Re: tire puncture in treaded area

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From: Rocky Top
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:34

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"geotek" <y@y.com> wrote in message 
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> Just the other day, I noticed that my LR tire was low.  It didn't take 
> Sherlock to see the sheet metal screw about 1" up the sidewall.  I didn't 
> want to risk driving it all the way home (I live in the country) so I went 
> about 5 miles to the (pop. 2500) nearest Podunk town.  The tire repair guy 
> told me that they couldn't PATCH up that high, but since it was a simple 
> puncture, a PLUG should be OK.  It was, and Is.  I will not replace it 
> until it fails catastrophically.
> geotek
> BTW, I don't routinely drive my POS over 85.

You can get a plug kit at any auto parts store and even Walmart.
It's fairly simple to use. I've done it myself to a puncture that
the tire repair place wouldn't plug because it was too close
to the sidewall. I ran on that self-plugged puncture for over 15,000
miles until I bought a set of all new tires.

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