Puncture repair kit

[Metters]

Is their a particular brand puncture repair kit that is better than the others on the market?

You only have to look through Rema Tip Top's catalogue on their site and you will be blown away by what is available for tread, shoulder and side wall repairs in both tubeless and cross ply tyres.  The big problem for most car owners is when you go beyond the basic externally applied plug kits, you have to take the tyre off the rim.  That is not all that easy, particularly with heavy 4wd tyres, and is often in the too hard basket for many people.   This causes many people to try and seal large holes with multiple plugs.  That is not always successfull resulting in slow leaks and total destruction of the tyre due to low pressure overheating.   

[Mace]

Interesting, this is a pic of Beadells Tour Website, noting that "this tyre is repairable".

As its punctured on the shoulder, via the Standard, its not!.

What do ya reckon BD?

[whitey]

Hello all, just returned from a trip through the centre on all road conditions and had to use the repair kit 3 times on the 3 1/2 week trip. 3 punctures and 3 tyre blow outs, out of 5 vehicles :'(

2 worked well but unfortunately the last one ( all in the tread area ) didn't and the trusted can of finyleak ( however it's spelt) had to be used and then that wasn't successful after about 5klm's of travelling with that pumped in.... side walls got over heated before i felt the puncture and it looked like a puffer fish even running 15psi in it.... next time brand new tyres and carrying 2 spares ... ..........with another puncture kit it's a must have..... saved me twice at least

[TheOtherLeft]

Hello all, just returned from a trip through the centre on all road conditions and had to use the repair kit 3 times on the 3 1/2 week trip. 3 punctures and 3 tyre blow outs, out of 5 vehicles :'(

2 worked well but unfortunately the last one ( all in the tread area ) didn't and the trusted can of finyleak ( however it's spelt) had to be used and then that wasn't successful after about 5klm's of travelling with that pumped in.... side walls got over heated before i felt the puncture and it looked like a puffer fish even running 15psi in it.... next time brand new tyres and carrying 2 spares ... ..........with another puncture kit it's a must have..... saved me twice at least

Do you have any pics of the punctures?

[whitey]

Yes i do have some pic's, we just got back from the trip and as soon as i download the pic's i will show a few stranded shots with tyres ... unfortunate part about the last puncture ( in my truck ) is that we did them within a short distance of one another.... so i used my spare... one vehicle i flagged down sheepishly stopped for assistance and i got her to contact a mate who was at that stage 60k up the road.... while we we sitting on the side of the road on the 2 flat tyres 2 camper towing vehicles drove straight passed , one didn't even look sideways... not impressed ... will show some pics of the vehicle on road up on jacks with no rear wheels and see what you think of the situation ... wish i got their rego's ... anyway some people are like that, but never come across that before ... 2 other vehicles turned up 2 hrs later and wanted to go after them and say hello if you no what i mean.

[austastar]

The big problem for most car owners is when you go beyond the basic externally applied plug kits, you have to take the tyre off the rim.  That is not all that easy, particularly with heavy 4wd tyres, and is often in the too hard basket for many people. 

Hi,
   we did a bit of tyre practice at a recent club weekend. It proved very popular for those of us who had never done much in that area.







The practice got used on another trip.





cheers

[xcvator]

Whatever happened to those good old split rim wheels ?  Much easier to get the tyre off of them, or am I just showing my age ?

[austastar]

Whatever happened to those good old split rim wheels ?  Much easier to get the tyre off of them, or am I just showing my age ?

Hi,
   but it takes ages with a hand pump to get the tubeless tyres to inflate.


cheers

[Metters]

Whatever happened to those good old split rim wheels ?  Much easier to get the tyre off of them,

Don't worry they are still with us.  This photo was posted on another site a couple of years ago.  It shows a new MRF 7.50 x 16 Superlug cross ply with zero air pressure in it!  Imagine trying to get a tyre with sidewalls that heavy on and off a one piece rim. 

[fuji]

Whatever happened to those good old split rim wheels ?  Much easier to get the tyre off of them, or am I just showing my age ?

When I purchased the new truck I asked the salesman if I could have the split rims off the poverty pack and he said no I would have to buy the poverty pack version. So,I went for the alloys. Been looking for split rims but can't find any.
Wayne

[scarps]

So got back from the knockwood weekend all safe and a few days later the tyre pressure alarm went off.
Discovered a very slow leak in the rear drivers tyre and after checking the valve was tight then reinflating it twice over a 2 week period, decided I better pull the tyre off and have a look.
Found this:

Which turned out to be this:

So using this:

Did this:

Then this:

Then this:

And finally this:

In the past I've used the smaller black plugs, but felt the hole left by this rusty nail might be better with the larger plug.

This is the third time I've used these plugs and never had a problem to date that needed a tyre centre to replug for me.

Happy however to hear from BD or similar if there's something else I should do or have done.

[Mongoose]

Scarps, you been picking your nose again?

[scarps]

Scarps, you been picking your nose again?

Nah, mine's usually green and brown:-)

[chester ver2.0]

Scarps i also have the bushranger kit and have used it in anger once before the only weak spot i can see with this kit is the handles on the rasp tool and plunger are plastoc and may eventually become brittle

The only other advise i got is not to use the rasp unless absolutly nessisary as you are just making a bigger hole

[marvellous_matt]

I was given a tip once, use an appropriate sized (4.5mm?) drill rather than the rasp. I have since added a cordless drill to my tool kit while touring, and while not used for this have found it very useful on a few occasions.