S**t! Inner tubes!

[2litreScapri]

Had a bit of a surprise the other day. One of my MOT advisories said about a flat tyre. Ok, nothing really major, but it has a puncture. Took it to a local Kwit-S*it on my lunch break just to get tyre repaired - ok, air leak around valve, free valve replacement - no not that simple. They deflated the tyre & asked to have a look at it - it's got an inner tube in it!They must have been on the car for years!

 

Do they still do tubed tyres for really classic cars or are all new tyres tubeless?

[FredTransit]

Yeah you can still get inner tubes, it's the quick fix for any puncture.

[Fishtailparka]

Yeah you can still get inner tubes, it's the quick fix for any puncture.

I don't think you are allowed to fix punctures that way anymore.

[FredTransit]

Maybe commercial tyres are different (heavier side wall) but we do it all the time. What else are inner tubes for?

[caprinerd]

always put inner tubes in when i was banger racing

[2litreScapri]

More annoying is that I had been looking to buy some Superlites from midland but they don't have them in stock at the mo

[bortaf]

Use inner tubes all the time if the puncture is too near the sidewall or the rim isn't holding air, usually if it's leaking from around the valve the tube is punctured, sutrely even quickfit cant be confused over something sooo simple as an inner tube in a tyre

it's normal prectice

[Fishtailparka]

I'm sure it does still happen, and it did used to be common practice, but you are still not supposed to, on commercial or otherwise.

Innertubes are not for inside tubeless tyres, the clue is in the name.

[Vista]

it's normal prectice

 

It's not good practice though. A nail in a tubeless tyre usually equals slow deflation. A nail in a tyre with a tube in it = instant and total flat.