Problem on the way back from town

[JDNSW]

Not happy this afternoon.

Coming back from town, about 3km from home on a winding bush track, loud bang and started wandering. Stopped and got out - LH back (nearly new) tyre flat. Has a tear 10cm long in the outer sidewall. Walking back along the track, about 20m back, I found a piece of jagged ironbark freshly dug into the surface at 45 degrees pointing back towards town, and the upturned end is blackened with rubber. Grrrrr!!!!

Then the real problem started - loosening the wheel nuts! This tyre had a slow leak repaired by Beaurepaire in Yass about a week ago.............

I eventually got them loose by jumping on the handle of the wheel spanner, but I thought it was going to break. Last time this happened (different tyre repairer) the flat was fortunately at home and I was able to use a 3/4 drive socket and six feet of pipe.

John

[MickS]

What sort of tyre John? I keep a length of steel pipe in Basil for the same reason, but recently bought a tyre lever with an extension handle that seems to do the job.

[Chucaro]

The tyre "fitters" di this all the time :mad:
It happens to me on the LR and in the Mazda bus. With the Mazda i did not have a hope to loose the nuts!
The problem is that after that you never know for how long the stud is going to hold the torque :(

[JDNSW]

What sort of tyre John? .......

Bridgestone Dueller 604V 750x16.

John