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Thetford Suzuki Alto Wheel Corrosion

Hometyre Norfolk, the mobile tyre fitting service that comes to you, was asked by a previous customer to check a friend's vehicle, In Thetford.

This elderly lady had a slow puncture on the driver's side front tyre on a 04 plate Suzuki Alto. So Hometyre Norfolk happily carried out a free tyre safety check,upon arrival we noticed straight away that the two back tyres were actually the original tyres that came with the vehicle,so 14 year old tyres. They were in very bad condition and the cracking was really obvious. We were lucky to catch this when we did as the recommended life span of a tyre is between 5-6 years, for your own safety.

As we carried on with our tyre safety check, we noticed the front passenger's side tyres weren't as old, but they were dated 2007, this is still way past the recommended safety time.

The driver side front, which was the reason we were asked to check out the tyres due to a slow puncture was actually only 2 years old and it was a built up with corrosion on the inside of the rim. Being an old vehicle and having steel wheels, this is a common occurance,however, this is obviously the reason, being the newest tyre on the vehicle. The vehicle had been taken to a garage and the tyre had just been replaced, this does not solve the problem. It had even started to corrode, eating in to the tyre so the customer was back to square one and needing to change the tyre. So Hometyre ordered 4 three-a p306 tyres 115/65/14 and fitted all 4 with new valves. The tyres were throughly cleaned on the inside of the rims, using a wire brush and a air drill with a wire head on to sand down the corrosion and putting some bead sealer on to seal the rim,in order to stop this happening again and to stop air from leaking. 4 new tyres and 4 new valves and 1 happy customer.

 


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