Tyre repair

[Wol747]

I've had a slow leak on my rear offside for a week and today discovered the head of a philips screw in the groove. The tyre is still maintaining pressure
I have Michelin 245/45 R19 tyres. I don't know if these are the acoustic ones or not.
Any advice on repair would be helpful. Any recommendations on specialists? Location Tea Gardens, NSW.

 

[meloccom]

So long as it’s not too close to the sidewall, it can be plugged.
I had something similar in a less than one month old Michelin Pilot 4.
Jax Tyres fixed it without an appointment in less that 30 minutes and I think there are all over the place.

 

[Wol747]

Thanks for that - I believe there's a Jax in Raymond Terrace.

 

[Jimat]

I carry a ARB tire plug kit in my MS and have fixed a few similar punctures.
Worth visiting a 4x4 show to learn how to make these sorts of repairs- they are quite simple to do.

 

[Wol747]

>>I carry a ARB tire plug kit in my MS and have fixed a few similar punctures.
Worth visiting a 4x4 show to learn how to make these sorts of repairs- they are quite simple to do.<<

The screw's doing just as good a job of keeping the puff inside! I've taken the wheel off and will take it into Jax today.

Tried to get information on the tyre from Michelin's website phone no. - they said they can't answer individuals! So I phoned Tesla' emergency line - that just hung up on me without answering. Encouraging.....

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

Any tyre shop will plug it for you for about $20. But just remind whoever is doing the jacking to check for the 4 mount points near the wheels. My local TyrePower jacks one corner at a time whenever they can get away with it, like a puncture repair. The big TyrePower at Cringila will put cars up on the proper hoists for just about anything. And they both know how to avoid damaging the batteries. But I mention it regardless.

As much as I appreciate Jax's chargers, they never keep the right tyre sizes in stock, even at Warrawong where they have the EV charger. So I end up going to TyrePower.

 

[paulp]

I’ve had several similar punctures repaired. If its got the accoustic lining they just beed to clean that away first. There is no issue at all if its not in the sidewall.
Make sure you remind them about jacking mode if your car is air suspension.

 

[Wol747]

Took it down to Jax's today. They had to phone Michelin to find out about the acoustic lining but only took 15 mins to do the business (I didn't take the car down, used my wife's Honda - I didn't want to risk the hoist and/or losing my jack pucks!)
Michelin said there are no tyres in the country and they don't know when they'll be getting any!

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

Took it down to Jax's today. They had to phone Michelin to find out about the acoustic lining but only took 15 mins to do the business (I didn't take the car down, used my wife's Honda - I didn't want to risk the hoist and/or losing my jack pucks!)
Michelin said there are no tyres in the country and they don't know when they'll be getting any!

On my second visit to TyrePower they couldn't do the repair (double puncture, shortly after a single puncture they also repaired for me - I'm sure it was vandalism). They also couldn't get the specific Michelin tyre.

The local Tesla service centre at Beard had the Michelins but didn't have the facilities to fit tyres. So I picked up the new tyre from Beard, brought it to TyrePower, and they fitted the tyre for a nominal fee. Just beware - they're dramatically overpriced!

Since then I replaced the lot. Nobody could get the Michelins anyway, so I swapped them for a similar Goodyear tyre. No foam liner, but not noticeably noisier, and clearly more durable. I had to replace the Michelins somewhere around 30k. I rotated the Goodyears at 40k and 50k. I'm at 58k now, and the Goodyears still have plenty of tread remaining. Slight downside is they're directional, so you can't do an X rotation, you can only do a || rotation, but I can live with that.

 

[cafz]

You'd have to hope that with a growing number of well-heeled Tesla customers asking to buy these Michelins, sooner or later they'd figure out it was worth their while to make them more readily available.

 

[Wol747]

I'm a bit ambivalent on tyre rotation anyway. Assuming your alignment isn't hopelessly out my gut feeling is that it doesn't make much difference to the overall life of the rubber.
On the S I don't think you can do back to front rotation, can you?

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

Yeah, umm, my SR+ is RWD and I’m a bit heavy on steering. My tyres absolutely need to be rotated front to back. Different usage profiles.

 

[Wol747]

My comment/question on back to front swapping is because I have a spare from ModernSpare in the US and you have to fit a 2" spacer if using it on the rear wheels on the latest versions of the Model S because of the brake calipers. I imagine the original wheels would be different?

 

[paulp]

I'm a bit ambivalent on tyre rotation anyway. Assuming your alignment isn't hopelessly out my gut feeling is that it doesn't make much difference to the overall life of the rubber.
On the S I don't think you can do back to front rotation, can you?

It depends on the S. Some have different size tyres so they cant be rotated at all.

 

[Wol747]

>>It depends on the S. Some have different size tyres so they cant be rotated at all.<<

Didn't know that!

 

[Vostok]

Luckily no tyre damage for me so far (touchwood...) but I have wondered, if you replace the tyres with a different brand, do they need to recover the TPMS from the Michelins and put them in the new tyres, or are TPMS's 'standard' and the Tesla can read any type of sensor in any brand of tyre? If you use the goop, is the TPMS ruined and how do you get a new one?

 

[Onshore]

Luckily no tyre damage for me so far (touchwood...) but I have wondered, if you replace the tyres with a different brand, do they need to recover the TPMS from the Michelins and put them in the new tyres, or are TPMS's 'standard' and the Tesla can read any type of sensor in any brand of tyre? If you use the goop, is the TPMS ruined and how do you get a new one?

TPMS attaches to the wheel rather than the tyre, so shouldn't be an issue switching tyre brands. When my michelins come up for replacement I'll probably go with Continentals

 

[Punchbuggy]

For those unaware, the Model 3s are now being delivered with Hankook Ventus S1 tyres, rather than Michelin.

 

[moa999]

For those unaware, the Model 3s are now being delivered with Hankook Ventus S1 tyres, rather than Michelin.

Depends on the model.
2021 tyres in Australia
Performance - 20” Pirelli P Zero Elect
LR - 19" Hankook Ventus S1 evo
SR+ - 18" Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (18" Michelin Primacy MXM4 in US)

 

[Punchbuggy]

Depends on the model.

Ah, right, makes sense. I've an LR.