Russia is for sure on my list of future travel destinations.. right after Somalia. No, I do not want to visit either of them. And I try to avoid cheap far east holiday destinations known to be popular with Russians.
When I was young and broke, I fixed a leak in a bald tire with orange RTV and a piece of duct tape. It was a leak in the tread that would go completely flat in about 30 minutes. I cleaned the hole out with an old round file and cleaned around it with brake -Kleen. Then I squeezed the RTV (from the squeeze tube🙄) into the hole and slapped a chunk of duct tape on it and left it overnight. Next day I aired it up and it held! I put about another 50 miles on that tire back and forth to work until my next payday 👍😎
Ah, also a man of culture I see. -99% broken BMW in the driveway -3 straight seasons on winters -Double digits in the bank account -"I'll do it tomorrow"
I’m also curious on the puncture durability and stuff like that.. can’t wait to see more 😂 this channel is definitely one of my new favorites, my mind is blown every time I watch 😂
Not only impressive work but seriously impressive results too. I thought the caulk would harden up much more in the cold let alone the studs even remaining in the tires too.
0:24 there's still 2 seasons left in them bad boys. i actually drove a bmw e46 325i with bald tires like that one winter. driving it was actually pretty fine like it moved fine it was only braking that was a problem as the wheels would just lock up. so you had to plan ahead and look far forward so you had enough time to slow down
@@volvo09there’s no law that says you must have officially produced tires is there?!? And The actual tires are produced by a legal tire manufacturer. It’s Basically a retread Which is totally legal. If it’s a retread able tire.
Use 80 grit sandpaper to rough up the tire surface. Apply a urethane adhesion promoter. Make a trowel blade that's adjustable to be held at a fixed height above the old tread so the urethane windshield adhesive can be smoothed to an even thickness. When the first thin layer is on, let it dry then apply a second thin layer followed by a Kevlar cord wrap into the wet urethane, with spacing between the cord. Finish by applying a final, thicker layer. Let that fully cure than use a tire groover to cut tread blocks almost down to the Kevlar cord.
I've made tyres for radio controlled cars that are moulded from 100% black silicone caulking and fibreglass fly screen mesh for the belting. They actually hold up really good.
Now go to a company that rethreads tires and let them show you how they do it. Complete by testing rethreaded tires and show how it worked out. There are a lot of myths about rethreaded tires but a lot of commercial freight traffic is running on rethreads. Back many years ago you would sometimes see complete thread paths that had ripped free of the tires on the highway, but now it's been many years since I saw that. Someone claimed modern rethreads are extremely durable and good for even normal cars. It would be interesting to see just how well modern rethreads are compared to normal tires. It is an attempt at saving money, so I assume they are rather limited in what they can do. But at the same time with heavy long haul trucks often using them it's interesting to see just what they are using on our roads.
I had a mountain bike with wide knobbly off-road tyres . Started a new job and realised the wheels are terrible drag on roads to work. Spent the evening in front of the TV . cutting most of the tread off . Made a huge difference to drag
Im surprised how well it worked, Could see it being handy if you was in a remote village and needed to repair a tire for the time being. wonder if the tires was scuffed up then put the sealant on would hold to the tire better.
The hardest thing on studded tires is running on dry pavement. Quality studs will have a core of carbide or equivalent with an outer jacket of softer metal. This gives a much longer wear tip and longer life. The outer jacket wears and exposes the carbide over the life of the stud. It is also my experience that the factory installed studs stay in the tire while the injected studs done at tire shops get ejected much, much quicker.
man, gunna hafta try this now... i can't beleive it help up after a burn out like that, with 'normal' driving it should be ok for a while i'd say. i got many old crappy tires, and winter is just starting... see how far i can get before they explode or i end up in a ditch
Those look like they would hold up better than some remoulds. I remember years ago a friend had a lend of his grandfathers Volvo 240 which has a brand new set of really cheap remoulds. Showing off he did a burnout and the tyres literally came apart with lumps flying everywhere. Had to go and buy a new set before he gave the car back
Wow ! Impressive how the studded sealant glue/rubber fix worked and held together. Doing this fix on tires running purely on snow, and being easy on the accelerator, and it may work for a little while. Didn't say how many tubes are needed pr. tire ? So it probably is cheaper and better to change the tires. Cheap Chinese tires doesn't cost much, and should be a better cheaper fix on an old car ?
