How To Fix A Puncture

Many of us love to traveller! A weekend getaway or a solo trip, a travel journey lets us breathe and have a change of schedule. As India has beautiful hills to check out, we see the highways full of vehicles loaded with passengers on the holidays. Many of us travel to Mumbai, and in search of a long journey, tend to take the cars or caravans, India has many joint families, so no surprise! Well, of course the journey is amazing, but a lot of car and tyre maintenance needs to be done on the same time. Considering the tyre be it high performance tires, attention has to be given. No matter about the length of the drive, you have to carry a Stephanie and even a tool kit in case of emergency! But do you know how to fix a flat tyre? Well, let’s find out about the same! There is nothing that we can’t learn.

First, if you have a flat tyre, check if there is an air leakage or if an object is stuck on the tyre. If a nail is stuck then watch out for the depth of the same. If anything is stuck on the inner part of the tube, then don’t fiddle with it and drive it straight to a mechanic. The treads of performance tyres and that of a normal car tire is different, so know the depth. However, if the puncture happens and it isn’t that deep, it’s time to be the mechanic!

Firstly, let’s talk about the things a tool kit of a car should have, in order to make sure of the same. Well there is obviously a spare tyre, then there is the jack. The jack is installed to remove the tyre and change it with the Stephanie. For repairing a flat tyre, there should be:

A plier: A plier, can be a normal one, which the carpenters also use. The plier helps to pull out the nail.

Insertion tool: An insertion tool, also known as the smoothening tool, is useful to expand the area of the puncture. Another insertion tool is used to put in the repair strips.

The repair strips:  These are easily available and come in bunches. Small stuff but helps to seal the puncture. Also, there should be a blade in the tool box, in case you need to cut something protruding of the tyre or the repair strip itself.

Now, let’s understand the working of the same.

Start with the plier, and gently pull out the nail or the object which is stuck. You need to be extremely patient about the same, otherwise the tyre could be damaged. Extreme care is required while pulling out the item. Further, use the smoothening tool and keep pumping it, in and out, to increase the puncture space. Leave it halfway inn and use the other repair insertion tool. Take a repair strip and put it around the tool, and when more than half of it is covered, leave it. Now, with extreme diligence, slowly pull out the smoothening tool and insert the repair tool. The strip gets stuck on the clip part of the tool and hence it automatically moves inside the tyre. When you pull it out, the strip remains inside the tyre and covers the puncture. Remove any extra strip coming out the tyre, using a blade. Now you are good enough to ride, without any tension. It requires certain skills, but is certainly not difficult at all!

 

TYRE THERAPY: Maintaining The Black Rubber

The tire industry is huge and ever growing for us and others, we devote a lot time in the buying and getting the tire to fit perfectly on the wheel. Also, we need to ensure about the maintenance of the tire. Yes, it isn’t that easy as you think. A lot of energy and hard work has gone to develop the same, and to provide you with good and quality assured black rubbers.

Further, a tire can take a lot of load and is also durable, however it also requires some care and some service. After all it is the material that keeps the thing moving. If the tire fails, the automobile would come to a standstill. Hence tire knowledge and well maintenance is equally important. Moreover, the tire brands have come with tires online services, where they give you all information regarding the maintenance on the personal chat corner. Also, they give you personalized services and tips, with video demos for the consumer’s convenience. The tire brand market is saturated and to get over the other brand, marketing and consumer care plays an important role.

Further, there are certain things which as a user and car lovers. We should take care of the same. Hence, next time you get into your automobile, ensure the following and form a checklist whether the tire has been well maintained or not, to ensure the same level of performance as a new tire would give you. So here are the things required to be kept in mind.

Air Pressure:  The air pressure in the tire needs to be maintained. Each car has its own requirement and a time to time check at the gas stations won’t do any harm. Also, air ensures that the load is properly distributed and performance isn’t disturbed.

Tube Maintenance: There are tubeless tires now, but the tube is what lies inside of the tire. If the tube bursts the whole tire is gone for a toss. While buying tyres online in India, you need to ask and ensure about the therapy the tube of the tire needs. Also, it bears the whole weight of the tire and the tread rests on the same. You need them to retain the pressure.

Rim: This isn’t exactly the tire but the beads of the tire rest on it. It provides the support to hold the tire steady, hence the metal needs to be in proper shape. No harm in showing the same to a dealer near your place.

Valve stem: The tire manufacturers keep this part protruding to have easy access to the same. The rubber in the valve degraded quickly, in case of a tubeless tire, hence ensure the same and keep inflated to be sure of the tire performance.

Now you know the things to be kept in mind while taking care of the black rubber. Also, find more about it from the brand showrooms or the dealer next door. Let the rubber breathe to give you good on road performance.

Things To Look For While Purchasing Tyres.

The tires are the driving force of any vehicle. It isn’t possible to ride any vehicle without the tire. Any, be it chariot, auto, car or a cycle needs to run on the black rubber. So, we can’t run an automobile simply over the metal wheel, the tire makes it run and working. For the car there are types of tyre, not just a single one but various kinds of it. Let’s take a look at each type of tyres as per the vehicle needs.

Car tyres: Car tyres are basically called as passenger tyres. These are performance tires with adjustment to weather conditions. We have summer tires for the humidity as that makes the roads moist, for winters we have winter tires to beat the freeze and there are all season ones to keep the automobile going for the rest of its life.

Luxury vehicles: Well, the SUV and other sedans of high brands come under the roof of luxury tires. Also, the tires for these vehicles differ. These are basically SUV tires which have soft treads but deep grooves. The grooves allow further grip and also improve performance. It provides better speed traction on road and are enhanced to bear high speed and avoid skids. There needs to be high amount of sips on the groove to make sure of all this.

Racing: The F1, truck races and polo cup work on racing tyres. Tire brands work hard on this to ensure good performance and also give top speeds to the vehicle. For the races there are racing slicks. These are soft tread tires with no grooves at all. The traction with the road is very high and also this provides largest possible contact patch. The contact patch is the area covered by the tyre with the road.

Truck tires: These are heavy tires with low traction. As these tires are pretty heavy and also the vehicle, the speed traction is low. However, with the truck weight and loaded material weight the rubber is thick enough to manage the heaviness and all the weight. For, the purpose of the same the tires are designed in the same manner.

The other vehicles like auto and bicycles don’t work on high brand or complexed design tires. They can even survive on local ones, however branded cycles do have grooves. So, the tire is endless and keeps rolling to deliver the performance! For now the best is to maintain the same and ensure proper care.