Member Since: 23 Jul 2011
Location: County Antrim
Posts: 3345
Things that get in tyres
Had this 5mm bit pulled out of a rear Cooper LTZ this morning. Tyre fitter was telling me he's removed house keys, tool handles and even a 50p
8th Dec 2016 2:52 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14279
You're right, this explains my balance problem.
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
8th Dec 2016 3:12 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
They bring a whole new meaning to the words tyre fitters
8th Dec 2016 3:14 pm
MarkOne
Member Since: 23 Jul 2011
Location: County Antrim
Posts: 3345
Spanner monkeys every garage has them
8th Dec 2016 3:30 pm
disco5
Member Since: 23 Dec 2012
Location: birmingham
Posts: 1088
tyres
A mate works for a well known tyre comp
i was there changing muddies over when customer come in with a flat, he'd been on motorway and it had gone down took the junction n hey prestow here ... my mate took it off and i didnt believe what i was there a stanley blade in tact wedged on the inside in the tyre..
hes had loads of stuff screwdrivers , spanners, chisels .... spose over 20 years you see some things
And here you go - our rental car this summer picked this up - on removal it had a large bolt threaded onto the other end and that was in the tyre. Essentially impossible!
2012 Discovery 4 HSE Sumatra Black
2008 Discovery 3 HSE, Java Black
2010 Discovery 4 HSE, Stornoway Grey
2005 Discovery 3 HSE, Buckingham Blue
1987 Defender 90, some sort of grey
1983 Series 3 SWB, Ex Coastguard, Trafalgar Blue
8th Dec 2016 4:09 pm
Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 6528
Last week on the mini,
Luckily it's got run flats, no wonder it wouldn't pump up.
And £180 to replace it
D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
D2 02 commercial silver gone but a great servant and won't be forgotten
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2081
I had an M10 bolt ,100mm long in my Defender 110 rear tyre many years ago, complete with a washer to complete the job properly. Back of the Vehicle jumped in the air , wondered what on earth had happened, saving grace was that it was right in middle of tread and suitable for a repair
8th Dec 2016 6:05 pm
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4190
I had an 8mm Allen key that went through my tyre....however when we took the tyre off the rim it was the long end that had entered the tyre first and worked its way in leaving a tiny bit of the short end flush with the tyre tread....how did that happen?
8th Dec 2016 6:11 pm
raincloud
Member Since: 16 Aug 2011
Location: nottinghamshire
Posts: 137
I had one of those bolts that hold railway sleepers down go through the tyre and the alloy wheel on an Audi A4 and it scrapped both!
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