First time I used my spiffy new Michelin Pro Race tires, I (of course) ran over a nail. Went in through the road suface and out through the sidewall. Put in a new tube, but it tries to blister through the "exit wound" in the non-reinforced sidewall. I replaced the tire, but I really hate to toss the "old" one; only has about three miles on it and it seems like an awful waste. I'm tempted to glue something, like a thin piece of plastic, to the inside of the sidewall to prevent it from blistering. Has anyone successfully salvaged one in this manner? If so, what did you use for the repair?
First time I used my spiffy new Michelin Pro Race tires, I (of course) ran over a nail. Went in through the road suface and out through the sidewall. Put in a new tube, but it tries to blister through the "exit wound" in the non-reinforced sidewall. I replaced the tire, but I really hate to toss the "old" one; only has about three miles on it and it seems like an awful waste. I'm tempted to glue something, like a thin piece of plastic, to the inside of the sidewall to prevent it from blistering. Has anyone successfully salvaged one in this manner? If so, what did you use for the repair?
Thanks!
Check out ed073's reply here - he had a good idea (glue a piece of old tire in there)
Has anyone successfully salvaged one in this manner? If so, what did you use for the repair?
I had a tyre sidewall ripped open by a brake shoe that became misaligned once. I got some gunk in a tube called liquisole and a strip of nylon cloth. In this case it was out of the liner of a discarded jacket, but the type that is used to cover wings on R/C aircraft would have worked equally well. I put the cloth over the tear in the sidewall and spread liquisole over it until the cloth became saturated and left it to set. Worked like a charm.
I state up front that there is no repair that will restore a damaged tire to the standards of safety, performance, and pressure tolerence of an undamaged one. Having said this, go to an auto parts store and get patches which are used to repair tubless automobile tire punctures from the inside of the tire. These are not just rubber like bike patches for tubes, but have cord reinforcement incorporated into the patch. Cut an appropriate sized piece and glue into place like you we patching a tube. I like to squeeze the patch and tire between 2 small wooden blocks with a C clamp. Then keep an eye on your repair spot and hope for the best, and don't get too "radical" with this tire mounted.
First time I used my spiffy new Michelin Pro Race tires, I (of course) ran over a nail. Went in through the road suface and out through the sidewall. Put in a new tube, but it tries to blister through the "exit wound" in the non-reinforced sidewall. I replaced the tire, but I really hate to toss the "old" one; only has about three miles on it and it seems like an awful waste. I'm tempted to glue something, like a thin piece of plastic, to the inside of the sidewall to prevent it from blistering. Has anyone successfully salvaged one in this manner? If so, what did you use for the repair?
Thanks!
I've cut an old innertube into a patch and glued that inside of a tire before with some success. It certainly won't ride like a new tire though.
If you can't patch it very well it sounds like you have a new tire for use on the ol' indoor trainer.
Edit: Just read ed073's advice and like it better.
