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Are plug/string type tire repairs dangerous?
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:51 am
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:51 am
They say that air and moisture can get between the layers and undermine the steel radial belts. IDK, that seems like it would take years.
Talking about this type of product:
Installed, or tried to at least, one on the wife’s rig last night, but the more I read the more I think I need a couple of tires. Hate to replace some mid-cycle, but they’re all at 35k miles.
Jamming them into is a tire is damn near impossible, seems like they were once easier to install. Maybe tires are getting tougher?
Is this tire a pipe bomb now? At least it’s on the back.
Talking about this type of product:
Installed, or tried to at least, one on the wife’s rig last night, but the more I read the more I think I need a couple of tires. Hate to replace some mid-cycle, but they’re all at 35k miles.
Jamming them into is a tire is damn near impossible, seems like they were once easier to install. Maybe tires are getting tougher?
Is this tire a pipe bomb now? At least it’s on the back.
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Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:53 am to Gaston
I’ve done it with no problem many a time
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:55 am to Gaston
I used them in the past several times because of job sites and nails and I don't recall ever having a problem.
But tire shops only want to do patches.
But tire shops only want to do patches.
This post was edited on 5/24/19 at 7:56 am
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:56 am to Gaston
I’ve also done it before with no problems.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:57 am to Gaston
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Jamming them into is a tire is damn near impossible, seems like they were once easier to install.
Get your wife's boyfriend to help, he is far better at jamming things in her holes.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:58 am to Cdawg
This was in the outer tread, so they wouldn’t touch it. I wish I could have had the tire removed from the rim and patched from the inside...but no, they wouldn’t do it.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:59 am to cave canem
I wish he’d do something around here.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:00 am to Gaston
Patch the tire. Plugs cause belt separation over time. If the shop won’t patch it go somewhere else.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:02 am to Gaston
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This was in the outer tread, so they wouldn’t touch it. I wish I could have had the tire removed from the rim and patched from the inside...but no, they wouldn’t do it.
I've always heard that and I am sure there is a basis for it but... I bought a new car and it had 750 miles on it when I found a nail hanging out the side wall on the driver side rear tire. I said screw it and plugged it. I was willing to risk a blowout if it came to that. I plugged it and figured I'd test out the "no sidewall" theory.
That plug held until the tires wore out and I had to change them. I never had an issue.
Side note, at 850 miles A rock hit my window and cracked it all the way across. I wasn't a happy camper.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:02 am to Gaston
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Jamming them into is a tire is damn near impossible
Don't be afraid to do plenty of reaming.
Keep a kit like that and a $25 Habor Freight tiny air compressor in your ride and you will be good to go.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:03 am to baobabtiger
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If the shop won’t patch it go somewhere else.
Found a good tire shop to patch my wife's runflats as well.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:03 am to Gaston
I've put 20k miles on one of those previously, and had zero issues. And it was even close to the sidewall.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:04 am to Gaston
I had a leak a while back.
Met some baw who told me to bring it to his shop and he put a rope plug in for me.
That was over 5k miles ago and I haven’t had a problems with it since
Met some baw who told me to bring it to his shop and he put a rope plug in for me.
That was over 5k miles ago and I haven’t had a problems with it since
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:05 am to baobabtiger
This seems to be the new method (called a plug patch... how imaginative)... have had a few nail repairs done even in higher speed rated tires, but you have to hunt for a shop willing to be paid for their time to do it...most want to throw a plug in and be done.
This post was edited on 5/24/19 at 8:07 am
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:05 am to Gaston
I got rubba bandz on my truck they don’t go flat
Lol at yalls poor people tires
Lol at yalls poor people tires
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:05 am to Gaston
Man I have 30 and 40,000 miles on some plugs in a 1-ton truck and a SUV they work fine if they're done right. You are supposed to burn the end of the plug though
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:06 am to Gaston
Used tire plugs for years, never had a problem.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:06 am to Gaston
Never had a problem. I’m sure there are instances where these things fail, but I imagine that’s as much to do with the failure to actually plug the tire correctly than the plug malfunctioning.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:09 am to Gaston
no but more and more places are refusing to do it citing safety when the real motivation is that they wish sell you a more expensive repair method.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 8:09 am to Gaston
I ride a horse every where I go like a real man baw
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