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FLAT TYRES.....
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 4:31 pm
by R.RUNNER
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 4:41 pm
by TYREMAN
Sorry No??
Going off topic a bit i have some bike tyres and they are filled with Green slime, and this slimey stuff seals a puncure fast! the stuff is a bit like blood as it clots. It only works on small punctures
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 5:21 pm
by Ivor
You have to be careful with some of the stuff as it is water based it can cause corrosion amongst other nasty things.
There is some stuff call fix a flat that is made in the States. It comes in a large aerosol can and you put it into the tyre yourself and being made of the same stuff as the tyre itself, it doesn't wreck your rims.
I used it on my RS years ago and even picking up a two inch screw, which went straight through the tread didn't bother it.
www.fixaflat.com/
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 5:28 pm
by Dave999
No but you can get foam that will pump it up again and lasts for about 48 hours...smells of fish...nasty stuff
provided the hole is clean and small
you can also buy glue in wedges and cone shaped hole fillers again for bike tyres but have used sucessfully on a car tyre
you are not supposed to use it on a car tyre its dangerouse but it does get you home.... just swapped that wheel to the back. look for tubeless bike tyre repair kit
latest honda civic has green slime tyres cost a fortune and seem to fall to bits when driven by my sister, she is the only person i know who can drive till the tyre completlely delaminates and not notice. went through 2 in a month. we think garage put one on backwards, they took em both off and they dissapeared when we said we want independed verification that they wre mounted correctly and the correct tyre .
suspicous i was MMmmmm
Dave
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 5:29 pm
by latil
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 5:42 pm
by the bishop
Garden machinery places sell some stuff called linseal. I think its made by oko? Supposed to be for tractors and stuff but my transit has had it in for a few years and works a treat.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 6:16 pm
by mopar_mark
Dave999 wrote:lasts for about 48 hours...smells of fish...provided the hole is clean and small
You on the right Forum, maybe better in the Watershed Dave
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 9:10 pm
by R.RUNNER
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 9:26 pm
by MattH
Peugoet 206 CC's have two cans of something similar instead of a spare wheel and tyre, but I think its what Dave is talking about, not a permanent fix. Don't some rally cars use Mousse tyres that are full of puncture proof gunge?
