes.

As the 020 only had 800 miles on it I have tried the ultraseal approach
(www.ultraseal.com). The stuff worked a treat and didn't need the wheel off.
It has been tested to 150mph by the makers and seems to have been used by a
few big names (NASA, the Police, BMW etc).

First impressions seem excellent but I can't quite see I'm going to get
extended tyre life out of it even if a haulage company has stated they have
up to 40% more mileage.

It gets my vote so far (done about 300 miles).

Cheers,

Mark

 

I've just found one in about the same place, only mine isn't so embedded.
Wondering who to call first. Any ideas, anyone, as I was intending to ride the
23 miles to Truro tomorrow.