Puncture on M74

dpsuk999

dpsuk999

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I was driving back down from spending the New Year in Scotland on Thursday when I suddenly heard an almighty clattering on the drivers inner wheel arch. I immediately pulled over on the hard shoulder and saw what looked like a length of chain dug onto my wheel!!!

There was no way I could start changing the wheel as the hard shoulder was very narrow so luckily I had tyrepal fitted and it didn’t show any air escaping so I decided to drive very slowly to the next services which was 21 miles away.

I’m so glad I have E&P fitted which made changing the wheel so much easier, and this is what was dug into the tire:
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Just a word of warning, my extendable wrench which I’ve never used was a good as a chocolate fire guard!!! The end bent as soon as I undid the wheel nuts (and they weren’t seized on at all!!) so if your carrying one of these around I’d check it before realizing it’s useless, needless to say I’ve now bought a heavy duty one!
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So I’m just grateful for having tyrepal fitted as I would not have been confident in driving from the hard shoulder to the next services without knowing if I was loosing air to change the tire in safety and also E&P for making the tire change very easy as I’m over 5 ton towing a trailer!!

But at least I know my spare wheel fits as I know from a previous MHF post that their spare wheel didn’t even fit their van!

Dave.
 
There is some odd stuff sitting on road surfaces for sure, glad it turned out OK. I presume you scrapped the tyre ?
 
That's a very valid point about having the right tools for the job.

My spare wheel is mounted under the rear of the van and I keep promising myself I should lower it down in daylight on my driveway to see how the mechanism works, rather than trying to work it out on a hard shoulder, in the dead of winter, in the dark and in the rain...

In fact what I should do really is simulate changing a wheel too. As you say, the supplied tools may well not be up to the job!
 
I had a peugeot 306 years ago, the wheel brace for that just bent. I now always carry a 1/2" drive socket bar and socket, it's longer too, so easier to use.
Also could be used as a weapon if you were attacked :whistle:
 
We bought a 7 month old Hyundai Tucson in October I had not driven it 200 miles when we had a puncture, I changed the wheel and took the punctured one to our local tyre service.

They were amazed to find a 25mm cut in the tyre and a Stanley blade inside the wheel obviously the tyre was behind repair.

John.
 
dpsuk999 said:
I’m so glad I have E&P fitted which made changing the wheel so much easier, and this is what was dug into the tire:

also E&P for making the tire change very easy as I’m over 5 ton towing a trailer!!
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So I googled E&P:
Exploration and Production, in the oil industry?
Editor and Publisher? They might have been handy, to help out?

What is E&P??
 
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I have a 2.5 foot high tensile crack bar I carry and a 2 foot length of scafold pole to go over it. Heavy duty socket set , 2 10 tonne bottle Jack's and a torque wrench . Never know when you will need to change your wheel or your brakes when on a long journey. I had to replace 6 pairs of brake pads in Portugal lol
 
A word to the wise folks, DO NOT waste your money on these cheap nasty wheel wrenches, if the bar itself doesn't fail then the cheap Chinese socket certainly will.
My advice is buy a decent quality socket to fit your particular vehicle & a 24inch breaker bar. That'd save an awful lot of tears & dangerous time spent on hard shoulders or god forbid shoulder less so called "smart Motorway", incidentally they give me the creeps.
The Halfrauds professional range is easiest to access & I'm fairly sure they're guaranteed for life!

You have been warned.
 
RogerThat said:
That's a very valid point about having the right tools for the job.

My spare wheel is mounted under the rear of the van and I keep promising myself I should lower it down in daylight on my driveway to see how the mechanism works, rather than trying to work it out on a hard shoulder, in the dead of winter, in the dark and in the rain...

In fact what I should do really is simulate changing a wheel too. As you say, the supplied tools may well not be up to the job!
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I would...... You may find the mechanism has seized.
Better finding that out at home than the roadside

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Sandancers said:
There is some odd stuff sitting on road surfaces for sure, glad it turned out OK. I presume you scrapped the tyre ?
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Yes I scrapped the tyre, I could see the cord when I pulled the metal out, not worth risking getting it repaired. I only had 6 new tyres replaced 2 years ago but decided to get 2 new for the front wheels and put the 2 year old one on my spare as that was 5 years old.
 
Nostrovia said:
So I googled E&P:
Exploration and Production, in the oil industry?
Editor and Publisher? They might have been handy, to help out?

What is E&P??
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Hydraulic leveling jacks which also double up as wheel changing jacks too (y)
 
It’s something that is of only any use if you have a motorhome.
 

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