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Run-flat tyres: the tyre-fitting problem

Run-flat tyres and tyre fitting: why a stiff sidewall is hard to fit onto a wheel, and why most workshops will not repair such a tyre.

Serhii Maslov Section: Run-flat tyres Updated:

The seventh nuance: problems with tyre fitting. The thing is, a substantially stiffer sidewall makes fitting the tyre to the wheel harder, and that calls for the right equipment. At a roadside tyre-repair shop (and, in fact, at most city tyre fitters too) they are unlikely to even attempt to fix a tyre like this. Which means that, once again, either you need a spare wheel, or you will have to call in the heavy artillery: a recovery truck, mobile breakdown assistance and so on. Here again we have to mention the road infrastructure, and what equipment the average tyre-repair shop, especially in Eastern Europe, actually has today.

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