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Spare Wheel - Necessary?
Rich:
--- Quote from: keith on June 21, 2009, 10:30:57 am ---I had my motorbike wheels filled with the stuff and going out one day my mate said you have a green mark on your rear tyre, looked at it and it was the gunk stuff it had sealed a wee hole so in my experience it works.
If you change tyres though you need to tell the tyre fitter the stuffs in there or they will get a bit messy :laugh:
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hmm interesting...
Did you have to replace the tyre then ? - or was it still good to keep using.... ?
Hurdy:
Just a side note guys.....if I am doing an event like a 1/4 mile sprint, I will remove the spare tyre and put in the puncture can. At all other times I carry the spare :happy2:
BMX:
removing weight from the rear would alter the balance of the car and provoke slightly more understeer. the spare and tools weighs aprox 20kg. on the audi tt sport they got rid of the spare and put the battery (20kg) in its place thus getting rid of weight from the front, which is more ideal and benificial to getting rid of rear weight
rdfcpete:
--- Quote from: JPC on June 21, 2009, 09:52:43 am ---...basically you wont catch me changing a wheel on the hard shoulder, anywhere!
is that selfish or the best way to think?
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Jay, I agree 100%.
I know that my breakdown cover states though that if I call them out for a puncture or tyre fault, a spare or space saver MUST be present, or they charge you extra for a replacement tyre on top of the call out fee. I'd feel bit of a girl calling someone else out to come and sort me out in that situation, but on the other hand feel it's too dangerous to fit the spare in a lot of situations and driving on the rim, is never advised.
BMX:
on the road wars program wasnt there a recovery truck driver in sheffield that got run over while recovering a car at the roadside and subsuquently lost his leg or similar ?
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