Plugging tyres

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

....but I'm a Pro....



Ben

Edited to suit for you buddy xxx

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by ranathari

I'll take it down to Essential Rubber tomorrow then and get it done (the drop in thing is Wednesday evenings, isn't it?) The nail's at the periphery of the tread so it's probably better to get it done by someone who knows what they're doing.

Flipping tyre's been a pain since I got it fitted; it was losing air for weeks with no puncture until I got it removed and re-fitted.

Thanks for the advice!

Essential is drop in at any time I usually aim for 8:30am on the way to work

Open 8-5:30 Monday to Saturday, with late opening until 8 on a Wednesday, Closed Sunday

There is a bit of a difference between auto shop stringy thingy plugs and the mini-combis (check the Rema Tip-Top site) that tyre fitters will use. The latter is a proper fix, the former is a bodge and method of last resort.

Cheers

I've had loads of tyres plugged. I'm a puncture magnet. I've hit over 150MPH on a plugged tyre in Europe. The important part is whether the carcass has been damaged by the foreign body entering it. If some of the plies have been cut then the tyre will bulge at high speed and you will know about it prior to it coming apart.