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Jaguar E Type with ER70R15 (205/70/R15)

Customer called as he had a puncture on his just restored E Type Jaguar. Fantastic looking car that had only 8000 genuine mile on it from new.

 

He has Dunlop tyres that are only made in very small batches for the classic car enthusiasts, so costs were going to be very high.

 

We got to his car and removed the wheel from the boot. The side wall of the tyre was showing some damage so the tyre had been run deflated. Took the tyre off the wheel and started the inspection. This being a wire wheel the car had an inner tube, the reason for this is that unlike an alloy wheel which is solid the wire wheel has holes all the way around to allow the spokes to be inserted, this will allow air out of the wheel if an inner tube is not used.

 

The first problem we found was that the inner tube had a long hole in it, this was probably caused by hitting a pot hole and this probably caused the inner tube to be pinched and thus causing a long hole, also the inside of the tyre wall had started to break down where it had been run flat. So a new tyre would be needed.

 

Another problem was that the end of one set of spokes was only covered in what looked like electrical tape. The end of the spokes should be covered by a thick wide rubber band so that they cannot rub against the inner tube and cause a leak.

 

Ordered a new tyre, an inner tube and 2 rubber bands to go over the end of the spokes. As these are special order they would take a couple of days to arrive. We took the wheel away (the spare was already on the car) and we would assemble it once the parts arrived.

 

2 days later the parts arrived. Fitted the 2 rubber bands over the end of the spokes and then fitted the bottom bead of the tyre. Once this was on the inner tube is put inside the tyre making sure it was not kinked and that it was well inside the tyre, you do not want to damage the inner tube when the top bead is fitted. Once the top bead was fitted the tyre was inflated and everything checked to make sure the tyre had seated correctly. Wheel and tyre is now balanced to stop vibration when it is fitted to the car.

 

Called the customer to see if he was available and went around to put the wheel into the boot.

 

So if you have a classic car that you are having difficulty finding period tyres for call Hometyre on 0800 783 93 10 or click HERE and we will be able to source them.

 


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