puncture repair on a VW golf in Worthing

One of today's jobs was to on a VW Golf with a flat tyre. The customer had called in asking for a puncture repair as she could see the screw in the central area of the tread. She had seen from the main Hometyre website, that a puncture in this position was an area that could be repaired.

As usual with this type of job, we asked for the tyre size and brought a replacement tyre with us, just in case the puncture was unrepairable, or we find the tyre has been driven on while flat damaging the internal structure.

In this case I arrived at the house in Worthing and after introducing myself to the lady, she handed me the keys for the car, I found the locking wheel nut in the boot and started work.

The lock nut was removed by hand, the car was jacked up and the rest of the wheel bolts were removed. I then removed the tyre from the rim and checked the inside, all was OK, there was no sign of any structural damage, the tyre still had almost 5mm of tread remaining, so it was worth repairing.

The spare tyre I had brought with me was left in the back of the van and will be returned to the wholesaler.

The screw was removed from the tyre and a clean 6mm hole was drilled through the puncture. The inside area around the hole was buffed to remove the shiny surface, and it was then cleaned with a thinner. A fast drying rubber glue is applied, to both the tyre and the plug patch (The plug patch is like a mushroom, that goes through the hole and also covers around 40mm on the inside surface). Once tacky the patch is pushed through the hole and hemmed into place. A sealer is then added over the patch on the inside as an extra measure. The plug through the hole is cut off level with the surface, leaving a tyre ready to be refitted.

The old valve was cut out and a new valve was replaced, the tyre was then refitted and inflated to the correct pressures. Once completed the wheel was then re-balanced, cleaned and the put back on the car. The bolts are put back in by hand and are then torqued to the correct settings. The car was lowered off the jack, I then check all the other tyres for condition, tread depth, finally all tyre pressures are checked and corrected.

The locking wheel nut is replaced where it was found in the car, and this position is marked on the invoice. The invoice is completed and a payment is then taken from the customer, the keys are returned, and I was then off to my next job.

Should you need a puncture repair or new tyres call us at Hometyre, we will come to you at a time and place you select.