Thread: Weeds tyre repair kit to the rescue

I have one of these:



from:

http://www.bushranger.com.au/tyrerepair.html

I have the same as one iota. Saved me heaps my first year out of town. 5 punctures all sealed with the lugs and they held for the life of the tyres. I would have done 30,000 ks on them but that style isn't any good for the side wall as far as I know.

I think that's pretty much it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

When we were in the simpson, a we had a couple of sidewalls punctured on the trip. That type of kit can have you going again in no time [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

I think you'd have to fix the tyre properly when you get the next twon, but when you're putting along off road they seem fine [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

<span style="color:blue">they are classed as temporary repairs......
but a lot of tyre places use them as permanent...... 8O

i use them as permanent on my vehicles......
most times when the side wall is damaged the tyre becomes a throw away
item.....or used for a spare.....



where can you get them for $10.....?</span>

Hi one_iota, that looks like the exact same kit.

Hi Captain_Rightfoot, harry is taking the tyre back to the where he bought it and he is getting it fixed and then keeping it as a spare.

Hi George130, I can see how they would save a lot of time and more importantly, save you from being stranded.

Hi zook, they look like a temporary fix but they don’t say that. Either way if I had not seen it, I would not have been interested in getting the kits for my own use.

Cheers

<span style="color:blue">drivesafe...plugs are not classed as permanent repairs according to tyre
places....

they are only temporary.....a permanent repair is a patch on the inside...
and only if it is in the tread area......

side walls are not to be repaired as the belts are usually damaged.....


but these are only laws......meant to be broken...?

i have heard of instances where 36 plugs have been fitted in a sidewall
tear to get mobile again.......

i have plugs in my tyres....</span>
also for years they were used as permanent repairs then the laws
changed in the last few years....

i trust them......

I picked a kit up a couple of years ago when I realised the mechanic (not the current mechanic) was charging me for putting plugs in.

Went out and bought it, keep it in the truck, haven't had a puncture since.

Touch wood [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
Simon

Guys , i used to be in the tyre game both in retail stores and selling supplied to tyre outlets,

Yes you are correct when you say thy are a temporary repair, the only correct and safe way to 100% fix a flat is to remove the tyre from the rim, inspect the insied of the tyre ( to ensure there is no other damage to the insde of the tyre ) - I have seen 6 inch pieces of wire inside tyres scratching away at the inside of the opposite sidewall, or worse nails etc inside the tyre!

then a patch plug is applied from the inside this seals the belts from moisture and repairs the inner liner of the tyre this helps keep air in and helps stop belt seperation from rust in the steel belts.

Oh BTW South Pacific tyres ( Dunlop, goodyear, olympic ets) wont warrant tyres repaired in any manner other than those I have mentioned.

On theother hand as a temporary fix - they work and work well, did you know you can also get rubber ones that vulcanise to the tyre - far better than the "safety seal" brand - red/brown coloured impregnated cotton.

Thay can be purchased at wholesale price from eagle SMF - who are lisetd in the recommended suppliers forum under Sydney.

Mick

PS Incisor - how about a tyre related forum? me