Slow Puncture

[stonecoldrmw]

I picked up a slow puncture (2 in close proximity actually). I'm currently getting the tyre repaired - it was very close to the shoulder but they said its ok. 1 of the 2 offending items hadn't actually penetrated the rubber so all good there. The other is being repaired as I type (hopefully).

Jack pucks from Torque Alliance work well.

 

[stonecoldrmw]

I picked up a slow puncture (2 in close proximity actually). I'm currently getting the tyre repaired - it was very close to the shoulder but they said its ok. 1 of the 2 offending items hadn't actually penetrated the rubber so all good there. The other is being repaired as I type (hopefully).

Jack pucks from Torque Alliance work well.

Tyre was fixed for £25! Happy days!

 

[Adopado]

I picked up a slow puncture (2 in close proximity actually). I'm currently getting the tyre repaired - it was very close to the shoulder but they said its ok. 1 of the 2 offending items hadn't actually penetrated the rubber so all good there. The other is being repaired as I type (hopefully).

Jack pucks from Torque Alliance work well.

The handle of that trolley jack looks scarily close to your paintwork .. maybe it's just the angle ...

 

[stonecoldrmw]

The handle of that trolley jack looks scarily close to your paintwork .. maybe it's just the angle ...

It was the angle. Was fine in reality.

My alloy wheel after clipping the kerb this evening was not. So annoyed with myself.

 

[PACEMD]

Pictures of the inside of a new tire.

 

[PACEMD]

I had a slow leak so had my tire guy of 30 years repair it. He had never done one of these specific foam-lined tires and was not sure the repair would hold, mostly because of location of the puncture. So, I bought a new tire, overnighted from Tesla. But then the pressure held. I still lose perhaps a pound of pressure every week or two but haven't installed the new tire because new versus 14k miles the old.

 

[Lx2m3]

My biggest concern is if I had a flat tyre and can’t drive it (ok if it’s a slow puncture) how do I get to a tyre centre to get the job done? Anyone used one of those drill and plug kits?

 

[PACEMD]

I have a plug and I also have a spare. But here in the outbacks of Montana, I can be hundreds of miles from civilization. search results - Modern Spare

 

[Adopado]

I have a plug and I also have a spare. But here in the outbacks of Montana, I can be hundreds of miles from civilization. search results - Modern Spare

You are more than 4000 miles from the people on this UK/Ireland section of the forum ... so we are probably not going to be using the same spare wheel suppliers! People here could Google Road Hero space saver ...

 

[PACEMD]

You are more than 4000 miles from the people on this UK/Ireland section of the forum ... so we are probably not going to be using the same spare wheel suppliers! People here could Google Road Hero space saver ...

No worries, I'll drive over and loan you my spare..........

 

[markharro]

Anyone recommend a tyre repair garage in Edinburgh who can definitely repair a Michelin acoustic? First place declined saying they didn’t have the kit to glue back the foam etc! Thanks

 

[pgkevet]

Anyone recommend a tyre repair garage in Edinburgh who can definitely repair a Michelin acoustic? First place declined saying they didn’t have the kit to glue back the foam etc! Thanks

Cutting out a small patch of foam and binning it is acceptable..so light it makes no odds to balance. In fact local garage here just whacked a drill through the small puncture and it tore out a small circular patch of foam anyway which they slightly extended. They fix a lot of range-rovers that apparently have acoustic tyres too.

 

[Adopado]

Cutting out a small patch of foam and binning it is acceptable..so light it makes no odds to balance.

... and the tyre will be rebalanced anyway so even if the weight change was potentially significant it would be compensated for in the rebalance.