In the US, there used to be an electical device that you could use to "restore" worn out tyres by melting new tread into the tyres, of course it was a bad idea cos people would melt down to the bands and compromise the tyre structure and end up with big blowouts as a result, costing them more in repairs than just getting new tyres... :P
The front tyres were wasted because of the aggressive stopping after 50km/h and the weight on top of the front axle. The only way to prove it's not because those were the passive rotating wheels is to try it on a FWD /AWD car
That caulking is a sticky mess to work with! I had to fix a trailer window using that stuff and I got more on me than where it was supposed to go! I wonder if that will repair a timing belt!
They need tread for the snow. I would have added sipes (small crosswise cuts) just to grip better on wet pavement. There is a LOT of tech that goes into tires, to be fair. I did my thesis on tires, and the incredible amount of data I learned….
If I ever travel to Russia, Garage 54 is on the list of destinations. I'll bring the beers.
i think they like vodka
they don't need fangirls, leave em alone.
You do not travel to Russia! Russia travels to you! Peace!
Key word, "ever"
Russia is for sure on my list of future travel destinations.. right after Somalia. No, I do not want to visit either of them. And I try to avoid cheap far east holiday destinations known to be popular with Russians.
I suggest to try it during the summer, and see the result will be different or not. Thanks for the hard work.
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I had that same feeling too hopefully they'll handle because they're for hot engines
They made summer tires, so hopefully some time soon.
An american mechanic over here. I genuinly LOVE watching the crazy shit you guys come up with. Yall make averege mechanics look like children
This is what happens when you give any mechanic unlimited free time in the shop and pay them for it
Those are ready for Marketplace.....
"60% Tread, I know what I got."
😂
Sad thing is, there are people that actually would buy them and not even know the difference lol
What happened that there are no Ladas in this video :'c
@ 0:27 there is a Niva in the background haha..
They have been turned into spacecraft, and are sitting on the surface of Venus.
Putin turned them into ballistic missiles
They finally destroyed all of them
Prob too cold for any to start lol
If that is windshield sealant, that’s some worthy stuff. I fixed a tire with it about 9 years ago. It worked great.
I suspect it is from how durable it was.
Urethane. It actually makes windshields structural. That's how strong it is. Cutting it out is difficult.
Windshield sealant is some amazing stuff. I use it to fix holes in my rubber boots.
They didn't really show what it was. It does look like window sealant.
But that stuff is like $30/tube so might as well use a cheap tire.
That poor guy cutting those threads :,D
Some of us would find that clinically soothing to make such a nice, amazing looking tread pattern.
Looks relaxing ngl. Put on some music or a book and have at it
There is an actual machine made for cutting tires, much better than box cutter.
Aren't all tires made like this?
@@bastiaan7777777 what the...
Sunday morning videos don’t get any better than garage 54. Keep up the good works guys.
I never get TIRED of your videos
I love the way you think outside of all the boxes.
I did not expect the sealant to hold that well. Great work!
You do such a good job with the tyres so much hard work
Yeah, i can't believe they made 4!
I used to hate putting studs in tires with an air gun, nevermind all that work!!
When I was young and broke, I fixed a leak in a bald tire with orange RTV and a piece of duct tape. It was a leak in the tread that would go completely flat in about 30 minutes. I cleaned the hole out with an old round file and cleaned around it with brake -Kleen. Then I squeezed the RTV (from the squeeze tube🙄) into the hole and slapped a chunk of duct tape on it and left it overnight. Next day I aired it up and it held! I put about another 50 miles on that tire back and forth to work until my next payday 👍😎
Extra poor man's tire plug 😂.
Ah, also a man of culture I see.
-99% broken BMW in the driveway
-3 straight seasons on winters
-Double digits in the bank account
-"I'll do it tomorrow"
Always doing interesting things i like how with everything you guys do you explain your method
I’m also curious on the puncture durability and stuff like that.. can’t wait to see more 😂 this channel is definitely one of my new favorites, my mind is blown every time I watch 😂
Man! The patience you guys have is next level!
I can see this as being a way to make a QFE set of racing slicks. Not sure about going the other way.though.
Nice Caulk!
Not only impressive work but seriously impressive results too. I thought the caulk would harden up much more in the cold let alone the studs even remaining in the tires too.
I love this channel, thanks for sharing the experiments we always wanted to try
0:24 there's still 2 seasons left in them bad boys. i actually drove a bmw e46 325i with bald tires like that one winter. driving it was actually pretty fine like it moved fine it was only braking that was a problem as the wheels would just lock up. so you had to plan ahead and look far forward so you had enough time to slow down
114% Satisfying video!
Hey, that's over 107% success!
Everyone rushing out to buy rubber caulk.
"hey Alexa, order me a black rubber caulk"
@@Mastermindyoung14 🍆
Imagine failing car inspection / mot for bad tires, and you come back for a retest with handmade tread 😂
😂@@Mastermindyoung14
@@volvo09there’s no law that says you must have officially produced tires is there?!?
