Tyre repairs

The safety seal kit.... I take it thats the one with just the cords and tools for plugging small holes..?
If so, it sounds like you still need something to break the bead and get the tyre off the rim. I picked up the tyre pliers complete kit which comes with the pliers, levers, and all accessories needed to repair a tube or tyre carcass. The accessories are housed in a plastic box which is pretty weak given the weight of the actual tyre pliers themselves, but in the handy canvas bag it has all kept together. I'd recommend picking one up- I think you can even buy just the box with the repair accessories on its own without the tyre pliers, but I imagine it would be cheaper getting the inidvidual components from a truck tyre shop. From memory the box has valves, valve stems, caps, chalk, a rolling wheel and rasp, patches, cords and handles, instruction book, glue, a blade... Short of a compressor and some mug to take the tyre off for ya, its got it all.

Bazza,
Have a look at the *Outback Explorer* Tyre & Tube Repair Kit
from Rema Tip Top... Quality gear (made in Germany)...

Part # 5798626

has internal (radial) tyre patches, tube patches, & includes a *sealfix* (string type) kit within the overall kit... all you need is there:))

Regards, Ed. C.

Hi ya Bazza,
I'm looking for my first kit, after seeing a mate repair his BFG AT with the safety seal kit, l was sold. However looking at it in ARB, the box is huge.
Duncan's 4x4 does the tyre plier kit alone which was about $75.

Is their really a difference in these kits?

Rema kit is mentioned but l cannot find a supplier for 'outback explorer'. Any clues?

I have never changed a tyre or used these external repair kits, how difficult is it?
Where is the best / cheapest place to buy tyre pliers in Melbourne.

Sorry this reply isn't directly helping your question.
Beast Of Bodmin

Evening All

I had the good fortune to be a 'passage controller' at the recent Out Back Challenge which involved me being with a group of teams 24/7 over the competition period of 7 days.

Prior to this I was a tad 'reticent/shy/not real sure of myself' about using the plug repair regime.

NOT ANYMORE.

That week was THE best experience /on the job training any one could wish for.

I trashed a tyre on an excellent dirt road that left a 20mm gash in the tread and an exit hole in the opposite side wall of 5mm. No idea what did it.

That I thought was the end of that. No way Jose', under the 'boys' guidance I plugged that sucker with 5 plugs in the tread and one in the side wall.

Yeah! Yeah! I know - you shouldn't do that etc etc etc, however I had an active spare (150kms from civilisation) until I had a replacement sent out the following day.

Whatever trashed it also compromised the side wall laminations in the same spot causing a slight bulge on re- inflation. Yep! a cactus tyre.

Anyway, the new one arrived and the 'boys' told be to bring it over between competition stages ( sweet F A time in reality) and I watched two of them rip the trashed tyre off the rim in just under a minute, refit the rim to the new tyre and seat it in under 30 seconds then re-inflate it.

Must say I was gob smacked as it all took place on a piece of canvas on the ground alongside their competion machine in the middle of nowhere.

How did they do it??

Well you had to be there to see it, however I will say the majority of them carried Safety Seal Kits, I also carry one and I won't be holding back in giving it a workout if necessary from now on.

The amazing thing was that there was no ancillary backup workshop gear available, they just used what they carried. Tyrepliers, Tyre levers, BIG hammer, safety Seal kit etc etc.

I would just like to congratulate all EO readers for not turning this thread into a Tyrepliers vs Beadbreakers debate. To be commended.

D-Jack

p.s. because we all know tyrepliers win hands down