Plugs are temporary. If it's steel belted forget plugging it. Buy a new or used tire.
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15 years ago
a different way to repair car tire?
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Nate Nagel posted for all of us...
THAT is the BEST repair.
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In this jurisdiction (a Canadian province) it is our understanding that plugging is at best a temporary fix. Maybe to help limp along at reduced speed to a location where tyre can be completely replaced or a 'proper' repair made. Also plugging a radial tyre is not a 'legal' repair. Any 'reputable' repair shop/service station will insist on removing tyre, patching (possibly hot patching, the inside of the tyre) with a patch several times the size of the hole. That also means reinstalling and rebalancing the tyre/wheel. Don't risk plugging it for the sake of a few dollars! And don't go out and drive at 60 mph on a plugged tyre! If something happened and the plug was found, following say, an accident, it could affect insurance and be considered reason for legal liability! e.g. Wot happened? "Oh there was this driver and he had a plugged tyre and ........ Nasty accident but only two of em were killed. Etc. Etc." Of course it won't happen to one of us. Always the 'other' driver!