And
The actual tires are produced by a legal tire manufacturer.
It’s
Basically a retread
Which is totally legal.
If it’s a retread able tire.
ahhh, just lovely VLAD doing lovely crazy VLADY things😂
Front tires do the braking so those similar stopping results would be expected.
From 50kmh though
So do the back wheels, because cars have brakes on all fours unless it was back in the early 1900s when only rears had brakes.
@@TheSilverShadow17Yes but the front does most of the work. That’s the reason for the similar results
@@servicetrucker5564 Nonetheless, I appreciate your clarification.
Love to see the GS!!!! They should do some more experiments with it!!!!
the bots in the comments are crazy
ikr? awful amount!
thirst trap bots
The Western spy in comment is blyat
The crazy in the comment bots
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Nice wrx
Urethane windshield glue is some strong stuff!
Here in the u.s. I've used a product called NP-1 to re-sole some slippery sole boots; sticks great to pvc soles; pretty durable too
That's an amazing result.
We used to cut grooves into used racing slicks and than put it on our motorcycles. It worked quite good even in the wet.
Use 80 grit sandpaper to rough up the tire surface. Apply a urethane adhesion promoter. Make a trowel blade that's adjustable to be held at a fixed height above the old tread so the urethane windshield adhesive can be smoothed to an even thickness. When the first thin layer is on, let it dry then apply a second thin layer followed by a Kevlar cord wrap into the wet urethane, with spacing between the cord. Finish by applying a final, thicker layer. Let that fully cure than use a tire groover to cut tread blocks almost down to the Kevlar cord.
wow sounds proper but think ill get a new set of tires....
You folks are all awesome. Thanks for the great vid.
I had a black 2001 GS400 and they are such beautiful cars. One of those cars I regret selling.
I've made tyres for radio controlled cars that are moulded from 100% black silicone caulking and fibreglass fly screen mesh for the belting. They actually hold up really good.
Fascinating how they changed the tires while driving xD
Im just impressed with that caulks holding power thats some good shit there
Next highway and moose testing
Now go to a company that rethreads tires and let them show you how they do it. Complete by testing rethreaded tires and show how it worked out. There are a lot of myths about rethreaded tires but a lot of commercial freight traffic is running on rethreads. Back many years ago you would sometimes see complete thread paths that had ripped free of the tires on the highway, but now it's been many years since I saw that. Someone claimed modern rethreads are extremely durable and good for even normal cars. It would be interesting to see just how well modern rethreads are compared to normal tires. It is an attempt at saving money, so I assume they are rather limited in what they can do. But at the same time with heavy long haul trucks often using them it's interesting to see just what they are using on our roads.
As a kid I used to use a grooving iron and put dirt track grooves on racing slicks
I had a mountain bike with wide knobbly off-road tyres . Started a new job and realised the wheels are terrible drag on roads to work. Spent the evening in front of the TV . cutting most of the tread off . Made a huge difference to drag
Whenever I see the guys from Garage54, I immediately think of the Counter-Strike teammates.
I would buy some refurbished tires from you guys!!!
There's a lot of derby car guys that crack eggs in their radiators to fix leaks- would be a fun video to try radiator fixes like that
I’ve used black pepper.
It does work, and it doesn’t clog radiators or coolant ports!
@@dangeary2134 Yep, pepper for sure.
Should have used a tire groover to make new tread
They did. His name is Alexi.
@@operator8014😂
I use those sealant for my engine mount. Very strong, instant power to the wheels. 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
A great way to bring back forgotten tyres for display in musums
That is the funniest sacrilege ever committed toward the $1,000,000,000+ industry that encompasses Tire Tread Engineering.
Im surprised how well it worked, Could see it being handy if you was in a remote village and needed to repair a tire for the time being. wonder if the tires was scuffed up then put the sealant on would hold to the tire better.
The hardest thing on studded tires is running on dry pavement. Quality studs will have a core of carbide or equivalent with an outer jacket of softer metal. This gives a much longer wear tip and longer life. The outer jacket wears and exposes the carbide over the life of the stud. It is also my experience that the factory installed studs stay in the tire while the injected studs done at tire shops get ejected much, much quicker.
man, gunna hafta try this now... i can't beleive it help up after a burn out like that, with 'normal' driving it should be ok for a while i'd say. i got many old crappy tires, and winter is just starting...
see how far i can get before they explode or i end up in a ditch
0:05 Lada snow. Once you’ve heard it, it can not be unheard😂
The results are better than I expected although the cost of new tires is probably close or less than a couple cases of good caulk.
The myth busters of the car world.
THANK YOU!
