Plugging a car tire

[WR Moore]

I recall a mushroom headed plug system from....decades ago. Worked like a charm but you had to clean the glue off the installation tool immediately. Goop up the hole, insert tool, squeeze trigger X times to get the mushroom out of the tool, pull the too back till the mushroom hit the inside of the tire, then remove tool and cut off the stem.

 

[dave1918a2]

I grew up working in Dad's Texaco station, 54 to 64. He wouldn't plug a tire. I carry a plug kit and a 12 volt compressor in My truck and ATV. When You're up in the hills AAA doesn't come. If I use it, I go to My regular tire shop and get it fixed proper when I get home, assuming I get that far. Had to buy a new tire a time or two. I just don't trust plugs and pray a lot when I use one.

 

[CH4]

Successfully plugged several car/light truck tires and rear motorcycle tires and they lasted the remainder of their service life - never had one leak.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Now, this is how you plug a tire:

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAsJtNubuY[/ame]

 

[ladder13]

Now, this is how you plug a tire:

YouTube

Haha, good job.

 

[Chubbs103]

AAA, Discount Tire, and run flats.

Different people have different needs.

I live in the middle of the Mojave. Cell coverage is getting better, but I am often in locations without service and need a self recovery/repair solution unless I want a very long hike.

AAA is only an option if you can get the vehicle to cell service AND pavement.

I carry a lot of plugs in my toolbox. I have seen 5-10 stuffed in a slash in a tire and survive to get the vehicle into a better place. The inability to use multiple plugs in a single breach would be my main concern with the mushroom plugs.

I do not think they make run-flats that you can air down and run off-road.

 

[Fishslayer]

Plain old plug kit & 12V inflator has bailed me out many times.

I AM kinda picky about my insertion tool. I had one for years that I had tweaked & filed JUST right. I grieved when it turned up missing.

The thing with plug kits is you gotta stay on top of your glue. Nothing like going to plug a tire & finding you have a dried up tube of dust!

 

[e3mrk]

Nice product, Now we need a review after a few hunderd miles.

 

[Stevens]

Over the years I have plugged 8-10 tires on cars or pickups, mine or wife's, nail or screw caused holes usually. Using a kit similar to the one shown in post 16. I never had a problem with them after. I just use the "sticky" plug material, no extra glue, they are hard to push in but seems to hold well.
I might try out the Dynaplug it looks like it might slip in easier I'll see what they cost first
Steve W.

 

[Ματθιας]

Just my opinion, plugs are to get you to a proper tire repair facility - like a mini spare and fix a flat..