Need some help and advice please people.
One of my spankin new Goodyear Eagle F1\'s 255/35/18 has picked up a nail after only about 500 miles. How gutted am I :reallymad
I took it to my local garage to see about a fix and although it was on the main treaded area, about 2 inches away from the shoulder he was reluctant to plug it. He said seeing as how the tyres will get a good bit of hammer and I have run at Santa Pod he was under the impression a plug might not be totally safe.
So my questions really are:
1. Has anyone had a rear tyre plugged and how did it perform.
2. Is there any other method of fixing it? Hot welding or re-vulcanising the tyre or something??
3. Does anyone know where in the the Northwest I can get any of #2. done?
I\'m absolutely mad as hell as I\'m 99% sure it was done at work but that won\'t get me anywhere........grumble....grumble...
Cheers for any help.
Alex
I would not recommend it, someone may get away with it, another might not.
How much do you like to gamble.......
Dont plug it. Ask your dealer to send it away for a major repair costs about £25 but a lot cheaper than a tyre.Not sure about your area who to use Ats etc could get it done but you\'d get a better price with a small independant tyre dealer.
Kevin
Talk to an official Goodyear dealer and they will hopefully be able to send it away to get it repaired by Goodyear.
Spoken to a company near where I work who can re-vulcanise the tyre to British Standard approved specification to match the original speed rating for that tyre.
The tyres are heated in an autoclave under pressure for the required time to re-vulcanise the rubber and efectively weld up any holes upto 6mm. Mine is on the main banded section of the tyre as well and he said that this is the optimum area as this adds extra rigidity.
Feel quite assured that it\'s a \'proper\' fix now and at £18.80 I\'m pretty chuffed. Process takes 48hrs to heat and cool the tyre so looks like I\'m getting the jack and planks of wood out tonight :)
Cheers people, feel a bit better now.
AL.