We live on a gravel road, so we can count on picking up nails on a regular basis, especially after the road has been dragged by our road commisioner. When you discover a leaking tire, have a helper move the car until you have the hole exposed so you can work on it. Get your tire plugging kit out of your travel kit.
Pull the nail if it is still in the tire, then run your probe in the hole to make sure it is open for inserting a plug.
Thread a plug into the applicator tool.
Push the plug in with the applicator.
Leave a little bit of the tails sticking out.
Pull the applicator back out of the hole. The plug will stay behind, slipping out of the slit in the end of the applicator.
Air up your tire and you are ready to roll again. We usually go by a tire shop and have the tire dismounted and patched rather than run on plugs for very long. This set of tires will be replaced soon, so this plug will stay.
We live on a gravel road, so we can count on picking up nails on a regular basis, especially after the road has been dragged by our road commisioner. When you discover a leaking tire, have a helper move the car until you have the hole exposed so you can work on it. Get your tire plugging kit out of your travel kit.
Pull the nail if it is still in the tire, then run your probe in the hole to make sure it is open for inserting a plug.
Thread a plug into the applicator tool.
Push the plug in with the applicator.
Leave a little bit of the tails sticking out.
Pull the applicator back out of the hole. The plug will stay behind, slipping out of the slit in the end of the applicator.
Air up your tire and you are ready to roll again. We usually go by a tire shop and have the tire dismounted and patched rather than run on plugs for very long. This set of tires will be replaced soon, so this plug will stay.
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