A freak stake in my tyre

[big guy]

I was driving along on the bitumen and all of the sudden had a flat.
When I got out, I noticed a spanner had pierced my LT tyre.
Next day went to my trusty tyre place for a new one and the bloke was not shocked at all.
He said it happens a fair bit where the front tyre just shoots it out and if luck/bad luck on its side will penetrate the back tyre.
He showed me an even larger spanner he had in his jar of odd things discovered in tyres.

This is a 1st for me and it was an almost new tyre too.

[bee utey]

Well at least you gain a spanner:eek:
Was riding next to a friend on a road bike once who flicked up a gutter bolt with his front tyre, that aimed it perfectly at his rear tyre where it promptly went through the tyre, tube and inner wall of the rim and nearly out the outer wall. Messy and a real surprise. Brand new bike it was too.

[simonmelb]

Did they repair the tyre or make you buy a new one ?

It was quite likely repairable - the specs are linked from here: Beadell Tours : Tyre Repair - The Rules (http://www.beadelltours.com.au/tyre_rules.html)

[weeds]

did you get to keep the spanner?

[big guy]

Did they repair the tyre or make you buy a new one ?

It was quite likely repairable - the specs are linked from here: Beadell Tours : Tyre Repair - The Rules (http://www.beadelltours.com.au/tyre_rules.html)

Had to buy a new one, I did raise the question of warranty and he just said "Are you serious"?

[big guy]

did you get to keep the spanner?

I let them keep the spanner as a show piece in their Jar on the front desk with all their other goodies.

[DeanoH]

Did they repair the tyre or make you buy a new one ?

It was quite likely repairable - the specs are linked from here: Beadell Tours : Tyre Repair - The Rules (http://www.beadelltours.com.au/tyre_rules.html)

Maybe so - but would you really feel comfortable driving on it ?

Deano:)

[weeds]

Maybe so - but would you really feel comfortable driving on it ?

Deano:)

i had a major repair to a stacked (side wall) bfg mt that was brand new back in april

failed yesterday, slow leak from the major repair area i suspect, will wait to see what the tyre shop says

i only ran it on the rear axle

at $300 a tyre the $70 was well worth getting an extra 10 000km out of the tyre

i had no worries at all driving on it

[Pedro_The_Swift]

OMG,,

just wait till all the cooper haters see that--

:p

[windsock]

Spend any amount of time walking along a roadside and it is amazing what you find. I spent many a kilometre of my youth trying to hitch-hike - I still have two pairs of pliers (side cutters and a needle nose), a couple of open-ended spanners, a small 4"cresent, and a small hammer in my toolbox from those days. In the last 3 months on 3 separate occassions I have stopped the old 110 to pick up a 90 degree welders magnet, a handleless rubber mallet and a 'G' clamp. ;) Good thing about travelling at 80-90kph, your toolbox benefits as well as your fuel economy. :D

Especially fruitful stretches of road are outside corners, and immediately following rough patches. Industrial areas on the outskirts of towns are paydirt...

Also of note on the edges of roads are the many hundreds of nails, screws, broken glass and other sharp bits just waiting to be picked up in a tyre. All those who pull over into these areas of roadside are at risk of urgently stopping later on to change a tyre.

[Quarks]

I call that throwing a spanner in the works!!! :p :p

:D

[VladTepes]

Spend any amount of time walking along a roadside and it is amazing what you find. I spent many a kilometre of my youth trying to hitch-hike - I still have two pairs of pliers (side cutters and a needle nose), a couple of open-ended spanners, a small 4"cresent, and a small hammer in my toolbox from those days. In the last 3 months on 3 separate occassions I have stopped the old 110 to pick up a 90 degree welders magnet, a handleless rubber mallet and a 'G' clamp. ;) Good thing about travelling at 80-90kph, your toolbox benefits as well as your fuel economy. :D

Especially fruitful stretches of road are outside corners, and immediately following rough patches. Industrial areas on the outskirts of towns are paydirt...

