Know your tyres and repair information!

[Pete]

Stumbled upon this little leaflet on tyre information and thought it might be useful/interesting for someone.

http://www.tyresafe.org/data/files/Tyre ... rcycle.pdf

[wannars125]

Nice post Pete. A lot of good information there.

[Guest]

Tyre repair information

http://www.standardscentre.co.uk/bs/BS- ... 4wodI2eXUQ

Repairing a tyre is not as straightforward as you first might think.

Tyre repairs are covered by a British Standard — BSAU159f:1990 — which splits repairs into two categories - minor repairs and major repairs. The British Standard also defines limits to the location, size and number of repairs that can be carried out and makes recommendations also on the repair materials to be used.

A tyre must always be checked thoroughly before it is repaired. If the tyre displays any of the following, it should not be repaired;

Illegal tread depth (below 1.6mm across the central ¾ of the tyre tread throughout the entire circumference)

Run flat damage - breakdown of the tyre's structural integrity

Secondary damage - caused by the injuring object

Ageing/deterioration of tyre rubber

Bead damage

Exposed cords

Faulty/poor previous repairs

Vicki