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Offline whitefang

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Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« on: October 25, 2013, 04:37:55 PM »
hey all,
i have a bfg mud terrain KM1 tire that is harder and harder to come by these days.
it holds air without a problem but has a big gash in the tread.
can it be fixed?

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1995 xj Richmond Lock-Right front and back 2" lift 31x10.5 BFG KM 8500 superwinch

Offline AV.NINE

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 04:49:50 PM »
Gotta ask how that happened?

Offline whitefang

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 04:55:49 PM »
not sure exactly how that happened.
bought the five tires and rims as is.
the spare was the same tire so i figured i was buying four tires.
i assume a high speed accident because one of the rims was bent and had a drum brake and axle end still attached to it (not the rim with this tire)
1995 xj Richmond Lock-Right front and back 2" lift 31x10.5 BFG KM 8500 superwinch

Offline JackstandJohnny

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2013, 10:13:35 PM »
that's a gooder.

run it as a spare. call it good
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Offline morerpmfred

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2013, 10:44:56 PM »
Have melted an oversize tire before by the exhaust pipe underneath.

Offline BUKI

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2013, 12:44:35 AM »
Have melted an oversize tire before by the exhaust pipe underneath.

Lmao. Your telling me couldn't smell it;). Or maybe you thought your jeep was doing lots of burnouts. Andy you rock


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Offline whitefang

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2013, 05:55:29 PM »
that's a gooder.

run it as a spare. call it good

I would like to run it as a spare, but in this scenario my spare would have to run the same distance as my other tires.
not just from Mclean back to Calgary.
more like from Calgary to Montreal, or Vancouver, etc
1995 xj Richmond Lock-Right front and back 2" lift 31x10.5 BFG KM 8500 superwinch

Offline JackstandJohnny

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2013, 10:58:59 PM »
on a 95 XJ?

i'd be worried about a lot more things on a trip from montreal to Calgary.........

if its that big of an issue buy new tires............
« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 11:00:45 PM by JackstandJohnny »
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Offline whitefang

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Re: Can this tire be fixed??? vulcanized??
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2013, 07:50:00 PM »
these are new (to me) tires. 4 are good. this one is a spare.
you should have seen the old tires!
and they took me to vancouver and back!
in my 95 xj! 8)
1995 xj Richmond Lock-Right front and back 2" lift 31x10.5 BFG KM 8500 superwinch