has any advice about these puncture kits that stop your caravan tyres going flat when you pick up a nail etc seen it advertsid but donnt no are they good value or just sales must have kit for saftey cheers mike
A tyre cannot be repaired properly if you use a before or after puncture sealant kit. This means that you would have to replace the tyre. It is far better to have a spare wheel. It is a bit much to expect one of these puncture sealant kits to work if you have a blow out!!!
I will have to disagree with Dandyman Bob on this one.
You CAN repair a tyre which has had a sealant in it if it is a water-based one like Ultraseal which will just wash out.
The likelyhood of a `blow-out` is massively reduced by the use of such a sealant as the major cause of a blow-out is a tyre over-heating as a result of a gradual deflation caused by pressure loss such as when picking up a nail or screw and not being noticed when driving until its too late. It won`t help with a catastrophic tyre failure, but how many times do you run over something which punches a hole the size of your fist in a tyre?
I have used the stuff for many years in `vans, cars and bikes and think it is a cheap and effective way of lessening the chances of having a `flat` tyre whilst actually driving.
It does not take the place of carrying a spare though!
I would never use anything in the tyre except air, and I would always have a spare wheel.
The thing about prventative measures is you never know if they have worked, or if you've just been lucky and avoided a puncture. It's a personal choice but I like to keep it simple. Get a flat, change the wheel, move on.
Tyron Bands will keep your punctured wheel flat so you can safely drive to a good point to change it. http://www.tyron.com/ you do still need a new tyre
Phil
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I've had three caravan blow-outs, all on the motorway, and on all three occasions, by the time I stopped the car my tyre was totally shredded. If I didn't have a spare with me, I would have been stuck. Worth carrying imo.
Quote: Originally posted by Angus1215 on 12/3/2010
I will have to disagree with Dandyman Bob on this one.
You CAN repair a tyre which has had a sealant in it if it is a water-based one like Ultraseal which will just wash out.
The likelyhood of a `blow-out` is massively reduced by the use of such a sealant as the major cause of a blow-out is a tyre over-heating as a result of a gradual deflation caused by pressure loss such as when picking up a nail or screw and not being noticed when driving until its too late. It won`t help with a catastrophic tyre failure, but how many times do you run over something which punches a hole the size of your fist in a tyre?
I have used the stuff for many years in `vans, cars and bikes and think it is a cheap and effective way of lessening the chances of having a `flat` tyre whilst actually driving.
It does not take the place of carrying a spare though!
The last puncture I had did leave a hole big enought to put my fist through. I was doing 70 at the time in the outside lane, it was the rear tyre and all I heard was a helicopter sound. The handling of the car was fine, I could not feel a thing. I stopped after a mile, the tyre was still on the rim, and otherwise was undamaged.
Can't comment on spcific brands, but I know of people who have taken tyres with these sealants in to get repaired & the tyre centre refused to look at them. The only course of action offered was a new tyre. Certainly not a replacement for a spare.
Quote: Originally posted by freeatlast on 12/3/2010
Quote: Originally posted by Angus1215 on 12/3/2010
I will have to disagree with Dandyman Bob on this one.
You CAN repair a tyre which has had a sealant in it if it is a water-based one like Ultraseal which will just wash out.
The likelyhood of a `blow-out` is massively reduced by the use of such a sealant as the major cause of a blow-out is a tyre over-heating as a result of a gradual deflation caused by pressure loss such as when picking up a nail or screw and not being noticed when driving until its too late. It won`t help with a catastrophic tyre failure, but how many times do you run over something which punches a hole the size of your fist in a tyre?
I have used the stuff for many years in `vans, cars and bikes and think it is a cheap and effective way of lessening the chances of having a `flat` tyre whilst actually driving.
It does not take the place of carrying a spare though!
The last puncture I had did leave a hole big enought to put my fist through. I was doing 70 at the time in the outside lane, it was the rear tyre and all I heard was a helicopter sound. The handling of the car was fine, I could not feel a thing. I stopped after a mile, the tyre was still on the rim, and otherwise was undamaged.
Exactly my point - how long had the tyre been run in a partly deflated state prior to it going `pop`? Lets face it, if it doesn`t feel any different when its blown you won`t have noticed it when it was under pressure and overheating.
And anything which gets you off the hard shoulder before having to change a wheel has to be worth 20 quid.
Well, at least I value my neck and those of my passengers as more than that, but some may disagree.
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