Who plugs tires?

[DarkBlack]

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[scootr]

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Looks good... todays multi belted tires are hard to manually push the old rope style plugs into. I may have to go this route.

 

[ning]

No idea why my post needs “approval”

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you need at least 5,000 messages on this bbs in order to post something like that without approval

 

[gstrom99]

No idea why my post needs “approval”

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It's the caulking "tool" in the post. Those can be scary.

 

[WinterDeere]

It's the caulking "tool" in the post. Those can be scary.

Un-reinforced adhesive or caulk would indeed be scary. But if it were reinforced with glass or carbon fiber, and one could find a way to do that which didn’t develop small leaks over time, it’d likely be stronger and better than the surrounding tire.

 

[gstrom99]

Un-reinforced adhesive or caulk would indeed be scary. But if it were reinforced with glass or carbon fiber, and one could find a way to do that which didn’t develop small leaks over time, it’d likely be stronger and better than the surrounding tire.

DB's question was why his post needed approval. My reply was meant to point out the word "g u n" being "the issue" using the term "tool" to replace that...

 

[paulsharvey]

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So, I did order that silicon coated screw type plugs. I did use one, and installation is Easy. The issue, was, it still lost about 10 psi per 24 hours. So, yeah, I left it in for about 3 weeks; but just yesterday i took it to tire shop, and had them put a patch-plug in.

I can't say if the continued leak is a fault of the screw plug, or if maybe it was a bad application, or there was a small secondary hole next to the main hole? So, im not gonna throw the 20ish remaining plugs out, but I fall short of being able to recommend them either.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

So, I did order that silicon coated screw type plugs. I did use one, and installation is Easy. The issue, was, it still lost about 10 psi per 24 hours.

Guess you didn't spray it with Windex or something similar to see where it was leaking?

 

[paulsharvey]

Guess you didn't spray it with Windex or something similar to see where it was leaking?

I did, and got nothing. I think its the steel screw, even with silicon, doesnt flex the same as the rubber? So, it didnt leak, but then it did after maybe 48 hours

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Out of all the hundreds of tires that I have plugged in my life I have only had one fail and it was against my better judgement to plug that particular tire right on the edge of the sidewall, it failed the next morning I assume due to the tire sidewall flexing, other than that I have never had not so much as 1 issue plugging tires.

 

[Torvy]

I don't blame the companies for CYA.

I blame the lawyers/people who sue them. Sometimes, stuff happens. A patch might fail.

The rear location for new tires chapped my behind. The consequences of fishtail may be worse, but the advantages of better tread on front (FWD or AWD) are constant.