Puncture - slit in new tyre

Skill Magill

As above, no plugging it, pilot 3 about a month old,had to replace the whole tyre (€160 :eek:). You could poke your finger through the slit.
Has anybody tried putting in this kind of gloopy stuff when they replace their tyres, I remember a few years back someone told me about it, (it was expensive too) can't remember the name of it though or whether it would have sealed a slit.
So píssed off :mad:

CJhaughey

Slime or any of those type of sealants won't work for a slit.
Nailhole or similar is about all they will seal.

Cienciano

Yeah, those sealants are for your standard nail/screw. A slit means it's a new tyre you need.

Skill Magill

Yeah man, I've ordered some anyway, I suppose its extremely rare to get a slit in a tyre, can't remember ever having a puncture I couldn't fix.
On a side note, I was picked up by my mate who luckily lived 10 mins away, but my insurance policy covers breakdowns, I hadn't a screed of information on me about how to go about getting picked up by recovery. I'm going to do that now and put it into my phone.

Richard tea

Skill Magill wrote: »

Yeah man, I've ordered some anyway, I suppose its extremely rare to get a slit in a tyre, can't remember ever having a puncture I couldn't fix.
On a side note, I was picked up by my mate who luckily lived 10 mins away, but my insurance policy covers breakdowns, I hadn't a screed of information on me about how to go about getting picked up by recovery. I'm going to do that now and put it into my phone.

I would be in the same boat. I often thought about breaking down and not having breakdown cover numbers at hand. Its on the to do list:o

Cienciano

I had the same problem, only posted about it here about a week ago.
My puncture was unfixable, but it was slow. I live 5 minutes from Bikeworld, so pumped it up and drove there. Tyre was pretty much flat coming around the naas rd roundabout.

Wonda-Boy

Cienciano wrote: »

I had the same problem, only posted about it here about a week ago.
My puncture was unfixable, but it was slow. I live 5 minutes from Bikeworld, so pumped it up and drove there. Tyre was pretty much flat coming around the naas rd roundabout.

Wasnt a slow puncture then was it, if it only lasted about 5 mins....:pac::pac::pac:

One of the lads off here had a slow puncture for nearly 2 yrs on one of his bikes (has a few) dont know how he could keep the bike like that with the rear going flat. Constantly pumping the thing up he was......

Cienciano

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Wasnt a slow puncture then was it, if it only lasted about 5 mins....:pac::pac::pac:

One of the lads off here had a slow puncture for nearly 2 yrs on one of his bikes (has a few) dont know how he could keep the bike like that with the rear going flat. Constantly pumping the thing up he was......

Slow-ish. Air left quicker when I drove it for some reason. Was parked up for 3 days on the side stand and it was grand.

Skill Magill

Adelaide Insurance got back to me with this number : 0845 937 7700
However on my policy it says :

Assistance Procedure

• Phone : 1800 945247 RoI
• Your exact location
• your cert number
• Your Reg
• Description of problem
• Your Contact telephone no

So, these are 2 different numbers
Also, it seems only one of the bikes I have has breakdown assist, and naturally, its the one I wasn't on and don't really use. Its €45 extra for my main one. I've emailed them on the matter.

Wonda-Boy

Cienciano wrote: »

Slow-ish. Air left quicker when I drove it for some reason. Was parked up for 3 days on the side stand and it was grand.

Its amazing what a large "derriere" will do for squeezing air out of an object quicker then normal!!!

Cienciano

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Its amazing what a large "derriere" will do for squeezing air out of an object quicker then normal!!!

Well, I can't argue with physics!

Skill Magill

Or, the wheel was rolled directly onto the hole and squashed it closed?

Cienciano

Skill Magill wrote: »

Or, the wheel was rolled directly onto the hole and squashed it closed?

That's more like it