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Fri 25 Jun 2004 15:08
huge wad of tar on tyre - misterp
SWMBO reported that her car felt funny and the steering wheel vibrated.
On inspectin of the front tyre there is a piece of tar abot a foot in length and the full width caked onto the tread of front nearside tyre
Any sugestions as to how the heck I can get this off without damaging a relatively new tyre or is it a new tyre?
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Fri 25 Jun 2004 16:20
huge wod of tar on tyre - trancer
Using a large flat blade screwdriver or putty knife (don't know what they are called here) dig off as much of the tar as you can, then use some WD40 to dissolve the rest. Be sure to wash the WD40 off before your first drive and that drive should be a slow one.
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Fri 25 Jun 2004 16:34
huge wod of tar on tyre - Victorbox
I agree WD40 is good for shifting tar. The problem is you will need to dig it carefully out of the tyre tread. Get as much as you can out. My wife once ran her tyres through spilt thick paint in the local car park that filled the treads. After a good clean up the flexing of the tyres over the next 100 miles ar so eventually shifted the small residue still trapped in the tread.
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Fri 25 Jun 2004 18:08
huge wod of tar on tyre - misterp
Cheers
Yes with a putty knife and white spirit I've eventually got it all off.Hope the white spirit wont damage the rubber (didn't think to use WD40). A truely horrible job that has taken about 90 mins including removal and replacement of wheel.Cheers wife!
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Fri 25 Jun 2004 18:32
huge wod of tar on tyre - trancer
Considering the other option was a new tyre, then you have just "made" 40-XX pounds in 90 mins and that is an excellent rate of pay in my book 8-)
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Fri 25 Jun 2004 19:19
huge wod of tar on tyre - Mapmaker
Scarcely her fault!
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Fri 25 Jun 2004 23:37
huge wod of tar on tyre - defender
if you deflate the tyre to as low as you dare go without damage,possibly down to 12psi and drive it slowly for a short distance it should clean itself,as long as the sidewalls are not touching down on itself squashed by the rim it will do no harm.do this with the tyres cold.
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Sat 26 Jun 2004 01:20
huge wod of tar on tyre - martint123
Using one of the aerosols of 'freezer' on the tar will make it solid and it will peel off in one solid piece (useful to remember if you ever get any on clothes).

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