Regrooving a tire - GIF

**Altair** · Mar 28, 2020, 09:27 PM

Regrooving a tire.

Previously:

Regrooving forklift tires - video
Changing tire while driving - GIF
Pressing wheels into tires in Chinese factory - GIF

**greenie** · Mar 30, 2020, 09:00 PM

Looks real good, eh, only problem now is that you have stuffed the tyre completely.
No way can that tyre ever be retreaded, once you have done that to it.

The other thing is it's illegal to do it as well, you are removing the rubber and getting down close to the wire of a steel belted radial, or, getting real close to the canvas on an old rag tyre.

All this does is make the tyre go B-A-N-G a lot bloody quicker.

**Tonyg** · Mar 31, 2020, 04:01 AM

Destroys the complete integrity of the tyre.

**Andyt** · Mar 31, 2020, 04:22 AM

They used to do it I remember back in the 80's going into a tyre works and seeing a guy doing just this.

**NeiljohnUK** · Mar 31, 2020, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by greenie

Looks real good, eh, only problem now is that you have stuffed the tyre completely.
No way can that tyre ever be retreaded, once you have done that to it.

The other thing is it's illegal to do it as well, you are removing the rubber and getting down close to the wire of a steel belted radial, or, getting real close to the canvas on an old rag tyre.

All this does is make the tyre go B-A-N-G a lot bloody quicker.

IF it was a normal car/light truck tyre I'd agree with you 100%, but it looks like a heavy truck tyre and a lot of those are designed and manufactured to be regroovable https://trucks.michelin.co.uk/Produc...and-Retreading

**byates** · Mar 31, 2020, 04:34 AM

Did the tire have an ungrooved cap put on?

**Tonyg** · Mar 31, 2020, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

IF it was a normal car/light truck tyre I'd agree with you 100%, but it looks like a heavy truck tyre and a lot of those are designed and manufactured to be regroovable https://trucks.michelin.co.uk/Produc...and-Retreading

Hi NeiljohnUK,
Thank you for that information. Did a bit of research after I watched it and found that here we can get truck tyres that are able to be regrooved, but against the law with regard to car tyres and LDV's.

Kind regards,

Tony