Plug, but?

I have a set of PR4 tyres and have managed to get a puncture in the rear tyre at around 400 miles.

I want to get this plugged, BUT, I heard somewhere you can not plug these tyres, is that really true and I have to buy another????

If you can plug them, is there a special way to do this type of tyre?

Cheers
Steve

 

No you can plug them, I got a puncture in my rear PR4 and the dolt at the tyre place tried to tell me they couldn't be plugged as they don't seal.
I contacted Michelin and asked them and they said they actually guarantee their tyre for up to 3 repairs.
Took the tyre elsewhere and got it fixed with a mushroom plug

 

Here's the email

Hello Tom,

Thanks for getting in touch with Michelin.

Michelin are in fact the only premium tyre manufacturer in the UK that authorises permanent repairs to its ZR rated tyres, such as your Pilot Road 4 tyres. There is absolutely no reason why the carcass construction on our tyres would prevent a proper airtight repair being carried out.

As with the British Standards guidelines on tyre repair BSAU195F, we ONLY recommend using mushroom type repairs with a maximum diameter of 3mm for ZR rated tyres. We never recommend minor tyre repairs of any type be repaired with a patch. A patch does not seal the penetration site from contamination, while a mushroom plug type repair seals from the inside and along the length of the puncture site and through the tread area, and is mechanicaly secure.

The British Standard BSAU195f gives "Specification for repairs to tyres for motor vehicles used on the public highway" and has been adopted by the AA, the BRMA (British Rubber Manufacturers Association), NTDA (National Tyre Distributors Association), RHA (Road Haulage Association) and many others, as the standard to which tyres should be repaired to in the UK. It states that tyres repaired in accordance with this standard "shall be able to operate at their original speeds, loads and inflation pressures".

Repairs should only be entrusted to a specialist who will accept total responsibility for the repair.

I hope that this helps,

Best regards,

Tony

 

Tom, that's awesome, just what I needed, thanks very much

 

Did think as much Steve. Good news.

 

phew, I was worried for a moment there. Not least by the title as I read it in reverse

 

Hahahaha

 

Damn you beat me to it with that one

 

Very good news, thought I was in for another tyre..

Sorry about the title, complete accident of course, lol

 

Glad it wasn't just me then.

 

my rear is plugged, been in so long now I don't notice......

... Seriously though my PR4 was plugged at about 1K miles, and have not worries about it. Used plugs on both track and road. Saying that I have been using the same place to plug my tyres for year so that have gained a lot of trust. The plugs they use are the mushroom type, there is no way it would fail