Puncture Repair (Video)
What happens when you drive very worn Winter tyres through the Sahara Desert?
Well, actually – not much! You get some pretty impressive grip… Sadly, that grip also included a discarded screw… which ended up in our tyre! Last year we had a puncture in the High Atlas mountains… so this year we are going prepared! Have a look at the following video to see just how you can repair a tyre puncture with what is essentially a corkscrew and a bit of gum…
The kit comes off eBay, and costs around £5. The repair IS NOT LEGAL in the UK as legislation states that you inspect the inner tyre wall (i.e. remove the tyre from the rim and inspect the inside) when performing a repair. This does not do that.
Also, not that the tyre is ILLEGAL. It is a VERY WORN winter tyre, which was run at low pressure during last years rally; thus the wear patterns are on the sides. In fact, if your tyre’s wear pattern looks like this (i.e. bald on the sides) your pressure is too low… oh, and you’ll need a new tyre!
We ran these at 10-15psi through the Sahara – so as you can immagine they wore like butter!
M.
Papu:) sembri macgyver :):):)
January 3rd, 2011 at 11:12 amPapu!
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:18 pmDa come sistemasti quella maniglia di casa a 3 anni non potevi esser diventato che così!
Well done Papu…… you’ll surely have a future as …tyre repairer….. who shot the scene? To be improved… 🙂 we would like to see the sahara desert just behind you as a landscape…:-) good luk agai to all
January 4th, 2011 at 6:14 pmIvan and Anna
just to talk….. are you sponsored by the reapir kit? you should….
January 4th, 2011 at 6:16 pmIvan
ignorant…. repair… 🙂
January 4th, 2011 at 6:17 pmIvan