4 new tyres anyone?

[Tannaton]

Ahem.... back in the day....

[Steve 940]

😀😀Plenty more miles left in them sir!

Would you like dry or wet cut??

Cheers
Steve

[DaveNP]

Living in Milton Keynes with more roundabouts than we can count add in any tracking problems and tyre wear can be bad, how many times have I looked at a tyre that has plenty of tread over most of the tyre and wished for a recutting tool for the shoulder?
Recutting is a legal process for truck tyres but they are made to be recut, most nowadays even have little holes in the bottom of the tread pattern to indicate the remaining depth of rubber which can be cut into. But I'm not sure about 'A boy can re-groove perfect non-skids at first attempt' recutting properly is quite an art and I've driven (and refused to drive) some vehicles with really bad recuts, a couple of straight grooves round a drive axle tyre doesn't count as a recut to me, on the flip side there was a tyre fitter at my last job who would follow the manufacturers specs to produce a good tread pattern.

[SnineT]

Originally Posted by DaveNP

Living in Milton Keynes with more roundabouts than we can count add in any tracking problems and tyre wear can be bad, how many times have I looked at a tyre that has plenty of tread over most of the tyre and wished for a recutting tool for the shoulder?
Recutting is a legal process for truck tyres but they are made to be recut, most nowadays even have little holes in the bottom of the tread pattern to indicate the remaining depth of rubber which can be cut into. But I'm not sure about 'A boy can re-groove perfect non-skids at first attempt' recutting properly is quite an art and I've driven (and refused to drive) some vehicles with really bad recuts, a couple of straight grooves round a drive axle tyre doesn't count as a recut to me, on the flip side there was a tyre fitter at my last job who would follow the manufacturers specs to produce a good tread pattern.

It's reckoned that speed humps are the biggest tyre killer out there Dave, it's down to the chamfering effect if you straddle or ride one edge, best practice is to ride over on one full wheel and the other one rides through the gap between the split humps either side of the road.


The re-treader made me think of one of my little fixes I used to use if I didn't want to get dirty or it was raining, if I got a nail in the tyre I'd pull it half out and hit it with a glue then push it back in, wait 5 mins and re-inflate always got me home or to the tyre centre ok. In extreme cases I'd swap the nail/screw for a bigger screw and wind that bad boy in.

[DaveNP]

Originally Posted by SnineT

... if I got a nail in the tyre I'd pull it half out and hit it with a glue then push it back in, wait 5 mins and re-inflate always got me home or to the tyre centre ok. ...

I'd accept that as an emergency repair to get you to the tyre shop, but the worrying thing is how easy it is to go on ebay and buy a kit for 'string' repairs, basically gluing a strip of rubber into the hole rather than your nail, again a reasonable get you to a safe place repair and with most new cars having no spare probably as good as the can of snot provided with the car,. The problem is that it's not a legal repair as for safety reasons a legal repair requires the tyre taken off the rim, inspected, and patched from the inside, but the ebay sellers seem to forget to mention that.

[john.wigley]

My dad used to talk of recutting tyres in the war years when rubber was scarce. I do believe that he had an implement not unlike the one depicted in his tool-box, but Idon't recall him using it when I was a lad in the '50s. Then, a tyre was only really considered 'past it' when worn 'down to the canvas'.

Other dodges (bodges)? A tin can sourced from a roadside ditch with some soft wire to 'repair' a blown exhaust. A 'Mole' wrench clamped onto a burst flexi brake pipe 'to get you home'! To be fair, the patrol did follow me back home. A carb' diaphragm cut from a scrap inner tube. Two dry-cell bell bateries taped together and connected to the coil using 'croc' clips to provide a spark when starting a car with a knackered 6V battery on the handle. Topping up said battery with rain water. Removing a plug and running on three when a big end ran... And they're just the ones that I can remember !

Regards, John.

[Bonefishblues]

Used routinely in motorsport I think.

[DaveNP]

Originally Posted by john.wigley

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Other dodges (bodges)? ... And they're just the ones that I can remember !

Regards, John.

I've done the Coke can exhaust repair myself (and got a new MOT with it) the other one I remember was my father using one of my mother's stockings for a fan belt for the Mini in the middle of the night. Mother was rather old fashioned and thought a lady should never be seen without stockings (never tights) so it took some persuading to get her to give one up.

edit; and I've just recalled the 'emergency windscreen' I used to have when I had the Mini, it was a clear piece of plastic with metal rods attached which went from top to bottom of the screen, in the days of toughened glass screens a stone chip would cause the whole screen to shatter, one then knocked out the remains of the screen, put the emergency screen across the opening securing the ends by shutting them in the doors, and off you went. As I recall it was a nightmare on a foggy night as I could barely see anything in the fog and my eyes kept refocussing on the rods in the screen.

[Pidgeonpost]

Don't forget using cut-out from a breakfast cereal box or fag packet to form an emergency gasket!

[Simmy]

that's a barging at four shillings and sixpence iv just ordered one for the wife for xmas .that should keep her busy in the new year