truck puncture

[salavan]

does anyone know what the going price is to mend a puncture in a light truck tubeless tyre here in thailand

[JohnC]

On my mitsubushi triton double cab it is 150 baht in Pattaya

[JAS21]

Wow ... I was going to post about the method that was used to mend my puncture earlier today, so this thread is handy ... Went to the tyre shop to get my pressures checked, one was down to 20psi (the rest 29psi which is normal) so the guy said let me have a look and found a small nail.

So after a ... three way conversation .. in which I said that I expected a mushroom to be used I was informed that the latest way is to push some stuff which looks like sticky rope into the hole after 'reaming' it out first. So that's the way we went. The guy had a huge job pushing the 'rope stuff in'.

So anyone any comments on this method? I remember in the UK doing a similar thing with solid rubber tubing and glue was banned.

Cost was 100Baht to the garage and I gave the guy 60Baht. I never get charged for N2 pressure checks there as I bought a set of tyres from the owner (who was in Pattaya watching some golf) and I know him anyway as he plays the same golf course as me.

This is in Nonthaburi, just outside Bangkok. Truck is a V-Cross.

The procedure was, remove the nail, increase tyre pressure to 45psi and ream the hole, raise tyre pressure back to 45psi and insert sticky rope, cut off excess and reduce tyre pressure to normal, drive off after paying.

[Jitar]

I'm not a big fan of the rubber tube / plug technique. They are cheap and quick but I have had a few that develop slow leaks. There are some shops that will do a vulcanized / glued patches. The tyre must be removed so these are double the cost but have been more reliable for me.

[Daffy D]

Over the last few months have had punctures on all of my brand new tyres on my brand new truck. Each time had the 'rope stuff pushed in' method at 100Bt a time.

The alternative would be to remove tyre and fix from inside then all the bother of rebalancing and the extra cost that involves.

'rope stuff pushed in' Seems to work OK.