Re: Subject: Scratch & tire puncture

["Keleigh Hardie" <hobbesian@worldnet.att.net>]

On Wed, 28 May 1997 10:56:28(CDT) Jim Jordan <superba@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Subject: Scratch & tire puncture
>
>Sean,
>
>Can't help with scratch.  You can repair punctures by getting what some
call
>a radial patch;  good tire repair places can do it but don't like to
because
>it requires removing the tire from the wheel and gluing the patch, very
thin
>and lightweight, to the inside of the tire.  If you make them index the
tire
>to the wheel and put it back with the index mark aligned, no balancing
will
>be required.  Don't let the repair people use the plug method where a
rubber
>plug is threaded with a large needle like tool into the hole with some
glue
>and trimmed.  Often this causes ply separation and squirrely tires and
>noises. I spent the better part of 6 months diagnosing a noise problem
>caused by such a plug patch.  Use the plugs only in an emergency when you
>have no other choice.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Cheers!

This is all correct, and the only thing I can add is that quality shops
WILL do this, but they will charge you for it. This is the only way we fix
punctures at my shop, but we do charge more than most. You gets what you
pays for.

Keleigh!
88 80Q
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