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Old 12-14-2020, 10:04 AM
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Here's the "speed plug" kit I used on a couple of my tires and to help out a stranger once I saw driving 3 mph to limp off the road to a parking lot.

They worked fabulously for me I wish I took a pic of the one that was out on the tread block it just looked like part of the tire like if there was a splat of red mixed in with the rubber.

The first time I used in a tire that didn't have a ton of tread left so I figured I would do a real world long term test and see how long it would last and apparently "indefinitely" was the answer.

I put some form of lubrication on when I installed to help the threads form tightly on the rubber and the two I used on my car worked great.

FYI: steel screw will work great in a pinch to seal a typical tire puncture to get you home.

Just take out the nail or screw and replace with a slightly bigger flat head screw. That was my go-to emergency repair and I've done that 2-3 times to get me to Sam's club who will do a proper patch-pkug no charge for advanced members.

I was trying find the photos where I pulled out a leaky screw and put in a tight one. I took out a pan head screw and replaced with a wide flat head cement board screw. Worked perfectly fine for a few days until I got to the repair shop.
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