VelocityYellowRules! luck continues...................

So harvest is finally over. Well a few acres of canola to practice my straight cutting skills on that I'll do after I take my son to school but otherwise it was done yesterday afternoon. No snow on the ground yet either - coming on Monday it appears according to the forecast but then 8 and 10 above two days later.

So I called the tire store two days ago. The guy I ordered the tire through was not in and the guy I talked with said he would look for it and call me back and nothing yet. Sheesh!

I did take a peak under the car and found the puck mounting place so I think I'm good to go there. If the tire is in then I'll block the wheels, put it in gear, park brake on, loosen the wheel nuts, jack it up and take it in. Then tackle the fender liner and hopefully get on the road!

I was wondering though, given that these are odd tire sizes and these cars don't carry spares, do any of you ever worry about longer distance road trips and getting a flat and not being able to get a replacement tire if it couldbe be patched for some reason? Or would you just be comfortable with having a boot put on if one could and continuing on your way and just not going any crazy speeds until a fresh tire could be obtained?? I'd hate to be on a trip somewhere far from home, get a flat and be stuck for a few days awaiting a tire to arrive!!!!!!

Cheers,

Garry
 
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Garry, I guess part of the issue with tires is exactly what you are experiencing. Availability.

It is always a concern with the lack of spare, I would be just a worried about finding a shop that could change a tire without damaging the rim. I keep my DynaPlug kit along with a few hand tools to help repair a flat on the road. I know that repairs like that should be professionally inspected but the only time I used my kit (another car) I am pleased to say it continues to work over a year later. My Z06 has a compressor but to be honest I have never used it, don't even know if it works. Maybe I should check that out.:Confused5:

Best of luck getting your damage repaired. Always enjoy your farming stories. Keep them coming.:thumbs:
 
The dyna plug would be best, (yes I've used it) but I also carry a can of inflate and seal JIK ... I don't like the stuff and neither do the tire shops but it could come in handy in an emerg.

I also carry an air pump.

Personally I wouldn't worry about a mismatched tire just to get you home but the experts say there could be traction differences so care must be exercised.

Garry,
Good to hear that the crops went well this year and Mother Nature cooperated.:) Thanks for keeping the shelves stocked up for us.:thumbs:

C.
 
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Good to hear the grain is in the bin! If I remember anything from previous years, I am now looking forward to the stories about how slow and unaccommodating the rail is. (Although, not fun for you, the stories help us get through winter).

Keep us up to date with the tire issue. I don't worry about a blow out bad enough so the tire can't be repaired as it's very rare and for smaller items, like the other guys, I have a Dyna Tool to take care of the other 99% of flats.
 
So some humor, some frustration.

Went to straight cut some few acres of canola where it was too wet when i was swathing. Swithced headers on the combine, drove six miles to the fields.................to find out that my uncle combined it when he was doing some of his wet areas!!!!!

The tire......................frustration.

So never got a call back from the tire store on Thursday, called Friday morning - the tire is "lost in transit and we have a trace on it".

Really?

So considering that the tire was ordered on the 5th of October at what point exactly did they realize that it was "lost"? Maybe it takes such a long time for such an uncommon tire size to be brought in but the communication was lacking I feel.................

My gf, who works as the service manager for a RV dealer said that the "lost in transit" line is what they give to customers when they've screwed up and forgotten to do something, like in this case ordering the tire to start with!

No call yesterday with news either.

Starting to get resigned to the fact that I might have to just take the tire off and to my local dealer and have a patch put on it. It will help with driving in excess of highway sppeds if I go get it out on the road for one more drive. But with snow expected for two consecutive days on the weekend and not sure what the weather will be like after that I need to get the car mobile so I can do its winter oil change and to be able to get it onto the trailer and then into the SeaCan. Plus replacing the fender liner too.

Only going to be a high of +4 today but as long as it is not windy. Some snow fell yesterday but I hope it may have melted by now. Have to pickup my garden hose and put it int he shed now that I think about too!

Yes, incorrectly sized rear tires (diameter wise) apparently can be bad for the diff as it will always be working on one side.............so I understand.

A disappointing experience and end to the driving season for me..................

Cheers,

Garry
 
Garry,

Keep the faith my friend. Better days are ahead as the saying goes.......but wasn't that a nice surprise to see that uncle looked after nephew like that.

I think your tire will magically appear soon now that they've ordered it and put an express on it.:) (and if they haven't they damned well should have.)

Colin
 
Good morning Colin!

Uncle didn't look after nephew exactly, uncle wasted nephews time when he was switching headers and driving 6 miles for nothing (combines are not that fast on the road!) and where exactly is nephew's grain?? I care less that he did it then he didn't let me know.

I hope the tire does come. but like I said I think I'm faced with the reality that I need to take the tire off, replace the liner, have the tore patched and at least put it in storage for the winter. I think I only put 4000 km on it this year, I did 10,000 in 2014 and will have to try for more in 2016!

You have yours inside for good now?? Any last road trips planned??

Cheers,

Garry
 
I see what you mean Garry but at least he tried.

Put the C4 away last week but still have the C6 on the road for the odd day trip to meet the guys and gals at Bobbies.
. We should get a few more decent days yet.
Like you we got very little 'vette time this summer with one thing or another....hoping next summer has more miles in store.
C.
 
Good afternoon Colin,

Ya well I'll wait until the canola he combined arrives at the farm before I start being thankful!! To be sure it was nice but it would have been nicer had he let us know so I could have saved some time switching headers and taking a combine road trip.

