When a Shard End tyre is beyond patching, split on a Cole Hall Lane pothole or run flat to the Chester Road, the right size is brought to the crescent and fitted in one go, the other three looked at.
A tyre that cannot be saved in Shard End may have met a pothole on Cole Hall Lane, a kerb on the crescent or a mile of the Chester Road while flat. The car is back on a Packington Avenue drive with cord showing or the sidewall crushed, the driver still has a shift or a school run, and there is no spare, or the spare is a space-saver. What matters now is getting the correct size and rating on to the car without it moving again.
Read the code from the sidewall of the tyre on the opposite side of that axle and text it with the crescent or close, noting drive or kerb. The fitter brings that size, fits and balances it at the car, runs a check over the remaining three tyres for cuts and pressure, and inspects the rim if a pothole caused the damage. Tyre, fitting and the callout to B34 come as one agreed figure before departure.
If the job turns out to be different, see burst tyre replacement in Shard End, locking wheel nut removal in Shard End or emergency mobile tyre fitting.
Drives and kerbs on the crescent and Packington Avenue, up Heathway, in the closes towards Chelmsley Wood, or the Kingfisher Country Park car park during opening hours. A car stranded on the Chester Road needs to reach a Castle Bromwich side street first.
| Main roads | Shard End Crescent and Packington Avenue; Cole Hall Lane; A452 Chester Road |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
Emergency tyre replacement explained →Emergency tyre replacement on the Shard End page
Fort Parkway and Heartlands Parkway, both on the A47, are busy dual carriageways and no place to stop for a tyre. If one fails there, take the next slip off and find a Castle Vale side road, then call with the tyre size and the exit you used. A new tyre is fitted and balanced where you stop, and the ruined one goes in the van.
The Shard End replacement should be right the first time, so answer the stock question in full. Copy the size, then the load and speed markings printed after it, and check for run-flat lettering. The new tyre cannot carry less load or a lower speed letter than the old, and it should pair with the tyre opposite in size. Next, tell us where the van can pull up close to the wheel: a Packington Avenue drive, a Heathway kerb or, by day, the country park car park.
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Beyond repair on the crescent, the right tyre is brought to Shard End and fitted where the car stands.
