Chunk of wood caught in tyre bead

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Went to Toolangi yesterday and had some fun. Washing the car today I noticed a chunk of wood has been trapped between the rim and the bead of the tyre and it doesn't want to come out with gentle traction.



I'm assuming it happened out on the tracks while the tyre pressures were down but not sure why it wasn't noticed when pumping the tyres back up and checking pressures before heading home. The rim has been pretty scuffed up to, one of the drawbacks of having 18" rims (I have a Kakadu) is less sidewall protection from your tyres.

Would it be possible to remove it by deflating the tyre or will the tyre need to come off the rim? It doesn't seem to be losing any air but I'm concerned about doing further damage by driving it as is, mind you it was driven all the way home like that.

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Quite likely you can deflate the tyre and remove it, otherwise you don't have to take the tyre off just break the bead and clean it out.

Cheers Andrew

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The video in the first post shows how to break the bead and clean it out, was sand in that case but same deal really.
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...l=1#post381214

Cheers Andrew

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It will damage the bead over time, so the best bet would be to remove it as soon as possible. You may be able to remove it by letting alot of air out of the tyre, grabbing the wood with a set of pliers and rocking the tyre away from the rim while pulling on the wood (hard to describe but I'm sure you get the idea). If not a tyre shop should charge you no more than a puncture repair to fix it, they would only need to unseat that bead and clean it up.

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Thanks AJ and Andy, I'll have a go at deflating the tyre first.

[Heath74 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Heath74]

I've removed similar, using the method described above. Just remove the wheel, lay it down flat, totally deflate, grab the wood with some pliers, and try to get it out in one piece.

Worst case if you can't get it all, drop it in to a tyre place anyway. So really it's worth a go.

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So the wheel has to be removed first? I tried just deflating the tyre but couldn't budge it.

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I would have given it a try still on the car, but if you can't get it pull the wheel off, lay it down and stand either side of the wood on the tyre to pull it away from the bead (the larger you are the more effective it will be, who said salads are better than pies for lunch).

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It will be easier with the wheel off, you can stand on the tyre to help open gap. Use a tyre lever to help if you have one.

Cheers Andrew

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I would have given it a try still on the car, but if you can't get it pull the wheel off, lay it down and stand either side of the wood on the tyre to pull it away from the bead

It's looking like it's caught underneath the lip of the rim and it's just splintering while I try to grab it out. Have also found a decent cut in the sidewall in another part of the tyre so I think it might be a tyre shop job anyway.

It will be easier with the wheel off, you can stand on the tyre to help open gap. Use a tyre lever to help if you have one.

OK, might give that a shot before taking it in to the tyre shop. Going to pump it back up for now and see if it leaks overnight.

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Sorry, double post.

[AussieAndy Find all posts View Profile Close AussieAndy]

Cut in the sidewall means tyre replacement
Drop it in and see what they say, just want to prepare you for the worst

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Cut in the sidewall means tyre replacement

Yeah I know, I only saw it once I deflated the tyre. It's not big but you can see the split.

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Just checked pressure on the damaged tyre and it hasn't lost any overnight. Will try and get to a tyre shop today to have it checked out but might not have time before work.

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Got the tyre issue sorted today at the local dealership, the tyre had to come off the rim. They said the tyre itself is OK so fingers crossed!