Tire Sidewall Repair

Drone637 · Jun 11, 2007

I put a rather nice sized gash in the sidewall of a BFG MTR a little while back and the plugs just don't hold air on the trail that well.

Is there any place north of Seattle that would repair the sidewall? Do those patch kits you see on-line work at all? Or is it a lost cause and time for a new tire?

kingkrawler · Jun 11, 2007

Time for a new tire.

xjoffroad · Jun 11, 2007

whats a bfg mtr? bfg makes a mud terrain...... goodyear makes a MTR.......

Rix · Jun 11, 2007

repairing sidewalls usually never works.

Toyotanut · Jun 11, 2007

Brian H could probably fix it for you.

TreeClimber · Jun 11, 2007

Brian H is a master at bonafide sidewall repair. Kinda a tire genious around here. PM him and wait for his answer. If you've got access to a pic, post up a pic of the repair area needed.

before repair

after repair

Drone637 · Jun 13, 2007

http://picasaweb.google.com/Drone637/TireDamage

Not much damage, but enough I guess.

Waiting to hear back from Brian H. Just fired off some photos. Hopefully he can stop me from having to buy new tires, these still have 75% tread.

83YotaDlx · Jun 13, 2007

you could run a tube i guess if u didn't wanna buy a new tire yet right?

jrod_66 · Jun 16, 2007

buddy of mine down here in redding had his tire fixed, really bad sidewall gash, works great still, if you are interested let me know and I will get the info for ya.

cheesemaker · Jun 16, 2007

BFG's are good tires, but they seem prone to sidewall cuts really easy. The triple sidewall protection seems hockey. You can try to get it repaired, but I'd never run it on the hwy again! Too much flex in the sidewall! It may work for a spare, or off-road tire only. It doesn't look that big, so you might be able to fix it for a spare! Good luck.

Drone637 · Jun 17, 2007

Brian H actually got back to me. He was able to fix it, but said the same thing about highway only.

Long story short, my curiosity on the actual strength of the sidewall on the BFG got the better of me and a sawzall made it's way into the side of my tire.

I pick up some new tires on Friday.

Brian H · Jun 17, 2007

I told him I could fix it as a spare or offroad only just as a liability thing. If something were to happen to the tire at 60 or 70 on the free way it could be my azz. I will fix allmost anybodies tire that uses it for only off road use but if its an everyday driver also I will pass as your life is worth more than a tire. Im not saying that I expect my work on the tire to fail but Im sure you will understand. So just remember if you use it for transportation I will not fix it.

TreeClimber · Jun 17, 2007

Brian,

That's still a cool thing to do, even if it wasn't used this time.

Next time you do a tire fix, would you take a bunch of pics, and do a basic write up on how you do it. I'd like to edit into a 'Tire Repair' thread in the "How To" section of Tech.

Tire repair skill isn't exactly common, you know, and I'm still amazed at the fix on Crash's tire a couple years ago.

Tony

Drone637 · Jun 18, 2007

Brian H said:
I told him I could fix it as a spare or offroad only just as a liability thing.

Oh, I know that. But somebody left my sawzall out, and it was sitting right next to where I unloaded the tires.

Actually, I was a bit surprised how thin the sidewall is/was.

Brian H · Jun 18, 2007

TreeClimber said:
Brian,

That's still a cool thing to do, even if it wasn't used this time.

Next time you do a tire fix, would you take a bunch of pics, and do a basic write up on how you do it. I'd like to edit into a 'Tire Repair' thread in the "How To" section of Tech.

Tire repair skill isn't exactly common, you know, and I'm still amazed at the fix on Crash's tire a couple years ago.

Tony

Well Ill do one if someone would hurry up and fawk up a tire for me to fix!!!!!:haha: