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puncture unrepairable

  • 07-02-2013 6:23pm
    #1
    scholes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭


    Hi
    I just got a puncture and there is a small screw at the side of the tyre. I dropped into a tyre place and they said it is unrepairable because it is on the sidewall. Its only a few weeks old and cost me 90 euro , is this correct. I haven't a clue about tyres but just wanted to put it out there. If I need a new tyre well then so be it :) I have included a photo if anyone could take a look and tell me if I need a new one or not. Thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭Yawns


    Where you living if you don't mind me asking.

    Had a few repairs needed lately due to screws in my tyres. Repair place told me I was lucky that it was on top and not in sidewall as they wouldn't repair sidewall damage.


  • #3
    scholes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭scholes


    Hi Yawns - Artane


  • #4
    Noel Kinsella
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 407 ✭✭Noel Kinsella


    you can not repair a side wall of a tyre on a road going vehicle.


  • #5
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Its in the thread not the sidewall. You can use a patch to repair that


  • #6
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    ^^^ What he just said....go to another tyre place and get the puncture fixed, it's not on the sidewall so it's just a simple puncture repair.

    And avoid the 1st place in future.


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  • #7
    scholes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭scholes


    dgt and mgbgt1978 you have just given me hope, I will try another place tmrw, Cant afford another 90 euro. I 'll let u know how I get on. Thanks again


  • #8
    Avns1s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    It's true that you can't repair a sidewall but that is on the thread, just about!, but sufficient to be repairable. I'd say they wanted to sell a new tyre.


  • #9
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    By industry standards, that tyre is not repairable, so the tyre center was correct. That area of the tyre flexes with the sidewall so an internal patch can easily come off over time. Also, when a screw goes into the tyre in that position, its likely that the screw will have damaged the inside of the tyre wall, especially if the tyre was run with low pressure.

    repairArea.gif


  • #10
    scholes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭scholes


    Ok thanks Nissan Doctor,

    sh** looks like a new tyre so, prob wont buy as expensive tyre again as the spare was ok so that will do for a while .

    Thanks again


  • #11
    Noel Kinsella
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 407 ✭✭Noel Kinsella


    dgt wrote: »
    Its in the thread not the sidewall. You can use a patch to repair that

    The op said it was in the side wall of the tyre. SO the tyre is unrepairable (Legally)


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