In order to timely detect a flat tire, train yourself inspect the tires every time, sitting in the car. Often such a habit prevent troubles on the road. Besides, it is useful to have in a luggage compartment the compressor and the first-aid kit for repair of tires on a puncture case.
you will need
- Automobile compressor;
- Tire repair a first aid kit.
instruction
- If you are not sure that the wheel is punctured, pump up him. At the same time raise the car on jack and inspect the tire by turning it by hand. If the puncture is not found, and the bus will keep the pressure, keep moving. Probably a flat tire - the handiwork of detractors. Do not forget to properly tighten the valve.
- If on rubber found the nail or a screw which got stuck in a tread repair the tire. It can be done independently, or on mounting. The radial tubeless tire isn't blown off at once and after you pumped in it, can sustain a way to the nearest tire center. Of course, the movement with the punctured wheel will do it harm even if the way will be absolutely short.
- To repair the tire in the field requires a special set - a first aid kit for tires. The simplest kit should consist of a spiral awl, a special needle with an eye impregnated with plaits and a tube of glue. All procedures to repair tires perform accurately. According to the location of the nail (screw) to determine the angle of the holes. Remove the "culprit" puncture in the hole gently push the spiral awl at the same angle of inclination. It does not take the time and try to grope for the path of least resistance. The steel ply cords sticking out of a place of damage, remove.
- Take repair wiring harness and apply a layer of glue. Before that, make sure that the shelf life of the adhesive is not expired. Introductory awl to puncture push tow to lock the handle in the tread, taking a spiral awl. If the wheel has already managed to flatten, pump up him to 0.2-0.3 atm. As soon as the awl go into the rubber until it stops, turn the device 90 degrees and pull out sharply to the harness of a hole in the left. Sam must form wiring harness inside the loop. So do not pay out half of the harness, even with a strong desire to save money. The protruding part cut away, leaving a tail of 2-3 mm.
- For repair of the puncture which is on a sidewall of the tire address on mounting. If diameter of damage exceeds 6 mm, in most cases repair is impossible. The matter is that in sidewalls of tires there are high-loaded elements and the qualified repair of such puncture is possible only at the expert, and that not always.
- Acquire in the car shop or at the gas station a special spray tightening small puncture. It is a reliable tool, which nominally are equipped with a cars such as Smart, do not have a spare wheel. This spray pour into the tire pressure balloon pumping wheel.
After that, the means will be spread on the inner surface of the tire and the puncture hole to fill, saving the owner from the need to repair. Even with the use of this composition is removed from the tire items that pierced her. In addition, when a tire repair workshop structure will have to scrub away. And the better the composition has been applied, the more expensive it will take for the removal.
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