1500 miles and an RFT flat
12-26-2005, 11:30 AM
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We've been out of town for about a week (in beautiful southern CA) and we sent our teenage son home early to go on a ski trip. Anyway, he reports that my new baby has an obvious flat. It is parked in the garage. I drove it on a 100 mile trip the night before we left and had no problems or warnings. What should I do? Should I get BMW Assist to come out today while my son is there and change the tire? I really don't understand how these RFT's work. From searching the posts I see some repair and others replace.
12-26-2005, 11:38 AM
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Officially, you aren't supposed to repair a RFT, but I had a tire shop patch the puncture from the inside and haven't had any problems so far.
You can replace it entirely if that gives you peace of mind and don't mind spending the $$$.
Keep in mind not all tire shops are willing to repair a RFT because of my first 8 words, and not all tire shops have the new equipment necessary to mount/dismount RFT's. Conventional equipment will work, but may scratch your rims because the RFT is very difficult to dismount from the rim.
You can replace it entirely if that gives you peace of mind and don't mind spending the $$$.
Keep in mind not all tire shops are willing to repair a RFT because of my first 8 words, and not all tire shops have the new equipment necessary to mount/dismount RFT's. Conventional equipment will work, but may scratch your rims because the RFT is very difficult to dismount from the rim.
12-26-2005, 01:43 PM
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12-26-2005, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by lattelady' post='215711' date='Dec 26 2005, 03:30 PM
We've been out of town for about a week (in beautiful southern CA) and we sent our teenage son home early to go on a ski trip. Anyway, he reports that my new baby has an obvious flat. It is parked in the garage. I drove it on a 100 mile trip the night before we left and had no problems or warnings. What should I do? Should I get BMW Assist to come out today while my son is there and change the tire? I really don't understand how these RFT's work. From searching the posts I see some repair and others replace.
Tire shops won't repair because they are concerned that the 50/50 rule was not followed and might end up with liability. If this rule was followed, then the tire should be repairable given that the problem is in the tread area. If you think the rule was followed, then you might be able to convince a tire shop to do the repair. To keep from driving on the damaged tire, you might want to have the donut put on for the trip to the tire shop--for repair or replacement.
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We've been out of town for about a week (in beautiful southern CA) and we sent our teenage son home early to go on a ski trip. Anyway, he reports that my new baby has an obvious flat. It is parked in the garage. I drove it on a 100 mile trip the night before we left and had no problems or warnings. What should I do? Should I get BMW Assist to come out today while my son is there and change the tire? I really don't understand how these RFT's work. From searching the posts I see some repair and others replace.
Tire shops won't repair because they are concerned that the 50/50 rule was not followed and might end up with liability. If this rule was followed, then the tire should be repairable given that the problem is in the tread area. If you think the rule was followed, then you might be able to convince a tire shop to do the repair. To keep from driving on the damaged tire, you might want to have the donut put on for the trip to the tire shop--for repair or replacement.
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Whats the 50/50 rule..not something Ive heard about in the UK
12-28-2005, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by lattelady' post='215711' date='Dec 26 2005, 12:30 PM
We've been out of town for about a week (in beautiful southern CA) and we sent our teenage son home early to go on a ski trip. Anyway, he reports that my new baby has an obvious flat. It is parked in the garage. I drove it on a 100 mile trip the night before we left and had no problems or warnings. What should I do? Should I get BMW Assist to come out today while my son is there and change the tire? I really don't understand how these RFT's work. From searching the posts I see some repair and others replace.
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Hi Guys,
I think the comments above sum up the feeling from the industry on runflats; they should not be repaired. But this is based on the unknown by the tyre fitters - how long has the tyre been driven flat.
However having seen first hand the difficulty in getting the tyres off and on (two person job at times), I suspect there's more in the hastle factor. I'm sure they make more money on a new tyre then they do on a repair, and much less comeback.
I think the comments above sum up the feeling from the industry on runflats; they should not be repaired. But this is based on the unknown by the tyre fitters - how long has the tyre been driven flat.
However having seen first hand the difficulty in getting the tyres off and on (two person job at times), I suspect there's more in the hastle factor. I'm sure they make more money on a new tyre then they do on a repair, and much less comeback.
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