Tyre 'vulcanising'.....where? N'pton....

[Icarus83]

I have a 500 mile old conti sport I bought as a set of 4........and this one has a puncture too near to the sidewall to be repaired 'normally'.......very frustrating.....

Does anyone in the Northamptionshire area, or surrounding counties know of a place that can vulcanise the tyre so keeping strength and slow puncture-less without the need to throw it away and spend £80 on a new one?

Any suggestions would be greatfully recieved.........

 

[Jay_clio]

shouldnt any tyre place be able to do that ?

 

[Icarus83]

Apparently not........supprisingly the guy I spoke to at Kwik-fit seemed to know his stuff (an older chap) but said a very small amount of places do it........

 

[The Boosh!]

what does it involve ? i have two tyres near the edge. both brand new. would rarther spend 40 getting them repaired then buying new tyres

 

[The Boosh!]

bump for icarus

 

[Icarus83]

cheers boosh, think it involves treating the rubber somehow to bond it properly.....

' Please do not confuse a tyre fitter putting a patch or plugging a nail hole with a larger version of a cycle tyre repair kit, to a professional repair using specialist techniques to cut out the damaged section and vulcanise a strong and multi layered patch to the carcase of the tyre, which also has the outside damage filled with raw rubber and ground down/regrooved to make an almost invisible repair(the cosmetic finishing done after vulcanising).'

taken from: http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=60959

????

 

[The Boosh!]

now alll we need is to find a major garage that does it... im going round a few tomorrow and see how many "wtf is that"'s i get

 

[Mark One]

the vulcanisation of rubber is the addition of sulphur.
It's added to natural rubber to make it stiffer. More sulphur, makes stiffer more hard wearing rubber.
^^ top of my head ! ^^

TBH mate, that stuff is done in the factory. A place that could do it (I didnt know you could) are likely to charge a lot.
Lump it and get a new tyre
Some deals are good and some are not. you can never tell.

 

[Gstar2006]

Did you get this sorted? I've found 2 places in Northants area that do this. Surprisingly I can't find any closer to me (Melton Mowbray)

I had 2 almost new P Zero Nero's stabbed in sidewalls on my drive last weekend. I had some Falkens from my old wheels swapped onto the 2 and put them on the rear then I went to wash car on saturday and found what looks like a fascia clip stuck in the rear nearside tyre. It's about 3mm too close to the edge for kwik fit to repair so looking to get it repaired.

Looks like a trip to Northants is in order for me otherwise it's 2 new P Zero's to go on and cheapest I can find them is £73 a piece fitted

Not much luck at the minute.

G

 

[MarcoB]

I wouldnt bother. I repair tyres and there is F-all to the sidewall, its string and rubber. At the end of the day your endangering yourself and anyone else that uses your car if you drive with a sidewall repaired tyre.

 

[Gman]

As above, stop being tight and get a new tyre ordered! They are pretty important!!

 

[Gstar2006]

It's not 1 tyre it'd be 2. £150 best price I've found for P Zero's. Not a case of being tight. It's a case of 4 decent tyres being binned in the space of 2 weeks.

It's not the sidewall either if you bother to read the post it's in the tread towards the outside edge.

http://www.brooksidetyres.co.uk is the place. They repair truck tyres that hold a lot more than 30 PSI so they must be confident that their work is spot on otherwise I wouldn't fancy their chances of getting liability insurance or putting a guarantee on their work for the life of the tyre.

 

[Icarus]

It used to be very, very common - however these days the labour and kit involved make it less cost effective than it used to be. £50 a tyre is about right for a proper repair so 30 quid saving on a new one............. hardly worth it IMHO!

However if you can find an old boy type place that does it at a good price then its worth it - I wouldn't recommend it for track use though where tyres will run at sustained high temps.

Cheers
M

 

[MarcoB]

The shoulder is a weak point on a tyre. Im not saying your tight but I personally would just go to a tyre merchant, sell them the knackered tyres then buy some more. It really isnt worth the hassle. A blow out can happen at any time while driving but moreso when your tyre is damaged. The reason wagons have vulcanising done is because their tyres are a lot more expensive.

 

[Gstar2006]

Hmmm.

Really in 2 minds what to do to be honest. I spoke with the guy at that place and he reckoned would take him a couple of hours to do it so doesn't sound like a bodge job or anything.

Decisions, decisions

G

 

[broster@JAM-Sport]

icarus83, there is a place near wollaston bmw that does it.