pmb
Club Member
Posts: 20
Primary Vehicle: Rav4
Year: 2002
Model Spec/Trim: VX
Engine Capacity: 2000
Fuel Type: Petrol
Transmission: Manual
Drive Type: 4WD/AWD
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Post by pmb on Mar 28, 2018 18:30:39 GMT
In 40 years of driving I've never seen this before. I've googled and others have remarked on the same but not found out what it is. It is a thin plastic/paper label? about 25 mm long and 6 mm wide where the tyre meets the wheel so (I'm guessing) all of what is attached to it cannot be pulled out. Your thoughts please.... It is bugging me.
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Post by davrav on Mar 28, 2018 18:39:15 GMT
My guess is it's a small label of some kind that was on the tyre bead when fitted and it has now worked it's way out.
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Post by three5 on Mar 28, 2018 18:45:18 GMT
My guess is it's a small label of some kind that was on the tyre bead when fitted and it has now worked it's way out. Pretty poor tyre fitting to leave a label in the sealing area, do you know who fitted the tyres? I guess the problem could be solved by unseating the tyre on the affected side and removing the label. It shouldn't need rebalancing and it's about 10 minutes work for a tyre fitter. |
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pmb
Club Member
Posts: 20
Primary Vehicle: Rav4
Year: 2002
Model Spec/Trim: VX
Engine Capacity: 2000
Fuel Type: Petrol
Transmission: Manual
Drive Type: 4WD/AWD
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Post by pmb on Mar 28, 2018 20:07:47 GMT
It's several years ago since all 5 tyres were changed. I'll go to the local tyre place hopefully tomorrow and get them to have a look. Thanks as usual guys.
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Post by davrav on Mar 31, 2018 19:37:40 GMT
Definitely labels on the new tyre rim/bead. Was at local tyre fitters yesterday and had to wait whilst an almost new tyre was replaced owing to a pinprick puncture dead on the shoulder. Had a good gander at the new tyres stacked up and some had no labels, others one or two and a few had three of them, all just on the inner edge. I guess the barcodes are used for identification and stock control.
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