Apparently you can fix sidewalls
Submitted: Monday, Jul 18, 2005 at 13:22
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Following my post yesterday of popping the bead, it turns out there was a little nick in the sidewall. The bloody champion at Tyrepower
Brighton...
Adelaide, was really helpful and spent time with me discussing fourbies touring and tyres as he has an awesome early model 100series.
He then sent me to a specialist across town who repairs sidewalls.Apparently he (the specialist) has been doing it for 40 something years, and they guaranteed me the tyre would be fine. There is special machinery and heat treatment and all sorts of stuff that is involved. Cost is $35.
He mentioned that a lot of the tyre centres tell people "nah mate it's in the sidewall, buy a new one" then send it off to him to fix and then they sell em 2nd hand!
So I'm pretty happy. And can highly reccomend the Tyrepower in
Brighton.
Anybody else heard of this treatment?
Cheers
Reply By: Surf - Monday, Jul 18, 2005 at 21:33
Monday, Jul 18, 2005 at 21:33
I punched a round 2.5-3 inch hole in the sidewall of my Savero A/T at the top of Calcup
Hill, took it back to
Perth and went to Greenwood Tyres and they sent it off for repairs.
$30 later it came back good as new, with the stipulation that it was probably best to run it on the rear only due to the extra rubber used to fill the hole etc.
The tyre then went through Mt Augustus, Karijini, down the coast from
Exmouth to
Coral Bay without any dramas.
Its next trip was 8,000 km through central Australia, including the West MacDonnell 4X4 track, the old Ghan line, Meerenie Loop and back through the
Great Central Road, not to mention across the Nullabor via the Eyre Highway on the way over. No problems what so ever.
Got back to
Perth and found out that the tyres were delaminating so had to replace them, but the repair held up. Best $30 I've ever spent on tyres.
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Follow Up By: Surf - Monday, Jul 18, 2005 at 21:43
Monday, Jul 18, 2005 at 21:43
I think I meant the East MacDonnell Range 4x4 route
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Tuesday, Jul 19, 2005 at 01:16
Tuesday, Jul 19, 2005 at 01:16
Funny how you can ask 2 people the same question and get 2 different answers I had savero at and they lasted about 5000k before destroying themselves on pretty easy dirt roads at about 80kph - you can imagine my thoughtds on them
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