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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: lambert on January 17, 2008, 22:06:51

Title: How many times
Post by: lambert on January 17, 2008, 22:06:51: Have you in you're off road driving managed to either pop a tyre bead or slice a sidewall?

Only i have never done so whilst off road and only once on road have i managed to slice a tyre since i started behind the wheel aged 4.

And yet to hear folk talk it seems to be a weekly thing.

Am i not trying hard enough?
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: strapping young lad on January 17, 2008, 23:40:54: in one visit to an offroad site i managed to put a big dent in the front diff pan and pinched a tyre on a really awkward spot

not really had a good day considering i had bought and got delivered them QT diff guards to put on but couldnt be bothered to fit the day before

:P
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: Rich_P on January 18, 2008, 12:41:33: I have yet to damage one of my tyres let alone anything else off-road. The worst I have done was scratch the paintwork on some roots and bushes. See, Series motors are proper 'ard! :lol:
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: crazymac on January 18, 2008, 13:16:54: Never popped a bead, but laning last weekend I had a branch through the tread :'( Had to change to my spare which is a road tyre until I could get it fixed. Cost me Â£10! for a tube!
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: gtomo2 on January 20, 2008, 18:41:19: Just once popped a tyre. Why is it never near any dry solid claen surface
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Title: Re: How many times
Post by: muddyjames on January 20, 2008, 20:02:18: I have never done it that bad but at least 4 times I have got mud in between the rim and the tyre so it gives the tyre a slow puncture :twisted:

when this happens I just put my hi lift on the flat tyre wall and jack the disco up so it pushes the wall away from rim a bit more, get the hose out on jet setting and blast the mud out. Pump up, soapy water on the beeding and see if it needs doing again.

Saves me so much money instead of tyre places taking whole rim off and rebalance :twisted: :D
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: gtomo2 on January 20, 2008, 20:10:54: yea had to clean the wheel then used bin bags to wrap around the wheel to seal it so we could re inflate it. as no one had any lighter fuel handy to do the iclandic trick
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: richo on January 20, 2008, 21:26:21: Ive never pops or punctured a tyre on any vehicle I've owned but my ex-wife used to.
Once a mouth and usually four tyres at a time ouch!
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: davidlandy on January 20, 2008, 21:29:02: Quote from: muddyjames on January 20, 2008, 20:02:18
I have never done it that bad but at least 4 times I have got mud in between the rim and the tyre so it gives the tyre a slow puncture :twisted:

when this happens I just put my hi lift on the flat tyre wall and jack the disco up so it pushes the wall away from rim a bit more, get the hose out on jet setting and blast the mud out. Pump up, soapy water on the beeding and see if it needs doing again.

Saves me so much money instead of tyre places taking whole rim off and rebalance :twisted: :D

this happens to mine too , very regularly - I get my beadbreaker and tyre levers and whack the tyre off the bead , clean it then pump it up again
Title: Re: How many times
Post by: hrox on January 20, 2008, 23:32:42: i really need to watch and learn how to do this as i can never seem to work it out and always got issues with 1 tyre on me trailer. other than that only ever popped a tyre o a laguna but thats cuz i put the car somewhere it should not have been!!!!