Tyre puncture kits, do you have one?

Norman_Castle

eset12345 wrote: »

you'd think it would be faster to change the WHEEL, but looking at youtube videos of these kits, if you have a nail you can see in the tyre its literally a 30 second job to plug it

You would first need to find the hole which would often involve moving the car, plug the hole then fully re inflate the tyre. Try doing that in 30 seconds. Changing the wheel would be quicker.

missile

Sods law dictates if I get a puncture it is on a rainy night where there is no mobile phone reception to call RAC.
I would change the wheel if I had a spare<LOL>
I would use my pump to inflate and drive to nearest repair centre.
If the tyre did not stay inflated I would use the plug kit which I keep in the car.
I don't have much faith in the manufacturer's tyre repair glue kit. I have tried glue more than once but never been successful.

C_Mababejive

Norman_Castle wrote: »

You would first need to find the hole which would often involve moving the car, plug the hole then fully re inflate the tyre. Try doing that in 30 seconds. Changing the wheel would be quicker.

I've initiated a repair on a front tyre with this kit and been on the road 20 mins later,,i dont have a spare..the typre was still up a month later when i bought a new tyre,,depends on circs ,they are not for everyone..

EdGasket

Tarambor wrote: »

Yes. The ones fitted at tyre places involve removing the tyre. They're a mushroom shape with the "stem" pulled through from the inside of the tyre to the outside so the "head" stays on the inside. End result is the air pressure in the tyre helps the mushroom patch to seal even better, something you can't do with a patch applied from the outside.

You can get mushroom type plugs that you insert from outside without taking the tyre off; they sort of get 'injected' into the tyre by the applicator.

EdGasket

I got a 'sticky worm' style repair kit that supposedly had some vulcanising solution with it. So I applied plenty of solution, repaired the puncture and was expecting after a little time that it would 'Set' into some kind of rubbery blob merged with the tyre rubber. However months later the sticky worm ends are still sticky just like the day I inserted them and it seems as though the supplied 'vulcanising solution' is only a lubricant aid to inserting the sticky worm. The repair does work nevertheless; not losing any air.

Can anyone who has done this type of repair confirm whether the repair should have welded itself to the surrounding rubber or does it just stay as a sticky plug? Do I need to get a different type of 'cement' solution?

(The kit is similar in style to the one mentioned in Post 2)

DoaM

My kit from post #3 is very similar but doesn't come with any solution. You simply clean the hole (using the same "needle" screwdriver as used to fit the tar string), insert the tar string into the needle, push it through the hole in the tyre, 1.5 turns, pull the string back through and cut off the excess flush with the tyre.

Once the tyre is inflated then this pushes the "plug" against the inner surface of the tyre, and the outer part wears away such that you barely notice the fix. (You can still see it if you look closely. However it seems to make a permanent fix in my experience).

EdGasket

Yes I've heard you can fit the sticky worms with no adhesive but some say to use plenty of adhesive.

Marvel1

No, I replaced mine with a spare tyre.

Wi88le

I have a dynaplug kit, not cheap but it's small, doesn't require making a hole bigger or glue and isn't a temporary repair when done