| Author | Message | ||
     Natexlh1000 |
Almost a year ago, I bought one of these; http://www.stopngo.com/products/plugger/1000.asp Along with the cute little pump that they sell in a kit. Well today, I got off of my bike to find a nice drywall screw in my rear tire. The kit had one problem: the threads on the plunger part were not put on correctly and I had to chase them with a file to get it to thread in. besides that, however, it seems to work and has been holding 40 pounds of pressure for several hours. I remember reading from somewhere that the steel belts in the tire will eat the plug so I'll have to see. | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Good to know. I have a stop n go kit with my "CyclePump" How long did it take to fix? Are you going to replace the tire, or are you going to run on the plug for a while? I am kind of curious how it holds up. | ||
| Crusty |
Nate; are you running steel belted tires? | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
I am running steel belted tires.I know this because I saw some of them in there. I know that they will kill the plug so I will see how long. The tire is pretty much done anyways as it made it to Iowa last year after homecoming. The plugger kit that I have had a flawed thread on the plunger part that goes into the main large handle. It took me some time with a file to clean out the threads. I estimate that once I figured it all out and made the parts to fit together, it took like 5 minutes to get the plug in and a longer time to pump it up. | ||
| Birdy |
That is the same style plug that was used on my tire last fall. It started to leak within 100 miles. I knew something was up when the guy told me to use "Fix-A-Flat" if it goes down. Needless to say I have a new tire now. It got me home BUT I'll never run a plug after that. I hate to think what would happen in the super slab if it'd let go. | ||
| Iamike |
Last summer, before Homecoming, I had picked up a box staple in my new rear tire. The bizzare thing was that as I was riding to work that morning I got this funny feeling that I hadn't had a flat on my bikes in years. When I got home I saw the staple. When I pulled out the staple the tire went down pretty quick. Since the hole was really small and I knew a plug would make a much bigger hole, I just pushed some silicone glue into the hole with a small nail head figuring I'd pull the tire and put a patch on the inside. Well I never got around to doing it and almost a year and several thousand miles later it is still holding. I guess it depends where the hole is and how much damage is done determines whether to plug it, patch it or replace it. Iowa Mike | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Well after letting the bike sit with the plug in it for a few days, I checked the pressure and it had dropped about 8 pounds. I topped it off and drove it to work on the back roads with no drama. So far mileage is up past 40. And a tire is on order ;) | ||
| Xl1200r |
I can't even count the number of tires I've plugged and very few have still leaked if they've been a reasonable repair (the time a house key went through the tread doesn't count as a reasonable repair). That said, I woudln't trust the plugging kit for very much. It relies on the plug being bigger than the hole to create a seal. Pretty shoddy if you ask me. Whenever we repaired tires, we used a vulcanizing fluid that chemicially bonded the tire to the plug, making it act more like one peice of rubber. Unless this kit has that, I woudln't buy it for me. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Ooops. I must have measured the pressure wrong this morning. I just measured it here at work (cold) and it was in the high 40's. I guess it doesn't have a slow leak after all. | ||
| Sleez |
i plugged an almost new tire with the rope type kit, and it lasted the entire life of the tire with no ill effects. it happened 2 days after putting on the tire, a day before heading out from SoCal to Donner for the weekend. watched it closely, never lost more than a lb or 2 during any period. YMMV | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
I only use the patch kits.(inside tire) They seem to work best for me. I never had a problem with these. Good luck with that plug! If you need to use the No-MAr Bar just let me know. | ||
| Xl1200r |
I only use the patch kits.(inside tire) The plugs we used had a patch as well - had to be put on from the inside. A plug filled the hole and the attached patch made sure it was a REALLY good seal. Those rope plugs are about the best you can get for a roadside repair. |
