Flat Tyre question post SHTF

[Devonian]

(23 April 2014, 16:32)Lightspeed Wrote: Devonian: Would you be so kind as to describe how you 4x4 boys get tubeless tyres off their rims, what you use to repair them and how you get them back on the rims again?

The last 4x4 tyre I changed on my own was on an 88" landy.... but that was steel rims and tubed tyres.

Are tubes still available in modern LR rim sizes???

All modern Landy tyres are tubeless, though I know that some people (particularly overlanders) will carry tubes to use in an emergency.

I've never taken a tyre of the rim, you would normally repair the tyre whilst still on the rim using one of the kits in my earlier post, like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRQJgTxRhOA

The repair kits start at about £12 ish and will repair several tyres, though obviously these are no good if you slice through the side wall, but then most punctures will be a nail or similar which can be dealt with fairly easily.

You can however get the tyres on/off using levers (large screwdrivers/pry bars), though it is easier said than done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qpKdkTIfSw