Reply With QuoteTyre shop. It's no easy job to do in terms of DIY.
Easier and more importantly safer to get a professional to do it.
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I found a screw lodged right in the middle of the car tyre.
I have usually paid around 25 notes in the past to get a repair done, but since it has happened again I’m now wondering if it is an easy at home DIY repair, or should I just head back to the tyre shop?
Tyre shop. It's no easy job to do in terms of DIY.
Easier and more importantly safer to get a professional to do it.
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Depends on how much you value your safety.
Always the tyre shop. They'll tell you if it's safe to repair or not. And if you replace it, consider strongly having the other side on the same axle done at the same time.
"A man of little significance"
Most garages don't charge more than about a tenner for a puncture repair.
I repaired a puncture on a wheelbarrow tyre with the Slime tyre plug kit which cost £5 and was easy. Not tried it yet on a car tyre, but many positive reviews from people that have and I've stuck the slime kit in the boot of my car now as a back up plan in case I do get a puncture.
DIY??!!!
Christ no!
Take it to a decent tyre shop.
You’re also paying too much. I charge £18 including VAT for a repair.
The slime stuff is really just to tide you over until you can to a garage for a repair. Also, many garages won’t repair a tyre once the slime has been used, just as a heads up.Originally Posted by thegreatdogwood
Wouldn't it need balancing, how would you do that?
I need to swerve the big tyre chains who seem to charge £25. It’s only a 155 Firestone tyre and cost less than £50 new!
Just checked a non-chain local tyre place who do it a lot cheaper than the chains.
Job done. Thanks.
It's that tiny contact patch of rubber that keeps your car going where your steering wheel is pointing. Best tyres you can afford and all that.
"A man of little significance"
No road going tyre should be repaired without being removed from the wheel and inspected. Anybody attempting to do so is putting their safety at risk.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
And others!
Biggest challenge is getting the tyre off the wheel and back on again. I'm all for doing stuff myself but would not consider this, despite somehow owning car tyre levers.
Yes although the biggest challenge would probably be ‘breaking the beads’ to start with. Almost impossible on many of the low profile tyres in use these days without a pneumatic breaker. Even then the sidewalls would be so stiff as to make it difficult to use levers.
Now an old tube type 125r15 Michelin (famous for their soft sidewalls) and Bob’s your close relative.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Trying to remove your own tyres and repair a puncture yourself makes as much sense as trying to fill your own teeth.
Many years ago I watched someone struggle to remove a 560/13 cross- ply tyre using hand levers, that was enough to put me off.
Wouldn’t be too difficult in that size for someone experienced, but very difficult for the inexperienced!
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I have done temporary repairs on motorcycle tyre (3times now) and to me it's a limp home method until I can get a proffessional repair..........after all the tyres keep you on the road right way up!!
Probably less, tyres are cheaper!
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