2nd Spare Condition, is it safe?
Submitted: Friday, Jul 15, 2005 at 10:01
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WheelTravel
Hi All,
A question to the learned ones about my 2nd spare. I knicked a sidewall in Tasmania, which caused a reasonably quick leak. 45-60secs and it was down. At the time I plugged it just in case, and then got it repaired at a tyre centre. I'm just wondering whether it will still be safe as a 2nd spare. The
puncture was high up on the sidewall...
Chances are Iwon't needit at all...but if I do, will it be safe to travel on? I guess I wouldn't do 100kph on it. Just a get me out of trouble measure.
Cheers
Reply By: mattandlana - Friday, Jul 15, 2005 at 21:44
Friday, Jul 15, 2005 at 21:44
My previous 80 series came with a dodgy-looking patched spare. To economise I bought 5 new tyres and kept the dodgy one as 2nd spare.
We went through 2 tyres on the GRR and were driving into
Kununurra in 42 degree heat with the second spare on left rear - with a load and a camper trailer on of course because we were on holiday.
At 80-90 km/h the dodgy second spare threw a tread then burst. The tread wrapped around the axle, pulling on the handbrake cable which locked the left rear wheel and caused the car to swerve interestingly towards the ditch. The rest of the tread meanwhile whipped around tearing off the mudflap and (impressively) bending the Kaymar rear bumper. By the time we came to a halt the jammed wheel had ground a gouge in the bitumen and (with all the load on it) had worn off a good bit of the bead.
The chaps at the
Kununurra tyre centre were super helpful and opened up on a Sunday for us, sold us a new tyre plus a Tojo rim, and didn't even gouge us much which they were fully entitled to. But still an expensive little exercise.
Yes we had the tyre and probably the car overloaded, but my point is: Don't be a cheapskate. How much is your car/rim/neck worth? Drive on decent tyres, not dodgy ones, for the sake of the cost of 2 tanks of petrol.
Matt
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Follow Up By: WheelTravel - Friday, Jul 15, 2005 at 22:02
Friday, Jul 15, 2005 at 22:02
Hi there,
Sounds like a retread?Was it? Obviosuly I want to avoid this happening,
Cheers
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