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Porsche 911 in W9 with Bridgestone 295/30/19

New customer called to say they had a puncture in their rear tyre. It was a rear Bridgestone 295/30/19 N0 (The N0 is a Porsche specific fitment)

The job was in W9 (Maida Vale) and was for 09.30 the next day. Now as everybody who lives in London knows the traffic can be a little bit heavy. The job was only 9 miles from base but it would take some time to get there so I would have to set off early the next day. I also put a new tyre in the back of the van in case the puncture could not be repaired.

The next morning I set off to Maida Vale, it took 90 minutes to do the 9 mile journey, this is when you wish you lived in the countryside, but still managed to arrive with 5 minutes to spare.

Right, down to the job, I got the locking wheel nut key out of the car and loosened all the wheel bolts, jacked the car up and removed all the bolts and pulled the wheel off the car. The tyre had a nail bang slap in the middle so as long as the tyre had not been driven on when flat it should be repairable (this always depends on an internal inspection of the tyre).

I then took the tyre off the wheel and there it was, loads of broken up rubber and marks on the inside of the tyre wall, no repair in this situation, new tyre needed.

I took the new replacement tyre out of the back of the van and double checked all the sizes (295/30R19 in this case). All ok, so time to fit. I replaced the valve and mounted the tyre onto the wheel. Once correctly inflated, I put the wheel on the wheel balancer and spun it up, came back saying no weight needed, double checked by spinning the wheel again (no weights needed is fairly rare) and again it said no weight needed. Then I took the wheel out and mounted it on the car, torqued the wheel bolts up to the correct tightness and put the locking wheel nut back in the car.

Time to check the other tyres, all the pressures good and tread depth at 6+mm on all the other tyres, valves also in good condition. Took the front tyre size for the records (Bridgestone 235/35R19 and N0), put all the tools away and completed the paperwork.

I handed the keys back to the customer and payment was taken, it's time to set off to the next job now in Watford, but hopefully the traffic has died down by now.

If you have a Porsche (or any car) that has a puncture call Hometyre on 0800 783 93 10 or 0333 444 54 54 and we will come to you at your home or work.

 


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