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There's some kind of slimy tire sealant you might be able to spray into your tire to get you by... I think.

I've never used it on anything, so I can't personally attest to it, but it might do the job of that used tire for less money.

I've had good luck with Fix-A-Flat, and generally try to keep a can in my vehicles. It's good for puncture wounds, but not tears or sidewall issues...

Nah, that's a no-go. Side wall is damaged.

Jabberwonky wrote:I've had good luck with Fix-A-Flat, and generally try to keep a can in my vehicles. It's good for puncture wounds, but not tears or sidewall issues...

Is it still explosive?

AnotherFairportfan wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:I've had good luck with Fix-A-Flat, and generally try to keep a can in my vehicles. It's good for puncture wounds, but not tears or sidewall issues...

Is it still explosive?

Only if you use it right...

Alkarii wrote:Nah, that's a no-go. Side wall is damaged.

just get a manhole cover, they work good enough for a few days, though you have to watch your traction... and if you're around the forest, you could always MAKE your own wheel... whatever you do, DON'T make it SQUARE! you'd have to be going REALLY, REALLY fast to smooth out your ride...

AnotherFairportfan wrote:EDIT: Funny Picher

X°D

scantrontb wrote:

Alkarii wrote:Nah, that's a no-go. Side wall is damaged.

just get a manhole cover, they work good enough for a few days, though you have to watch your traction... and if you're around the forest, you could always MAKE your own wheel... whatever you do, DON'T make it SQUARE! you'd have to be going REALLY, REALLY fast to smooth out your ride...

Jamie and Adam always say, VERY clearly, Don't try this stuff at home!

If the sidewall's damaged, you're boned. A used tire could also be a good spare after the money loosens up.

Sgt. Howard wrote:

AnotherFairportfan wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:I've had good luck with Fix-A-Flat, and generally try to keep a can in my vehicles. It's good for puncture wounds, but not tears or sidewall issues...

Is it still explosive?

Only if you use it right...

I believe there are no open flame warnings on the label, and that they make fun targets for plinking. (when the can is pierced, they try to run)

Jabberwonky wrote:

Sgt. Howard wrote:

AnotherFairportfan wrote:Is it still explosive?

Only if you use it right...

I believe there are no open flame warnings on the label, and that they make fun targets for plinking. (when the can is pierced, they try to run)

It used to come with a peel-off sticker label you were supposed to affix to the wheel to warn the tire guy that the tire was filled with an explosive mixture - the inflation component was something like butane...

I just had a thought - the gang need to go to a Boiled in Lead concert.

Or maybe Eddi and the Fey.

Jabberwonky wrote:I've had good luck with Fix-A-Flat, and generally try to keep a can in my vehicles. It's good for puncture wounds, but not tears or sidewall issues...

There is a chain of garages around here that will not touch tires that had that stuff added to it to fix a flat, as they don't want to gum up their equipment during the removal of the tire...

lake_wrangler wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:I've had good luck with Fix-A-Flat, and generally try to keep a can in my vehicles. It's good for puncture wounds, but not tears or sidewall issues...

There is a chain of garages around here that will not touch tires that had that stuff added to it to fix a flat, as they don't want to gum up their equipment during the removal of the tire...

I've used the steelbelt patch kits(basically, pull sharp item out of puncture site, ream hole with included tool to rough up surface, thread patch through tool, coat patch with sealant and plug hole. Let cure one hour, refill tire)to fix a puncture from hitting construction debris and had garages refuse to change them.
Does anyone know how hard it is for a petite female to use those gorramin things?
To be told that patching it like that is the same as adding a can of fix a flat...yeah, let's just say that garage is no longer in business due to Darwinesque amounts of morbid stupidity.

Once bought a used car that had a tire repair with fix-a-flat type stuff, but I didn't know it at the time. Come winter, it froze, and all of a sudden I had the right front corner of the car jumping off the ground... Made for an interesting drive to the gas station.

The dismounted the tire and pulled out a crescent moon shaped iceberg. Ran much better after that!

DinkyInky wrote:

lake_wrangler wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:I've had good luck with Fix-A-Flat, and generally try to keep a can in my vehicles. It's good for puncture wounds, but not tears or sidewall issues...

There is a chain of garages around here that will not touch tires that had that stuff added to it to fix a flat, as they don't want to gum up their equipment during the removal of the tire...

I've used the steelbelt patch kits(basically, pull sharp item out of puncture site, ream hole with included tool to rough up surface, thread patch through tool, coat patch with sealant and plug hole. Let cure one hour, refill tire)to fix a puncture from hitting construction debris and had garages refuse to change them.
Does anyone know how hard it is for a petite female to use those gorramin things?
To be told that patching it like that is the same as adding a can of fix a flat...yeah, let's just say that garage is no longer in business due to Darwinesque amounts of morbid stupidity.

I've worked at several full service gas stations over the years, I can pull a tire, ream it, plug it and have it back on in under 15 min.
But that's just me. I've fixed many flats for myself and friends that way because that's what the nearest gas station had on the racks...

I've had tires plugged by others to fix a nail or screw in the tread area, and went on to learn how to do it myself; never had a problem following the repairs, but I'd always remount those wheels on the back end of the vehicle, just in case.

The better way than just a dry plug is of course to use some appropriate glue with the plug; it makes it fuse with the surrounding tire, and if you can have the tire unmounted, applying a patch on the inner surface, in addition to the plug, is belt-and-suspenders towards having it fixed and forgotten.

That said, I can see a 'get me out of the desert' fix being applied to a sidewall mischef, but not in anyway could I recommend driving on such a repaired tire for more than a few miles and at relatively low speed.

It might be possible to locate a serviceable used tire on the Popey/Wimpy method of financial transactions; "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday, for a Hamburger today..."

Doesn't hurt anything (but possibly your feelings) to ask around.

I trust patches much more than plugs but a bicycle tire is bad enough. I can't imagine the difficulty of getting a car tire on/off the rim without the proper machine so I have always taken them to be fixed professionally.

shadowinthelight wrote:I trust patches much more than plugs but a bicycle tire is bad enough. I can't imagine the difficulty of getting a car tire on/off the rim without the proper machine so I have always taken them to be fixed professionally.

I never took it off my car. Always plugged it, then drove as little as possible on it until I could afford a replacement. I've grown fond of those places that take some extra per tire for a replacement warranty...then bought a warranty for the replacement. Eleven dollars versus a hundred is quite lovely.