Puncture repair

[weavo]

Found a nail in the front tyre today, right in the middle of the tread so got a chance to use the repair kit that i have carried around for years.
Reamed out the hole and put the plug in, trimmed it off. Worked a treat.
Question is the instructions say its a temporary repair and should be repaired professionally.
Are they just covering there backs or is the repair I have done good enough?

 

[Steptoe]

Found a nail in the front tyre today, right in the middle of the tread so got a chance to use the repair kit that i have carried around for years.
Reamed out the hole and put the plug in, trimmed it off. Worked a treat.
Question is the instructions say its a temporary repair and should be repaired professionally.
Are they just covering there backs or is the repair I have done good enough?

If it stays up leave it in.

I keep mine in until the tyre has worn out without any problems.

 

[Roymondo]

If it's a vulcanized plug (i.e. one that uses a tube of solvent to bond the plug to the tyre carcass, I'd be quite happy to run with it until the tyre wore out.

"Dry" plugs I'd be a bit more fussy about and would keep watching the pressure like a hawk (BMW Tyre Pressure Monitoring helps here ). If it happened early on in the tyre's life, I think I would get the repair re-done professionally (this wouldn't be an option If I'd already done a vulcanized repair) but otherwise in reality I'd still probably end up running with it until the tyre wore out

I think the advice to have it repaired professionally is mostly arse-covering, but also would allow someone with a fair bit of experience/knowledge of tyre repairs to have a look at the puncture and check the tyre for structural damage.

 

[APE]

IIRC FWR won't plug a front tyre

 

[Steptoe]

IIRC FWR won't plug a front tyre

Why would they when they can sell you a new one.

 

[APE]

Why would they when they can sell you a new one.

They'll repair a rear though

 

[(RIP) Miff]

Put a tube in, that'll sort it

I had a rear tyre on my Bandit 600 nitrous bike with a bung in it. It was professionally fitted, rather than one you fit yourself. I drag raced for a season and even had a week on the Isle of man. Never had any problem with the puncture repair. It stayed sealed the hole time (pun intended)

 

[1157]

Plug n forget

As steptoe quotes run it until it goes flat or tyres illegal,which ever comes first ,I plugged a tyre on a euro tour and ran it until it was bold with no problem several thousand miles later,just check pressures regularly

 

[Roymondo]

Put a tube in, that'll sort it

Difficult, or even impossible, with many modern bikes, with bolted-in valves protruding at all sorts of odd angles from the rim. Although I think the Boxer GSs are not too bad.

 

[wheelnut]

You'll probably find that if you've reamed the hole they won't be able to to a permanent fix on it now.

 

[B4ndit]

Quick question as just looking at getting one of those Stop n Go kits myself. How do they work without glue. Or is the glue dormant on the surface of the mushroom plug until its heated up?

 

[Roymondo]

TTBOMK the "dry" systems (e.g. Stop'n'Go) rely solely on air pressure, tight fit and the flexible nature of the plug to maintain the seal.

 

[Peter]

Tyre repair

On two different occasions I have had to use a glued plug to repair a hole in a tyre with great success. Nails both time. However when I took the tyre to a motorcycle tyre repairer I was told that the hole left by the reemer tool was to large for a legal repair and I had to junk the tyre and buy a new one.

 

[B4ndit]

Is there a system that can repair the tyre on the go, so to speak, and later allow the experts to professionally repair it?

 

[Roymondo]

Is there a system that can repair the tyre on the go, so to speak, and later allow the experts to professionally repair it?

Yes - stick a tube in it

 

[STUBBS]

the rear tyre that's about to come off mine has been repaired by me twice the first time about 4 thousands miles ago the second puncture was over a thousand miles ago both were plug and go

 

[Nick dj]

Run it

I have used the plugs then run the tyre until it needs replacement, as Steptoe says, with no problem.

I have also used ultra seal which in some respects I feel is better, as you do not enlarge the hole, as you do with the plugs.

You could fit the Ultra Seal(its name has changed recently) as well, sort of belt and braces.

Nick

 

[Bendy toy]

Is there a system that can repair the tyre on the go, so to speak, and later allow the experts to professionally repair it?

Ultraseal/Puncturesafe does this. Its used by the Police in their bikes so cant be too bad.

I use it because it will slow the rate of air loss if I get a big puncture giving time to stop. Sealing any nail holes is a handy side effect.

Ive had Slime before which corroded the alloy inside the rim where paint had got damaged by tyre levers. Puncturesafe is harmless to alloy.

 

[Myke Rocks]

In my experience

I have used the plugs then run the tyre until it needs replacement, as Steptoe says, with no problem.

I have also used ultra seal which in some respects I feel is better, as you do not enlarge the hole, as you do with the plugs.

You could fit the Ultra Seal(its name has changed recently) as well, sort of belt and braces.

Nick

Having spent money on ultraseal, (several times) and finding the tyres went down as if it was not in it, I always carry threads and an insertion tool + a few bottles of gas.
Threads always work.
Don't usually bother doing anything else with it unless it starts to lose pressure.
Nail in front tyre is not common.
The front wheel usually flicks the nail upright so that the rear wheel can puncture on it.
Myke

 

[Our Gee]

I recently had a puncture in a nearly new Conti Road Attack (rear). I took the wheel to my tyre shop and watched as the repair was carried out. The main differance to a roadside repair and this repair was that the tyre was removed. The offending industrial staple carefully removed and the tyre inspected inside and outside. The repair plug (a substantial mushroom shaped thing) was inserted from the inside and trimmed off from the outer. The tyre was refitted to the wheel which was then rebalanced. I was very impressed with Auto-Moto Racing, Bellerby, N. Yorks.