So, the tire has a boot on it and the new fender liner is in place! Sort of happy. The most interesting thing was finding the culprit responsible for this whole fiasco still in the back part of the fender!! An, about, 4 inch by 1/2 inch threaded do-hicky! Seeing this thing now I'm lucky that the non-tire damage wasn't worse than just the cracked fender liner (in like 4 places!) and that it didn't shoot through some of the bodywork itself!!

The guys at the local tire store (would have used them but they don't sell Nitto's) were interested in such a wide tire ("what's it off of??") but showed me the damage to the tire - a fairly major puncture. This was before I discovered what caused it. So nice to know it was not a tire failure. But still a disappointment.

The tire changing experience was sort of fun, as much as something like this can be fun. I was really happy that I had the presence of mind that when the towing company was backing the car off the deck I had them place a 4 by 4 inder the flat tire. I couldn't get my floor jack under the car at first but I got out the air compressor and it was a race between teh car going up and air hissing out and trying to get the puck and jack in position. In the end I won but is was the rate of hissing air that at first made me realize how big the hole was!

Removing the innder fender liner actually sort of scare me as I was worried about getting everything back tucked into the right areas. I was smart in that when my cousin was doing some work on a truck I saw him taking pictures with his phone and so I did the same thing in case I needed to refer to how things went originally. Lucky that I did nto have to refer to them. It was actually harder to get the fender liner out I found than to get the new one in place. Probably the only time I've ever used a 7 mm socket too!

So as much as I'd like to take the car for a rip I'll wait until tomorrow or Friday when it is due ot be warmer.

Still no call from the other tire store about my "missing" tire yet today................

But honestly I'm actually kind of happy that I'll be able to drive it to the tire store when it does arrive, or to just put it into storage after the oil change and washing if it doesn't get here before the snow gets too deep!...............

Here is a YouTube link with some pictures I took:



Cheers,

Garry
 
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Garry... That was a big threaded do-hickey!!
I'm glad you got your new fender liner installed. great job.
Good luck with the new tire arriving soon..I hope.

I believe our friend Riley had a big-ass threaded bolt intrude into one of his tires last year..!
Fixed with a DynaPlug tool if I remember correctly..... 6 plugs..!

thanx for the update..
graham
 
Correct! The bolt wasn't quite as big but the most shocking part was that the nut on the bolt made it through the tire!
Glad to hear you got it all fixed up so the car is mobile again! But it sucks the tire shop couldn't just get the correct tire on in the first place.
 
Good morning Riley,

Wow, the nut made it through?? It shows how odd things can be. I'm not sure but I am thinking that the bolt had to both penetrate the tire on mine and then spun around a time or two to end up with the multiple impacts causing so much damage. I mean damage to the back of the fender area, damage to the front, damage to the side, it couldn't have happened if it went in the tire and then came out. Maybe it go bounced around a few times before finally coming to rest at the back inside of the fender area??

Still sort of sad with but three days before three days of flurries etc. Not having a whole lot of hope that I'll be getting a new tire or having a few km of final driving before it gets white out for good this year.

But as with all things, I live in hope that it will be a better season in 2016!

Cheers,

Garry
 
Here is a picture of the bolt, the plug I made with 8 Dyna Plug inserts, and a couple of the hole the bolt made. The Dyna Plug helped me get the last 40 km back home on the highway with only having to stop twice to top up the tire pressure.

Bolt from Tire.JPG Dyna Plug Plug.JPG Hole in Carcase 2.JPG Hole in Carcase.JPG
 
Good morning Riley,

I laughed out loud when I saw that we both have keepsake pictures of our tire puncturing bolts! I'm thinking of keeping mine in the car as a keepsake, you know, the bolt that cost me $750 and 4 weeks of driving pleasure! I've had nail and screw and once even a tarp strap hook give me a flat tire but nothing that ever destroyed a tire so that it could not be repaired.

Then again with cars that go this flat who wants to be pinching pennies with a safety issue like this?

Still what are the odds of having the bolts strike the surface of the tire so that it results in a full penetration rather than just bouncing off the tire
instead?

Cheers,

Garry
 
Riley and Garry that is just unreal how much damage those bolts did. I am amazed that eight DynaPlugs actually managed to hold air in a hole that size.
 
Even though I think about taking the car for quick spin (dreaming it will still be yet to get the new tire in Peace River 25 km away) that desire is tempered by the thought that you can actually "peal back" the flap of tire and see the boot that was applied!! Helps to keep me in the driveway right now.................

Cheers,

Garry
 
VelocityYellowRules! said:
Even though I think about taking the car for quick spin (dreaming it will still be yet to get the new tire in Peace River 25 km away) that desirte is tempered by the thought that you can actually "peal back" the flap of tire and see teh boot that was applied!! Helps to keep me in the driveway right now.................

Cheers,

Garry
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Good move Garry -- don't be tempted brother. Looks like it was quite a large hole that was patched. If it were me I'd be inclined to take the wheel off and take it in to PR for the new tire install. Sounds like the weather is turning bad anyway.

A spare set of wheels/tires may be a good investment considering your circumstances. Just a thought, and I love spending other's money.:)

G/L with the weather and the new tire arriving soon.

C.
 
Good morning Colin,

Time is pressing in! Cousin John is coming over this morning and we're going to install the clutch in my tractor. We have four hours before I have to go to get Aidan from school. Then I'd like to give the Z06 a wash and get it onto the trailer and then into the SeaCan.

Ya, I'd like to be able to change the tire too - if the tire store would ever call and say it's come in! I've almost given up hope at this point.

But your comment on a spare rim and tire is not a bad one and I'll have to troll Kijiji and see if something comes up there. Sort of sad to have so much driving season lost over this problem..........

Next year, whether in farming or Z06 driving.........!!!!!!

Cheers,

Garry
 

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