Can this be repaired?

[Throbbinhood]

Heading off to Tassie next week, and while doing a check over of everything noticed this lovely puncture!

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/12/17.jpg

Reckon it can be repaired? It's holding at 20psi at the moment and doesn't seem to be losing anymore, but when I crank it up to 35 it takes about 2 days to drop down to 20.

Hoping it can be plugged!

[Agronaught]

No picture.

[Throbbinhood]

Hmm, showing up for me. Here's the link.

Click Me! (http://i.imgur.com/IV3a4UA.jpg)

[threedogs]

You could remove it and patch it from the inside as
the repair is in the tread area but really only good for a spare IMO

[Throbbinhood]

ahh bugger!

[macca]

Wouldn't be keen to run it on the highway at speed. 60 k might be a bit quick for me. New tyre $300ish my life priceless.

[LittleLeo]

well it all depends on what the inside of the tyre looks like. But by the looks of it, it should be repairable as Threedogs said. Switch it with your spare, moving the spare to the rear left corner of you vehicle. Its a bit of a mess around but will give you better piece of mind and shouldn't affect the ride.

[MudRunnerTD]

You'd be better off finding a cheap second hand tyre the same size and using it as a spare and junking that to be honest. If your going to swap it out then swap it out for something without a split in in IMO. It will cost you probably $50 to have that vulcanise patched then its still split..... Spend $100 on a second hand tyre.

[Dananjen]

Short answer YES...
I've been a tyre fitter for 19 years, that's a basic repair. Just ask for a radial patch to be bonded to the inside of the tyre

[ako89]

Looks fairly buggered

[threedogs]

Short answer YES...
I've been a tyre fitter for 19 years, that's a basic repair. Just ask for a radial patch to be bonded to the inside of the tyre

I would of thought any repair in the tread area was ok, as for a spare tyre Im of the belief its only there if one of the other 4 fail.
Ive never brought 5 new tyres and probable never will. I just rotate 4 atm

[Stropp]

this is an old thread!!

[the evil twin]

this is an old thread!!

Uuummmm... not really... only a couple of months since it started... replies have been a bit slow tho

[Throbbinhood]

Uuummmm... not really... only a couple of months since it started... replies have been a bit slow tho

Haha. I took it to a couple of tyre joints, the threads or something had broken and it was starting to bulge, so i turfed it and just bought a new one for the trip, and bought 3 new ones when i got back to make the set (Had a puncture while in tassie, and the spare then copped another puncture.. Unlucky..). Kept the best for a spare.

[Stropp]

Heading off to Tassie next week, and while doing a check over of everything noticed this lovely puncture!

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/12/17.jpg

Reckon it can be repaired? It's holding at 20psi at the moment and doesn't seem to be losing anymore, but when I crank it up to 35 it takes about 2 days to drop down to 20.

Hoping it can be plugged!


probably should have said posted on the 15th dec and he was heading to tassie, imho its an old thread as he has been and back home.

[Winnie]

posted on the 15th dec and he was heading to tassie, imho its an old thread as he has been and back home.

You're old!!

[Stropp]

You're old!!

farkin give you old :)

[Clunk]

You're old!!

Like a favourite pair of slippers

[P4trol]

Well to tie it all together, everything can be repaired for a price - even the old pair of slippers

[raider_td5]

Looks deep!

[macca]

Had a set of 4 tyres with 3mm worn off them with damage like that replaced for no cost.

They had small splits between the blocks and similar sized splits at the bead on one tyre the rest were not so bad.

When I showed the tyre seller he said that's a warrantee job, they were bought in February 2012.

Happy with the back up. Very happy.

[Jack989]

Better you should change it with new one.