- December 27, 2017
- By Kal Gohill
- In Safety
- Tags puncture, repair
- 1762
- 4
So you’ve got a tire puncture. Bummer. We feel your pain. Well, here’s what you need to know to get up to speed on the basics of tire puncture repair.
To ensure your safety, the T.I.A. (Tire Industry Association) sets forth guidelines on whether any road going passenger tire can be repaired or not. Here’s the breakdown:
In order to guarantee your safety and peace of mind, we don’t recommend using DIY puncture repair kits such as the inflation goo, puncture string stick (looks like beef jerky), or any other temporary solutions. Over time these methods have been shown to create wheel imbalance issues, and leak air causing low pressure conditions that could lead to a tire blowout. Blowouts are not fun, and can lead to serious injury or death – so we’d recommend avoiding these temporary repair methods if at all possible and doing it right the first time.
If you’re more visual, take a look at this quick step by step pictorial on how a professional tire repair should be done.
Well, that’s 3 Things To Know About Tire Puncture Repair. For more info on specific recommendations for your puncture, hop over to our Puncture Repair service page and book an appointment.
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4 COMMENTS
Deb Pearl
March 14, 2018, 8:37 am REPLYThank you for all the information about tire puncture repair. I noticed I have a giant nail in my tire, and I have been wondering how they would fix something like that. That is good to know what the puncture must not be near a tire sidewall to get fixed. I will have to see where the nail is before I take it in for repair.
Kal Gohill@Deb Pearl
March 29, 2018, 1:58 pm REPLYGlad we could help shed some light on the matter 🙂
Braden Bills
March 21, 2018, 9:18 am REPLYI noticed that there’s a hole in my tire, and I want to make sure that my tire works right. It makes sense that puncture repair can only work in certain places of the tire! Otherwise there isn’t enough flat space for the plug to seal.
Kal Gohill@Braden Bills
March 29, 2018, 2:01 pm REPLYYes that’s right! Better to be safe than sorry. A tire blowout due to improper repair can lead to serious injury.