Plugging tires? Yes/No?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Concorde, Jun 23, 2023.
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Just to drive to point home on why i carry plugs. There's not a tire shop i know of that would put a patch on that small nail hole. That tire still has 70% or better of tread, and will likely run out with no further issues.
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Never knew something like this existed until reading this thread a couple weeks ago. Came in the mail today, hopefully it never needs to be used...
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I woulda bought the other kit.. comes with a ring you push down on the plug to keep the plug in place while you pull the tool out.
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I put in a couple plugs with the cheap AutoZone kit. They both came out. I thought maybe I wasn't getting them in deep enough. This last time I plugged it I made sure it got really far in and put a ton of rubber cement on it but I think it's backing out again. I know I won't be able to put two plugs through there by hand maybe what I need is one of these good kits. If this last plug doesn't hold I'll see about getting it patched
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Plugs aren't going to hold.
100 psi is too much for them.
I had a shop do what you did. And they got it to hold (after 5 tries) so I could travel to the tire shop and get it patched. This was a wide tire on the trailer. Real PITA. -
There are combination plug & patches. They are installed from the inside of the tire.
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