Patch or plug?

magnumv8 · 09-24-2010, 04:31 PM

The proper and approved way to fix a puncture is actually to do both....properly prep the puncture for the plug, then install it.....cut it off flush inside the tire then grind the remaining bit even with the inside tire liner then prep and put a patch over the plug.........this only applies to the tread area.....side walls - replace the tire......

either way I wouldn't run it on the track anymore, just the street......

D L Rambo.....

THE LEGEND · 09-24-2010, 06:29 PM

Plug them all the time. I plugged the side wall on a rear dually tire about 4,000 miles ago still there. 2 trailer tires have plugs. My last set of rear slicks had 2 in 1 side and 1 in the other. NO PROBLEMS. I have one of the nice plug kits that you get off the tool trucks. Don't use them Wal-Mart $1.98 plugs.
Chip Johnson

hemidup · 09-24-2010, 09:46 PM

Thanks guys. The piece of metal I pulled out of my drag radial was paper thin and about a 1/4" wide. It was dead center in the middle of the tread, pretty much a slow leak until I pulled it out. I'm about due for some new tires and I'd like to make one to two more races this year so I think I'll plug and call it a day. Thanks again.

greg fulk · 09-24-2010, 11:18 PM

Plug it! I like the green "slime" ones....

09-24-2010, 04:31 PM	#1
magnumv8 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Coraopolis, Pa. Posts: 172 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Patch or plug? The proper and approved way to fix a puncture is actually to do both....properly prep the puncture for the plug, then install it.....cut it off flush inside the tire then grind the remaining bit even with the inside tire liner then prep and put a patch over the plug.........this only applies to the tread area.....side walls - replace the tire...... either way I wouldn't run it on the track anymore, just the street...... D L Rambo.....

09-24-2010, 06:29 PM	#2
THE LEGEND VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fayetteville, n.c. Posts: 1,411 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Patch or plug? Plug them all the time. I plugged the side wall on a rear dually tire about 4,000 miles ago still there. 2 trailer tires have plugs. My last set of rear slicks had 2 in 1 side and 1 in the other. NO PROBLEMS. I have one of the nice plug kits that you get off the tool trucks. Don't use them Wal-Mart $1.98 plugs. Chip Johnson

09-24-2010, 09:46 PM	#3
hemidup Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 409 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Patch or plug? Thanks guys. The piece of metal I pulled out of my drag radial was paper thin and about a 1/4" wide. It was dead center in the middle of the tread, pretty much a slow leak until I pulled it out. I'm about due for some new tires and I'd like to make one to two more races this year so I think I'll plug and call it a day. Thanks again. __________________ Jerry Williams NSS/A, E/S, PRO E.T. And the "Grandaddy" of Gen III Hemi Performance...The fire inside me still burn's.

09-24-2010, 11:18 PM	#4
greg fulk VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jackson Posts: 1,165 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Patch or plug? Plug it! I like the green "slime" ones.... __________________ Greg Fulk 308 308X P/SA "ALL AMERICAN"