I hate flats.

Coyote Chris

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Some will remember that this last summer Frosty and I were on our way to the Minidoka Concentration camp https://www.nps.gov/miin/index.htm and I got a flat on the interstate, only I didnt know it till we stopped for gas at a Maverick station. I came out to my bike which was luckily in a parking space after going inside and there wasnt a lb of pressure left in the pretty new rear tire. We shoved a couple of Dynaplugs into the hole and inflated the tire and were lucky enough to find a power sports dealer who had a tire and put it on. Now I find out that on Subarus you cant use the light duty spare on the front of the car, only the rear.
I just ordered three more Warwolf pumps on Amazon for $50 each and I now have pleanty of screw in tire plugs of two different sizes. Along with my regular tire repair kit. I dont like being by the side of the road with any issues as we just lost another trooper to some idiot hitting her (he ran) and another injured a few days later. I like the Warwolf cause besides the battery in it, it comes with a long extension cord/cigar lighter plug which will power it. If you havent tried the new screw in plastic tire plugs, I can bring some to the rally and we can use a cordless power drill to put a hole in someone's tire and screw one of these babies in. Frosty donated an old tire so I drilled 2 each 1/8 in holes and the smaller of the two sized went in with a bit of work but it was fine. The bigger of the two plugs took some work but went in.
The larger one is 7 mm wide/ .27 and the smaller one is 5.5 mm/ .21 I would get a bigger diameter handle phillips than they give you with the kit.
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Where did you get the plugs from. I would like to keep some in the new little MX-5 as it does not come with a spare tire of any kind. Just a 12 volt pump and some stuff like Ride On or Slime. And three years of road side assistance.
 
Where did you get the plugs from. I would like to keep some in the new little MX-5 as it does not come with a spare tire of any kind. Just a 12 volt pump and some stuff like Ride On or Slime. And three years of road side assistance.
They are all over the web. Here are some links;



Just google screw in tire plug.
 
Poor pic. I screw them in just below tire surface pic one is from inside
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Plugs screwed in about.02 in below tire surface
 

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I see a spiral leak path opportunity for air and sometimes punctures are at odd angles or crazy sized. I'll stick with rope plugs. I have these compact kits on the bikes. A strip of plugs + reamer/inserter all fit inside the handle.

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I see a spiral leak path opportunity for air and sometimes punctures are at odd angles or crazy sized. I'll stick with rope plugs. I have these compact kits on the bikes. A strip of plugs + reamer/inserter all fit inside the handle.

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I carry it all. Actually. Mushroom plugs, gummy worms dyna plugs. But looking at this design, when I test it on a tire I will remove, I got a dollar that says it wont lead on normal nail holes. That tire rubber is compresses around the threads. And the main purpose is to get you off the side of the road and to somewhere safe to do a more permanant repair or replacement. In the shortest period of time. With my old weak hands, gummies take lots of work to take a set of graduated tapered rat tail files and open the hole so I can get the gummy in, then pump up the tire.
BTW, there is a misconception about the force of air on the plug. Its roughly 42 psi. That would be per square inch. The actual pressure to try and get around the uniquely designed threads compressing the tire rubber around them can be measured in ounces or tenths of ounces. The soapy water knows.
 
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