Contaminated Tyre

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  1. Sulby140

    Sulby140 Active Member

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    Gents,
    Wee problem, recent holed rad sprayed coolant over the RH front brake and tyre, brake is fine and have washed and scrubbed the tyre. Pretty sure ok in the dry but in the wet? Unless someone can suggest a cleaner looks like I'll need to replace the 1k front.....ideas welcome...
    Cheers Mike
     
    #1 Sulby140, Mar 31, 2014
  2. garyauk

    garyauk Active Member

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    Your tyre will be fine mate
     
    #2 garyauk, Mar 31, 2014
  3. sps170373

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    You should be ok mate, might be worth to just give it all a hose down again to be sure
     
    #3 sps170373, Mar 31, 2014
  4. raphael

    raphael Elite Member

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    just had the same fella! i used muc off degreaser hot soapy water and a scourer and was fine the next day in the wet just go steady and see how you feel after
     
    #4 raphael, Mar 31, 2014
  5. Mike07

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    Plenty of soapy water, it will be fine. Think of what it runs through on the road all the time, if a bit of antifreeze was going to kill it your tyre would not last two mins.
    Mike.
     
    #5 Mike07, Mar 31, 2014
  6. SIDEWAYS

    SIDEWAYS Senior Member

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    The thing you need to worry about rubber on tyres is if it has been imersed in an oil or an acid.Coolant is ok cos it does not harm rubber only after long years of it going past its effectiveness then it becomes acidic and corrosive.As others have said soapy water would be fine.
     
    #6 SIDEWAYS, Mar 31, 2014
  7. Sulby140

    Sulby140 Active Member

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    Thanks guys. I'll give it another clean as a precaution and take it steady until I'm ok with it.
    Mike
     
    #7 Sulby140, Apr 1, 2014
  8. martinowen

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    Clean it and forget about it or it will be in the back of your mind for ages and ruin your ride!
     
    #8 martinowen, Apr 2, 2014
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  9. Nick_BladeRR

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    +1 on this
     
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  10. glynn

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    Think how much **** there is on the roads, the tyre will be fine.
     
    #10 glynn, Apr 2, 2014
  11. Sulby140

    Sulby140 Active Member

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    Cheers guys,
    200+ Wednesday and today, no issues including wet, btw West Mercia Radiators did a good job on the rad, also returned it immaculately clean..took a week from sending to return....

    Mike
     
    #11 Sulby140, Apr 4, 2014

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