No idea, I was doing 70 mph on the M40 when it happened, luckily it was a rear wheel, I felt the drag so pulled over to the hard shoulder and changed it, I don't think you are allowed to do it, but I was young & stupidHow did that happen and not damage the wheel?
Looks a good tyre I would stitch that with cable ties and put a tube in it.I'm glad I had a spare when this happened, no amount of gunk and a compressor would fix it!
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I took the foam bit out of our Mii ev and put a matching alloy in, had to deflate it to get it in, the pump will re inflate it,My mrs's Seat MII ev has no spare, its space has been nicked by the granny charger holder, charging lead stockage and other bits n bobs, but it comes with a air pump and slime. "who needs a spare anyway, I'll just call the breakdown" she says at my concerns...
First puncture, big tear in the sidewall, fancy alloy's a odd size as she had the demo car and it had every option fitted. Came home on a breakdown truck after a 3 hour wait, and nobody in the region can supply the tyre size within 48 hours because its a bank holiday weekend. Buy new tyre online, comes next day, fit it with tyre levers myself in the shed.
I keep saying we should get a spare wheel, because even if its not in the car, I'm usually within easy driving distance, and I dont take 2 hours to turn up like the breakdown.
When I used to do international runs in my sprinter, I carried two spares, because I could.
When I was looking at used cars a few years ago, it was either VW or Volvo had a spare wheel with the tyre deflated and sidewalls sort of folded to get it to fit in the wheel well.I took the foam bit out of our Mii ev and put a matching alloy in, had to deflate it to get it in, the pump will re inflate it,
a new ply board over the top covers it
Full size steel wheels would be available for these.
Do you have a link?
The wind farm workers here don’t carry spares for the same reason, not allowed to change them. Got to call out the breakdown servicesMy last 3 vans have all been either ex-council or ex-fleet and none of them had spare wheels.
When I questioned why I was told " Ooh, we can't risk our employees having to change wheels at the side of the road." When I asked what happens if they have a puncture in their own car on the way to work there was an embarrassed silence...
OH's new Fiesta didn't have a spare when she bought it so we sorted one from ebay, I regularly drive up to Kinlochbervie on scuba diving jaunts and I always carry 2 spares. And I remember changing punctures on the wagons 30-odd years ago, parked on the hard shoulder of a motorway with a bottle jack holding up a trailer loaded with 25 tons while I wrestled with the wheel brace and a 4' scaffold tube. And in those days it was normal to stop and help if you could, unlike modern times where you drive past filming it to post on faceache...
OK so for my W205 it has 17" AMG alloys staggered size front and rear.
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So if I buy a spare full sized wheel it should be a front. Very few decent single wheels around.
I have located a 17 inch genuine MB space saver wheel which is supposed to be correct fitment for this car. Meaning it should clear the front brake calipers. So on Saturday I will go to that yard and test fit it onto the front of my car and ensure it does fit. I have a set of rhe proper MB steel spare wheel bolts too already.
If it fits, then the space saver with a fitted cover would be a better solution for storage and I may leave it in the boot full time then.
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(I couldn't realistically keep a full sized uncovered alloy wheel in the boot full time)
That's fairly standard policy for company vehicles now.My last 3 vans have all been either ex-council or ex-fleet and none of them had spare wheels.
When I questioned why I was told " Ooh, we can't risk our employees having to change wheels at the side of the road." When I asked what happens if they have a puncture in their own car on the way to work there was an embarrassed silence...
As a boy, effectively working for my older brothers, if I had said anything like that to them, I know exactly the response I'd have got for not getting on with it and changing a bloody tyre.That's fairly standard policy for company vehicles now.
If an employee changes a wheel, then the company is liable should anything happen to them when changing it, or should anything happen after it's been changed.
What you do with your own vehicle, in your own time, is your own liability, not the company's.
That's fairly standard policy for company vehicles now.
If an employee changes a wheel, then the company is liable should anything happen to them when changing it, or should anything happen after it's been changed.
What you do with your own vehicle, in your own time, is your own liability, not the company's.
Make sure it is rust in the hub - I discovered alloy wheel bolts on one of mine, when used with a thinner steel wheel, passed out the back of the hub and up against the upright.I got an original Mercedes 17 inch space saver today. Tested it on the front with the large brake calipers and all good. Got an original MB jack too which are compact and solid
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The yellow blister pack are the MB steel wheel bolts to go with.
I wanted to test fit the wheel to make sure all was well and I discovered another problem that would have been bad at the roadside!
The threads in the hub are corroded to the point where the steel wheel bolts won't Thread all the way in! So I have ordered a correct sized tap and I will remove all wheel bolts and tap them to ensure that is not an ongoing problem.
I will clean, touch up the rust and order a carry bag for this space saver and throw it in the boot. That leaves me properly sorted now with emergency kit in this car.
PS in terms of wheel braces only the top one below is any use! The extendable ones with the Swan neck work against you when undoing very tight bolts. Just wrong angle hence a breaker bar is the way to go and a thin wall alloy wheel socket.
Make sure it is rust in the hub - I discovered alloy wheel bolts on one of mine, when used with a thinner steel wheel, passed out the back of the hub and up against the upright.
Even if all cars came with a spare and a tool kit how many drivers today would want to change a wheel or even know how to? An awful lot of them don’t even know how to check the pressures or the most basics of car maintenance