Windsock the Womble !!!!




Also of note on the edges of roads are the many hundreds of nails, screws, broken glass and other sharp bits just waiting to be picked up in a tyre. All those who pull over into these areas of roadside are at risk of urgently stopping later on to change a tyre.It's why I hate taking the Landy on a dump run. Just like a construction site bloody tek screws everywhere !

[Rosco]

Yep

It's been our experience that having front mud flaps dramatically reduces the chance of a missile flicked up from the front going through the rear.

Copped heaps in the Disco, whereas I've only ever had one in the Fender and that was from reversing over a stake on the Cape Melville track.

Interestingly enough the bloke at Coen repaired it, though he did suggest keeping it as the spare.

[big guy]

OMG,,

just wait till all the cooper haters see that--

:p

Thought that might come up.
I did mention the coopers story to my tyre bloke and he said that Goodyear BFG and Coopers are more resistant due to their high treadwear and and hard compound tyres.
It was a fluke because it went between the tread.
Oh well

[isuzurover]

Maybe so - but would you really feel comfortable driving on it ?

Deano:)


I staked a brand new tyre in the same spot and had it repaired professionally for ~$30. I have since done heaps of on and off road driving on it including the CSR. They repaired they tyre so well I cannot tell which one it was any more.

[DeanoH]

I staked a brand new tyre in the same spot and had it repaired professionally for ~$30. I have since done heaps of on and off road driving on it including the CSR. They repaired they tyre so well I cannot tell which one it was any more.

I find it one thing to be comfortable doing 30Km/h on the CSR and a totally different thing to be comfortable doing 130 Km/h on the South Road. Perhaps its me. I'd always have that element of doubt. Once the steel belts have been damaged and wires are sticking into the inside of the tyre I reckon its all over for high speed touring, though I'm quite happy to clean it up and put one of those monster patches on, and maybe a tube, and use the tyre off road, like the CSR, at low speed.
I just reckon that once the belts are damaged the integrity of the tyres gone.

Deano:)

[isuzurover]

I find it one thing to be comfortable doing 30Km/h on the CSR and a totally different thing to be comfortable doing 130 Km/h on the South Road. Perhaps its me. I'd always have that element of doubt. Once the steel belts have been damaged and wires are sticking into the inside of the tyre I reckon its all over for high speed touring, though I'm quite happy to clean it up and put one of those monster patches on, and maybe a tube, and use the tyre off road, like the CSR, at low speed.
I just reckon that once the belts are damaged the integrity of the tyres gone.

Deano:)

What makes you think that (the bold section) was the case??? There was just a small slit visible inside. No "wires poking through"

As mentioned, the tyre was professionally repaired according to the satndards, and repair was permitted according to the standards. It is one of a set of 5 tyres which is now 3 years old and has done 50000km since the repair.

[DeanoH]

What makes you think that (the bold section) was the case??? There was just a small slit visible inside. No "wires poking through"

As mentioned, the tyre was professionally repaired according to the satndards, and repair was permitted according to the standards. It is one of a set of 5 tyres which is now 3 years old and has done 50000km since the repair.

Sorry Ben, I was talking generally, not specifically about your situation, but I did use your post as an example, so fair enough.
Looking at the original photo posted I would be very surprised if there was not steel poking inside the tyre, and the point I was (trying) to make was that even though it was pointed out that a 'legal' repair could be possible, I would still be uncomfortable about driving on such a tyre at high speed. What I was also alluding to, though not specifically stated, was that perhaps my viewpoint is a technically irrational but common one given that an 'expert' repair could be affected.

Deano:)

[big guy]

The tyre was stuffed, well and truly.
We,that is all the guys in the workshop and me had a go at getting it out at some stage.
We did in the end and the steel is what was holding it in.

For peace of mind, I think a new tyre is a small price to pay.:eek:

[DeanoH]

For peace of mind, I think a new tyre is a small price to pay.:eek:

Exactly.

Deano:)