Topic: tube for tire?

[brandon95]

ok i have some 38x14.5 r15 Parnelli Jones Dirt Grips with 90% tread on one of my daily drivers, but one got a 3" vertical rip in the sidewall and was wondering if i can put a tube in it and just use them for off road on my wheelin rig?

can i safely tube a tubless tire?

if i did tube it wiuld it be safe for on road use?

thanks

[Rocksurfer]

Yes you can safely put a tube in a tubeless tire, the problem will be that rip. It will be almost impossible to keep it closed enough so that it won't allow the tube to get in a get pinched.

[Hawk Thor]

Find a tire shop that services big rig and earth mower tires.

We rubberweld and patch tires all day long. Big rig, 1000lbs+ tires for earth mowers, 38" radials and bias plys and 46" micky thomsons are just a few I can remember from this month, not to mention all of the passenger car tires we have plugged and patched.

They might be able to weld up the tear and then you run a tube, or patch it to keep the tube from pinching.

[Cheesemaker]

What no warranty? 

Yeah you can get it rubber welded, but I'd never run it. MAYBE, for a off-road spare tire only.  But I'd try to get it warrantied, and if not, toss it out.  I've seen rubber welded tires still fail. 

Is your life worth a $300 tire? 

[brandon95 [OP]]

im not sure if they where on warranty or not it has been like 3 years or so sence they wher bought, but the truck has been parked so they have really good tread on them still. Ill have to see about the warranty. but if it isnt ill look in too having it rubber welded and tubeing it then running it as a spare

[Plekto]

Rubber weld plus a tube - a good tube, mind you, like the ones they use for bead locks - that'll work just fine.  It really depends where the tear is, though - the shop will tell you if the tire is a write-off or not.

[jimbo74]

considering all your tries have 90% on them, there would be nothing wrong with buying a new one, and running it with the 90% tires.......

[BLACKDOG]

considering all your tries have 90% on them, there would be nothing wrong with buying a new one, and running it with the 90% tires.......

With that logic, there would be nothing wrong with you buying a brand new truck because yours is broken.  If there is a cheaper option, that will make the tire usable for a while, why not? 


You can also try sewing the tear closed.  My grandfather had a tire on an old jeep he used for his property that he sewed up with parachute cord, and then siliconed the heck outta the inside, and ran a tube for a long time with it.  (He actually did it before I was born, and It was like that until he died when I was 7.  I remember it because I thought it was cool 'cause it looked like a football lacing)  Granted, I would NEVER NEVER NEVER use the tire on the road, or at high speed, but as a spare, sure.

[Rocksurfer]

Rubber weld plus a tube - a good tube, mind you, like the ones they use for bead locks - that'll work just fine.  It really depends where the tear is, though - the shop will tell you if the tire is a write-off or not.

Make sure you are at a tire shop that's not just interested in selling tires, they will tell you it is junk even if it isn't.

With that logic, there would be nothing wrong with you buying a brand new truck because yours is broken.  If there is a cheaper option, that will make the tire usable for a while, why not? 

 

[slickrock209]

Brannons Tire in stockton will do it for 30-50 bucks a tires. They fill the cut/tear with rubber patch the inside and heat the whole thing in a oven, and they come back looking like new ohh and no need for a tube too. Id run it on the street they said they usually fail with rock crawlers is the low tire pressue we run and all the stress were putting on the sidewallls.

[Rockcrawlintoy]

my buddy had a PJ fixed like this as well. as far as i know its still bein beat offroad 4 years later