I'LL NEVER HAVE TO BUY TIRES EVER AGAIN!
3:05 That looks so amazingly good for being done with a razor knife 😂
Those look like they would hold up better than some remoulds. I remember years ago a friend had a lend of his grandfathers Volvo 240 which has a brand new set of really cheap remoulds. Showing off he did a burnout and the tyres literally came apart with lumps flying everywhere. Had to go and buy a new set before he gave the car back
This channel is absolutely crazy and I watch every one that pops up, it's great
Incredible that it adhered so well.
I love Lexus gs in that body
Wow ! Impressive how the studded sealant glue/rubber fix worked and held together. Doing this fix on tires running purely on snow, and being easy on the accelerator, and it may work for a little while. Didn't say how many tubes are needed pr. tire ? So it probably is cheaper and better to change the tires. Cheap Chinese tires doesn't cost much, and should be a better cheaper fix on an old car ?
Oh man, my forearm hurts just watching you with the caulk gun.. 🤣
Another great video thanks guys
Do the same test but in summer time to really check the durability of this experiment
Yet another tidbit to store in my apocalyptic knowledge base.
My hand is cramping just watching this
I love you videos I'm from the United States no war
xD
Have you been to Detroit, Chicago, st Louis, or Atlanta?
Have you been to Scranton Pennsylvania?! Place is a war zone brooo
Trump will stop the war... I hope. We need world peace
@@Loonies2TheTopBecause of Sleepy Joe 😂❤😂 TRUMP 2024
Pedal happy!
In the states of current goofiness, we call it LEADFOOT!
It's still 85F here, stay warm over there.
Im curious if it would enchance the durability by mixing it with fiber glass?
In the UK, bus tyres were marked "regrooveable" on the sidewall.
Tyres were fantastic, _drivng up a 20 metre hill, at 5km/h._
0:49
the wagon in the background looks like an Australian Holden Commodore 😂 probably a Skoda tho
Porsche
Maybe put aluminum oxide, sand or something like that on the caulk before it hardens.
Awesome experiment.
Fully Sika!
Tire companys hate this simple trick :)
In the US, there used to be an electical device that you could use to "restore" worn out tyres by melting new tread into the tyres, of course it was a bad idea cos people would melt down to the bands and compromise the tyre structure and end up with big blowouts as a result, costing them more in repairs than just getting new tyres... :P
SUMMER! ... summer times dey pop.
toss a dozen magnetic 3/4" spheres in there for balancing and good to go.
Yall should do this test with the normal rebuilt tires, but an endurance test to see how long they last on normal driving.
Try a v shaped chisel next time for cutting notches/ grooves in tires 4:40
No place for that in Russian engineering equivalent to redneck engineering
Likely the front tires chunked out more because they were the turning/steering tires.
The front tyres were wasted because of the aggressive stopping after 50km/h and the weight on top of the front axle. The only way to prove it's not because those were the passive rotating wheels is to try it on a FWD /AWD car
During next spring ivan be like who the fauk trown all these nails in the road.... 😅😂😂😂😂
NICE CAULK!
That caulking is a sticky mess to work with! I had to fix a trailer window using that stuff and I got more on me than where it was supposed to go!
I wonder if that will repair a timing belt!
lexus gs featured, instant like
The real idlers ❤ rwb nakai
don't let the used tire shop see this
More heat and sprinkle small gravel or sand. It should really increase traction! Until it fails :)
Great testing!
8:00 those wheels are crazy, omG 😍
Shogun wheels, perhaps 18x9,5".
I suggest put a motorcycle sequential transmission in a lada
give a thumbs up
Take normal tyres and fill the grooves to make racing slicks :D
They wont handle better probably worse slicks are softer sticker rubber
@@BIGSMOKE-bl2lq Slicks outperform street tires on the track though. On normal roads that's a different story especially in wet conditions.
problem with snow is not much of driving on it, but stopping :)))
Do not need to cut the tread, just call it a racing tire.
They need tread for the snow.
I would have added sipes (small crosswise cuts) just to grip better on wet pavement.
There is a LOT of tech that goes into tires, to be fair.
I did my thesis on tires, and the incredible amount of data I learned….
0:54 just tie some nylon ropes on the tyre to get more grip and carry extra because it will break time to time.
Despicable you 😂. Your the godfather of TH-cam.
The tire-carving part would have been a lot easier and faster with actual thread-carving knives.
There is a hand machine called a skiver made for that. Some truck tires are re-groovable
@@tjm3900 And that is why they are banned in most of the EU. They tend to let go of the new outer layer.
16:15 I would not want to be the guy behind the car during the burnout with metal studs coming out like bullets!