Does Fix a Flat work?

Those are the regular radial tire plugs and they can be used with the glue also. I always do use plenty of glue as it helps the plugs slide in the hole. There are occasions where it takes more than one plug and it can be hard to push through. As I clean the hole I decide whether a single or multiple plug is needed. As with another poster I prefer to use the closed loop tool so I can push through and pull back the nose of the plug.

I don't doubt that it works. I just laugh at all the people who make a big mess out of their tires because they don't know how or are too scared to change their tire.

It doesn't matter that it makes a mess. The mess can be cleaned up a lot easier than the mess you make when you get run over by a semi on the highway as you foolishly attempt to change a tire that could be quickly sealed and inflated without all that danger. You are a fool. I know how to change a tire, and have done it many times. Unlike you, I also have a brain and the ability to do things in better ways. Changing a tire by the side of a busy highway should only be done if there is no other option. You sound like a Darwin candidate.

rusty redcloud

That's basically true, although they can be plugged as a temporary measure to get you somewhere that can effect a real, and more premanent repair.

rusty redcloud

And????

rusty redcloud

You read wrong. It happens all the time.

This wasn't a Chrysler product was it? Old MOPARs had left hand threads on the left side lug nuts.

After they got torched off they usually got replaced with standard right hand lugs.

That's a just plain stupid statement that neither requires, nor deserves specific rebuttal.

rusty redcloud

I've seen 6' guys 300# unable to get lug nuts off. S*it happens, carry a can of fix a flat.

Last time I used fix a flat My daily drive is 24 miles one way on a state highway middle of no where Heavy truck traffic in the dark and in the winter time most area's were down to one lane made it to a intersection pop trunk hmmm blow up mini spare or a can of fix a flat? Then Got the same line from the min. wage tire patching Wally world jerk when told I'd need a patch all the gunk cleaned out and rebalance

Not as stupid as you advocating that fix-a-flat should always be used except for blow out situations.

Goodbye, troll!

rusty redcloud

You, I like. Actually, that's one of the first things I do with a vehicle, to bust loose the lugs and grease the threads. Very wise.

I've tried the cans with the white nipple on top, which work barely if at all.

The more expensive kind with the hose and the push button seem to work well for me.

They contain some kind of latex product which dries after awhile. The instruction is to drive the vehicle after inflating, so the latex is evenly distributed. Fix and park, and the stuff hardens in one spot inside the tire.

It's also wise to carry a little compressor. Wiser still, is to keep the tires properly inflated, and replace tires before they go bald.

I got some tires at Pep Boys about 25 years ago and the guy complained about the goop inside the tire but that was with the old Spare Tire In A Can stuff. Nobody has complained in the last several years but I only go to America's Tires now and they are a lot more professional than other places. Heck, they will even fix a flat for free even if you didn't buy your tires from them.

Not in NC. Tires must be patched from the inside.