DIY: Installing A Plug To Repair A Tire Leak (Video Tutorial)

[ProStreetDriver]

How to install a plug to repair a puncture/hole in the tread face of a tire. The sidewall cannot be repair as it is unsafe and illegal.

 

Procedure:

-remove tire from vehicle

-find air leak using soapy water and watch for bubbling

-remove object in tire using a screw driver, pliers, etc

-using the reamer from the tire repair kit, stick in the in the hole so it goes through to the other side, twist reamer to clean hole

-load plug into needle, center plug in needle

-stick plug 2/3 length tire with 1/3 left exposed to the outside

-pull needle straight out quickly without twisting

-cut off access plug using side-cutters, razor, etc

-pump up tire and reinspect for leak

-when all is done, reinstall tire on vehicle

 

[Tungsten]

 

Have done this before, got a 5 inch nail out of my tire.

[nunya]

Sidewalls can be repaired if done correctly (actually properly patched from the inside, NOT a plug). You didn't say anything about lube either! Little dab on the reamer helps you from killing yourself on some of those pesky small holes

 

(some of the more elaborate kits come with some like the Blackjack kit, otherwise a touch of vasaline does the same thing)