Tire Plugs??

FBH44 · Apr 11, 2017

Plugging holes in front tractor tires, one red set of these gizmos says MAKE SURE you stick it in, and rotate 1/4 turn as you pull out.. A black set of them says NEVER rotate as you pull out. Anybody know for sure? And I know, they're only temporary, but for now....

tomNE · Apr 11, 2017

I was taught to rotate 40yrs ago and do it on all plugs..........not to say it's right but i do it.

Goose · Apr 11, 2017

I've plugged a lot of tires and I've always just pulled straight out. I used to sell "Blackjack" plugs by the gross. Also, I've never considered them temporary. Any vehicle my wife is driving instantly becomes a nail magnet on the road. I just plug the tires and forget about them.

When I was selling the plugs, I was an outside salesman for a private label auto parts company. calling on repair shops. Our company president used to go around making sales pitches on tire plugs. As a demonstration, he'd stick an awl into a tire on his van and then plug it. One day he blew a tire for real, and the fellow in the tire shop liked to freaked out when he broke the tire down. It had something like 14 plugs in it. And the prez was driving on the Interstate before the tire blew for reasons other than the plugs. I still laugh when I think about it.

Russ from MN · Apr 11, 2017

Temporary until the tire is worn out! No, I had a nail in a pretty new tire one time and I plugged it but later took it into a tire shop and had them install a plug with the patch on the inside. I was told if salt gets in beside the plug it will rust away the steel belt.

Goose · Apr 11, 2017

When I was selling plugs, my sales pitch was that plugs would seal the steel belts from moisture and prevent rust.

kcm.MN · Apr 11, 2017

(quoted from post at 14:23:46 04/11/17) Temporary until the tire is worn out! No, I had a nail in a pretty new tire one time and I plugged it but later took it into a tire shop and had them install a plug with the patch on the inside. I was told if salt gets in beside the plug it will rust away the steel belt.

I'm curious, how does a patch on the inside of the tire keep road salt away from the tire's steel belts?? *grin*

in-too-deep · Apr 11, 2017

No rotating for me. Had good luck.

jacksun65 · Apr 11, 2017

Newer plugs from tire shops install from inside and pull out and have a patch attached to the end.

Geo-TH,In · Apr 11, 2017

I couldn't get the rear rim off axle on old riding mower. It was rusted on axle. I Had to plug the sidewall using two plugs coated with silicone to stop the leak.

Steve@Advance · Apr 11, 2017

I twist in, then pull straight out.

Not that I was ever told to do that, just the way I do it.

Russ from MN · Apr 11, 2017

The plug is pulled through from the inside and has a lot of sealant on it, therefore sealing the hole better than a plug
just shoved in from the outside. On a new tire that I'm going to run awhile that's what I want.

504 · Apr 11, 2017

Those nnalert plugs and tools are high, but they work very well. I have plugged 11R22.5 with them.

David G · Apr 11, 2017

I just had one patched today, it has been leaking since it was put in.

DoubleR · Apr 11, 2017

I just plugged a wagon tire a couple days ago. Directions on my Wally World plug kit said straight in and straight out, do not rotate. Which is what I did. It seems to be holding so far.

Sprint 6 · Apr 11, 2017

Used to have a Tech tire repair salesman that did the same thing. They marketed a plug that had a gray coating that was meant to be used with vulcanizing compound. He would use them in the sidewall of his van tire. It must have had 15 plugs in it.

caterpillar guy · Apr 12, 2017

If I'm on the road and can do it, I patch them. If at home I pull them down and use a plug patch the one with the plug on the patch. I use the plugs from Tech with the gray on them.

Mike M · Apr 12, 2017

There were plugs that you loaded into a special tool that looked like a caulking gun. These had a bigger bottom end and a smaller stem sort of like a valve stem. I think those worked good. I got a similar tool from JC Whitney but it never worked right. I think the tool was too cheaply made. I never had much luck with the rope looking type plugs except in low pressure ATV tires.

BarnyardEngineering · Apr 12, 2017

I don't understand the confusion/controversy...

If the instructions on the package say ROTATE, then ROTATE.

If the instructions on the package say DON'T rotate, then DON'T rotate.

One package of plugs isn't necessarily the same as another. Different brands. Different designs. Different application instructions.

Tire plugs saved my bacon last weekend. Picked up a nail with a trailer tire 50 miles from home. No spare. Jammed a plug in it before it went flat. Didn't rotate the plug, BTW, lost the instructions a long time ago.

Dune Country · Apr 12, 2017

The installer tool has a hook like setup on the end that the plug is inserted into, push it in and turn a 1/4 turn to "unhook" the plug from the tool, pull out.

OldFarmall450 · Apr 12, 2017

I worked with a guy who also did construction, he was always getting nails from job sites and he would use sheet metal screws as plugs. When a tire had a leak he'd take a screw bigger than the hole and screw it all the way in. He swore by it, said the head would wear down but wouldn't leak. He had a tire that had like 10 screws in it.

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