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Post by mike932 on Mar 11, 2015 10:21:57 GMT -6
My ten-inch tire is size 3.50-10. It has a nail puncture in middle of the tread. If I buy a tire repair kit with probe, needle, and rubber strings, will it fix the leak permanently? Or will it eventually leak again?
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Post by Kaveman on Mar 11, 2015 13:56:11 GMT -6
tubeless or tube ?
willc.
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Post by cyborg on Mar 11, 2015 14:47:46 GMT -6
dont use the cheesy solid rubber plug kit,,it will fail,,,buy the raw rubber impregnated rope plug kit made for radial tires,,,i use them myself and have never had a failure,,with thousands of miles run with them
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Post by rks on Mar 11, 2015 15:10:47 GMT -6
A car tire, a truck tire...I'd plug it.
A scooter tire, a motorcycle tire....I replace with new. Have two tires just like the one you described, (nails are still in them)....one off my scoot, and the other from one of my BMW's. Will haul them to the dump. I have too much to loose, to take a chance on a plug.
And by the way...those tire plugs are probably made in China, from the same rubber as their valve stems, and fuel and vac lines (lol)
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Post by mike932 on Mar 11, 2015 15:20:48 GMT -6
My tire is tubeless. I fixed the puncture and it seems air tight, but as rks points out, if the seal bursts at 60 mph, I could die, so I will probably just change the tire today.
cyborg, out of curiosity, exactly which repair kit are you talking about?
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Post by jct842 on Mar 11, 2015 15:45:03 GMT -6
If you had tried to get a cycle shop to fix it they would have refused. There are no shops that I know of that will repair a scooter or motorcycle tire....unless it is an off road vehicle. Liability I am sure.
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Post by cyborg on Mar 11, 2015 18:48:18 GMT -6
I have seen the low grade solid rubber plugs fail ,,,I have never had a rubber impregnated rope plug fail,,, ever and have done several and rode them for thousands of miles,,, some people would not use them as we see here and i respect their opinions and if they feel unsure of using them they shouldn't ,, I use the safety seal brand with stellar results,,, and if for one moment thought they were dangerous I wouldn't use them either ,, when I ride my big bikes I ride over 100mph every time I ride them,,, plugged or not,,,, but one thing is I inspect the tire,, if it's by the sidewall no plug,,, if the tire is getting ready for a change or close,, no plug,,, I also will use vulcanizing patches on the inside of the tire as well if it's in an odd spot and a plug would not be safe,,, after all I am the biggest coward on this forum,,,
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Post by mike932 on Mar 11, 2015 23:42:51 GMT -6
Holy crap I am proud of myself. Removed rear wheel for the first time ever. Not too hard. Had to buy 15/16 socket for the wheel nut. Used long torque wrench to remove nut. Removing the tire was PAIN IN THE BUTT. Broke bead by putting a cynder block on the side of the tire and pushed down on it using a metal rod positioned under the jacking point of my car for leverage. After removing old tire, I tried for an hour to install new tire but I couldn't even get one side of the tire on the rim. Considered spending $80 for a Harbor Freight motorcycle tire installing tool. Finally I found this excellent video and mastered his technique. Now I can install scooter tires with just one tire iron and no other tools....
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Post by mike932 on Mar 12, 2015 10:00:37 GMT -6
I can't get the damn beads to seal. Do I need to buy a valve stem remover so I can inflate the tire very quickly?
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Post by cyborg on Mar 12, 2015 10:08:12 GMT -6
Yep the schrader valve needs to come out most times,,,and a little soapy water helps to ease the pressure needed for the tire to pop onto the rim lip
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Post by cyborg on Mar 12, 2015 10:09:29 GMT -6
And also if your tire is still good patch it on the inside and you have a good spare
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Post by mike932 on Mar 12, 2015 19:24:47 GMT -6
Gave up trying to inflate the tire because the bead would not seal. Drove to local car tire shop. Worker told me he is not allowed to work on non-car tires, but he did it anyway. He inflated it within 2 minutes. He charged me nothing. Offered him a tip. He refused. Gave him $5 anyway.
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Post by solymar on Apr 6, 2015 1:10:43 GMT -6
I know this is a semi old thread, but for small punctures in and around the middle of the tread you can use Ride-On. I've used it on both front & rear tires after my rear caught a nail and my front got a small screw. So far i've put 500+ miles and counting on the tires, hitting speeds up to 60mph and have had no problems or loss of air pressure. Can check out their website @ Ride-on.com
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Post by Guitarman on Apr 6, 2015 4:02:20 GMT -6
I'm with Pete (cyborg) on this one. If I have any question about the tire's ability to hold the plug, then out it goes. I ride too fast and hard to trust my life to a cheap plug.
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