On Aug 30, 8:24*pm, "Colbyt" wrote:
For the OP

Nate Nagel wrote:
john wrote:
My tire is punctured by a small screw. I bought a tire plug repair kit,
but it seems like I have to first make the puncture hole *bigger* before
I stick in the plug.

I am 58 years old and during that time I have had my fair share of tires
"plugged" in the exact manner you describe. this includes steel belted
radials.

HOWEVER, the last puncture I experienced was with a Michelin tire purchased
from Sam's Club. *They would not plug it. *They insisted on removing it from
the rim and Appling a large patch on the inside of the tire.

I really don't know if the standards have changed or they are just ultra
conservative in their approach.

At any rate *if you are plugging, you have to make the hole larger to do it.
Been that way forever. *Side note: *that always bothered me also. *Never was
a problem. I don't recall a single one of them ever failing.

Colbyt

I really don't know if the standards have changed or they are just
ultra conservative in their approach.

I think you will find that the vast majority of repair shops will now
patch as opposed to plug.

I've been told that although plugs rarely fail, patches never do.
They'd rather do the extra work, for really not that much more money,
as "insurance" that the repair won't fail.