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23/10/2007 at 8:24pm
 Location: Preston Lancashire
 Outfit: Dethleffs 540DL
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Glad I read this as I wondered what that Allen key was for!
Gina


24/10/2007 at 9:08am
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Is there a way to tell externally if a tyre has Tyron bands fitted?


24/10/2007 at 9:10am
 Location: Merseyside
 Outfit: Bailey Pegasus 546 Ford S-Max 2.0TDCI
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The band is fitted in the wheel well (the recess under the tyre) and so it is not possible. The fitter should have put a "Tyron Bands fitted" sticker in a visible place on the outside of the wheel.

Alec



24/10/2007 at 10:14am
 Location: Forest of Dean
 Outfit: Avondale Mayfair 470 & VW Tiguan
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"In over 40 years of caravan towing I have only experienced 1 puncture - it was a motorway blowout with Tyron bands fitted, tyre was shredded & spread down the mway. No snaking, no damage but was this due to Tyron band? Have my doubts." 

Same here, I have never had Tyron's fitted but I have experienced 4 blowouts over the past 35 years. Each time the tyre stayed on the rim, and the caravan didn't react adversely. (Incidently 3 were Dunlop SP's)

How would I know if they worked? I thought the ridge on the inside of the rim was meant to keep the tyre on the rim after a blowout. Have you ever seen the force a Tyre Fitter needs to break the seal when he removes a tyre?



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25/10/2007 at 8:31am
 Location: Brigg North Lincolnshire
 Outfit: Outwell Montana 6P
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I was told by a technician at the caravan dealers that many wheels now do not require them, as the design of the wheel is such that the tyre will not slip into the rim when deflated (which is what the bands protect against).

Apparently one of their technicians is a tyre expert.

I do believe them, as they fit Tyron bands there, and were actually talking me OUT of giving them extra business!


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25/10/2007 at 10:41am
 Location: Ayrshire Scotland
 Outfit: Bailey Pegasus gt65
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I had the allen key in my caravan when I bought it so I assumed I had tyron bands, however when I had a blowout on the caravan tyre this year, it came to light that bands were not fitted, I am thinking the wheels were swapped by the caravan dealer but I cannot prove anything. So I have no tyron bands but I have an allen key if anyone is missing one

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25/10/2007 at 12:00pm
 Location: Walsall
 Outfit: Swift Corniche 20 4 & Freelander 2
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Caravan insurers will normally give a discount with Tyrons fitted I think we got 5%discount.  I know it worked out that in a few years they would pay for themselves.

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