Tyre Damage

That’s what’s commonly called a two or three plugger lol. Yes I always endeavour to get the tyres back to a tubeless state and I don’t consider the damage as you’ve described it to be to bad at all. Just use a bigger patch. I would knit the external rubber back together using a pliant glue such as Maverick Bond if it required it. I’d imagine that you would barely be able to finmd the hole now if it was a simple point penetration as opposed to a gash.. Having said all that, the tyre bloke has given the right advice. They are reluctant to mend side wall damage quoting Australian standards not all of which is correct. Public liability being what it is, they will always err on the side of caution as it saves being sued if the tyre fails. Mick Hutton of Beadell tours has written a good article about what can and can’t be repaired in regards to tyre damage and you’d be surprised. Have a look at the Beadell tours website.

Out of necessity, I’ve fixed some pretty bad gashes in tyres of all descriptions. I’m not necessarily condoning the practise but I think with a largish radial patch on the inside and the outside knitted (if it requires it), you have a serviceable tyre. I've used repaired tyres, both tubeless and tubed on vehicles and trailers for a couple of years with no issue. If that concerned, don’t put it on the front. Leave it on the back or as a spare. It’s still serviceable with a tube in it, just harder to fix if it gets punctured again.


Cheers Mick

For gods sake keep it, it'll last you for ever

you could try taking it to a truck tyre repairer and ask about a major repair !!! good luck

had a similar problem and the guy put a decent sized patch on it. Did it properly too, good prep etc... he advised it was only temporary (as you would expect) so we pulled it off for another look about 1000 k later and it was still perfect.
ran it as a front tyre only until it finally wore out.

The advice I have had on tubes is never to run them inside a tubeless tyre as they can run too hot leading to tube failure. Then its the old story, there is no such thing as slow leak when a tube blows out, whereas a tubeless will normally leak more slowly.

Of course this applies to punctures not torn walls.

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I punched a hole in the side wall of one of my Savero ATs several years ago. It was about 50mm in diameter, so I took it to a tyre shop and they sent it off for a major repair.

I got the thing back and it did another 20,000km on the back of my vehicle, including a 7000km treck through central Australia. In the end the tyre delaminated before the repair let go.