Tyre Damage

[MrT]

Not my Gal but the other half's Focus has had something sharp spike the sidewall of the tyre leaving a piece of rubber missing approx 8mm long and about 3mm (max) diameter. The Ford dealer said it was not neccessary to replace the tyre as the damage had not punctured, reached or exposed the chords in the sidewall. Is this good advice, I don't want to have to spend about

[mumof4]

I was always led to believe that if the sidewall got damaged then the tyre should be replaced, but if it was the tread then depending on the damage it should be ok.

 

I lost a brand new tyre on the gal this way when the sidewall had a chunk taken out of it. by something.

 

Guess only you can decide how safe it is and whether you would rather be safe than sorry.

[insider]

I assume a rear blow out is less severe than a front?

Personally I'd rather have it on the front and be in control with the steering. On the back you don't know where it's gonna take you!

[insider]

Not my Gal but the other half's Focus has had something sharp spike the sidewall of the tyre leaving a piece of rubber missing approx 8mm long and about 3mm (max) diameter. The Ford dealer said it was not neccessary to replace the tyre as the damage had not punctured, reached or exposed the chords in the sidewall.

 

Have a look at point 3 here - http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/Referen...0law%20requires - it sounds like you should be OK.

 

(cut and pasted here - "3. No tyre must have a break in its fabric or a cut deep enough to reach the body cords. No cut must be more than 25mm or 10 per cent of the tyre's section width in length, whichever is the greater.")

[seatkid]

The accepted wisdom is to fit the best tyres on the back and the worst at the front. One of the reasons being that a blowout on the front is easier to control than one on the back. This is DOT advice and you will find a lot of tyre centres will now only fit a new pair of tyres on the front as company policy.

[mikeohope]

Personally I never mess with tyres and replace any damaged ones.

 

The pain of a

[MrT]

Here are the pictures of the damage. It is small, but I am concerned how significant it is.

[sparky Paul]

There are no visible fabric cords, and providing there is no evidence of any deformation of the tyre wall around the damage (indicating internal ply damage) then I wouldn't worry. Just keep any eye on it - any evidence of bulging, replace the tyre.

[insider]

Not nice to look at but appears purely cosmetic. There are "tyre injury fillers" available but would probably end up costing as much if not more than a new tyre. They're generally used on heavy plant vehicles where the tyres are obviously much more expensive and makes such a repair cost effective.

[28vr6]

It'd make a good spare, if the spares ok of course to use as a main running tyre

[gregers]

have to agree with 28vrg use as a spare coz it will allways be in the back of your mind ;)

i know youve asked for peoples opinions but by asking you your self must be having doubts over it,PEACE OF MIND at the end of the day. :lol:

[big_kev]

Here are the pictures of the damage. It is small, but I am concerned how significant it is.

 

Damage looks very bad to me......could easily blow when hot and cause a nasty accident..............

 

 

 

 

 

but if its only the wife driving it !