can I put a tube in a tubeless tyre

[clancyblob]

I am taking a car on the 4000-mile Plymouth-Dakar old banger rally across the sahara to Gambia. If I get a puncture in my tubeless tyres, can I simply put in a tube, having removed the valve in the rim? It wouldn't need to be balanced, it would be a get-you-out-of -trouble measure.

[homer75]

Yes you can do this.

[almcd007]

Or you can buy Tyre weld - this would also get you out of trouble. This inflates the tyre and injects a sealing liquid into the tyre, it drys, sealing the puncture and getting you home or out of trouble.

http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Pressure_Gu ard.html

Have a look at this web page for other similar products.

[ianess]

Some garages will refuse to repair a tyre that's had Tyre Weld used on it, so bear that in mind before using it.
If you do use an inner tube make sure that whatever caused the puncture in the first place is fully removed.....a second puncture wouldn't be well received.
Both types of repair should only be temporary.
Good luck in the rally.

[Catso]

Yes, you can, but really you aren't supposed to use an inner tube in a tubeless tyre. I think it's something to do with heat generation. But as a get you out of trouble measure, it would seem OK to me.

[clancyblob]

Cheers everyone who took the trouble to Answer!