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Puncture in Centre Lock wheel

SteveJC

SteveJC

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Put the key into the ignition this morning and the TPM flashed in red a minus figure, on checking, the nearside rear was flat , I've only done 550 miles in the car.
Put some air into tyre and reversed the car out of the garage.
Found a very small screw in the tyre and I mean small, rang OPC and they will get the car back to them with Porsche assist but will then only fit a new tyre and not carry out any repairs at all, they say you can not repair these tyres, is this correct ?, only 550 gentle miles and such a small repair.
My local tyre car will repair but hasn't got the correct tools to carry out the job ( wheel off and on ).
Does anyone know of a tyre company in the West Midlands who could repair it at my home ? or should I just pay the £400 plus ?.
I like the centre locks but this is a downside to them.

Steve
 

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Put the key into the ignition this morning and the TPM flashed in red a minus figure, on checking, the nearside rear was flat , I've only done 550 miles in the car.
Put some air into tyre and reversed the car out of the garage.
Found a very small screw in the tyre and I mean small, rang OPC and they will get the car back to them with Porsche assist but will then only fit a new tyre and not carry out any repairs at all, they say you can not repair these tyres, is this correct ?, only 550 gentle miles and such a small repair.
My local tyre car will repair but hasn't got the correct tools to carry out the job ( wheel off and on ).
Does anyone know of a tyre company in the West Midlands who could repair it at my home ? or should I just pay the £400 plus ?.
I like the centre locks but this is a downside to them.

Steve
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Steve

They can often be repaired, it depends where the hole is and how big

However with the performance of the car, you are trusting your life to the tyres doing the Job they were intended to - so you repair the tyre, can you be sure with the forces the S produces it wont have a weakness in the repair that won't let go when you don't want it............[:-]

I had this a few years ago on the beast - new set of rear boots on the 997 drove from the OP to Wilmslkow, only to find a screw in the rear tyre. So I paid for another new tyre having only just done over 200 miles on the previous one.

It depends a lot on the location of the hole but at the end of the day, the entire car, all that hard earned cash and your life sit on 4 bits of rubber. What price your life!
 
[:eek:] Damn!!!
Steve, I had one previously plugged and never had any issues with it, I do know that they don't like doing it though for the reason Tom points out.
However the only people I can think of in Birmingham area is BMTR who do the tyres at some of the Porsche centres...

garyw
 
They absolutely can be repaired. There was a thread on piston heads some time ago by the guy who set the British Standard where he explained why and how safe it was etc. He seemed to know what he was talking about. I repaired one of mine about a year ago as it was part worn (about 5mm) and I would probably have ended up replacing two. The stance of your OPC is consistent with that of Tonbridge but it doesn't mean they are right! Good luck finding someone. Perhaps the Midlands chapter of the PCGB can club together and buy a 600nm wrench! Andrew
 
Thanks for the replies, I will put a new tyre on , I have to agree with you Tom £400 in the scope of things is not a lot. Steve
 
Images of the offending screw, I have had a new tyre fitted and the old one repaired, old 500miles, I'll put the repaired one in the garage for a rainy day.


TStyre.jpg

TStyre1.jpg
 
Had puncture unable to repair but had took out tyre insurance when I bought the car last year cost £399 which covers 5new tyres and 5 new wheels or refurbs for 3 years they pay max £300 per claim have had 1 new tyre and one refurb-also includes accidental damage or criminal damage
 
Following my puncture I decided to purchase a few tools like a new trolley jack, a small compressor with air line etc and a torque wrench , the compressor and jack was delivered but the wrench was out of stock and on back order , it came this week delivered to the office whilst I was out, a bit of a shock on my return, I didn't expect it to be so big.
It does go up to a 1000nm though. Steve

Torque-wrench.jpg
 
Its usually sold for lorry wheel nuts and it will still take quite an effort to get to 600nm!

Saw a guy break one like it last week!!!!
 
If you've got a few grand to spare this could make it easier - http://www.hydratight.com/en/products/torque
 
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