Tire plug

[V10 MOJO]

i just found a nail in my right rear tire yesterday. shop didnt have a tire in stock so they plugged it until my order comes in (up to a week). only 1500 miles on the SOB too! my question is this; how safe is a plugged rear tire? i plan on racing this weekend, is it safe?

 

[CitySnake]

You should NOT race on a plugged tire. They should have done a burn patch on the inside! If you can't wait for your tire, have them break your plugged tire down and patch it correctly. To the best of my knowledge, a good patch will be just fine for the track....well at least until you get your new tire.

 

[Mike H]

DO NOT RACE ON A PLUGGED TIRE!!!!!
It is dangerous enough racing in a well maintained car. A plugged tire can lose the plug under extremme heat when you are doing 150MPH and having a flat at high speed is very dangerous.
Wait, be safe!!! Get a new tire!

 

[Dixter]

Depends on the plug....

If its just the ol string with black goop stuck in the hole
then thats not a good solution....

There is a new plug that is very good and I have used it and
had no problems... Have a screw in the tire now and will go
and have it fixed this weekend too.

The plug looks like a upside down mushroom, with a wire coming
out the stem. The nail is pulled from the tire, a drill is
used to size and shape the hole and the wire inserted into
the new hole from the inside of the tire. Tire has been preped
cleaned and glued. The wire is grabed by pliars and the plug
pulled flush with the inside of the tire. The extra length of
the plug is cut flush with the tread and the inside of the tire
is hot rolled to complete the process.

So what you end up with is a plug through the hole and a hot patch on the inside of the tire.

The tire has to come off of the wheel for the installation.

Seeing this installed on one of my tires, I don't see how this
type of plug could ever fail.

 

[Dixter]

Oh... got mine pluged at Discount Tire.

but I did see them on the shelf at pep boys the other day also

 

[V10 MOJO]

i called NTB to check; they do a patch plug, approved and designed for Z-rated tires and guaranteed the life of the tire, so i guess im ok. im racing on this thing friday nite, ill post if i crash and burn.

 

[CitySnake]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by rdustman:
ill post if i crash and burn.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
rdust: Know you're kidding...but that's not funny. (OH...j/k)