DerbyDad03 wrote:
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.

Plugs are greate if you want to do the repair yourself, but when you have a
machine within a few feet that can easily bust the tire down it makes no
sense not to use a patch.