As it turns out, this is now a non-issue for me. The third puncture I found
in the tire will not hold a plug, so I'll have to replace it. Good thing I
kept my old set of SP8000's! And they're even at about the same tread depth
as the tires now on the car (also SP8000's).
Scot
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Hearn <khearn@legato.com>
To: <nokones@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: Scot Zediker <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>;
<khearn@mail.legato.com>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: Plugging Tires
>
> I'm not an expert, but I've read that you shouldn't just plug a speed
> rated tire if you expect to ever use it at speed, like at a track
> event, or the way some of you drive on the freeway.:)
>
> The problem with plugging is that you don't check to see if there was
> damage inside the tire. Apparently somethign that makes a minor
> looking puncture from the outside can do more damage to the cords
> and cause problems with the strength of the tire, resulting in a
> possible blowout at high speed.
>
> If you take the tire off to do a proper vulcanized patch, you also can
> see if there is any internal damage.
>
> I got a puncture in my almost brand new T1-S's about a week before a
> two-day school at Thunderhill last March and made darn sure that
> they did a proper inspection and patch job.
>
> Keith Hearn
> '99 Miata 10AE "Sexy Sadie" the Sapphire Shark
> B-Stock
> Milpitas, CA
>
> In message <39695447.E3A60A02@ix.netcom.com>, Kenneth Allan Mitchell
writes:
> > I thought it was not cool to plug steel belted tires because the steel
> > belts will wear/cut through the plug thus the tire will leak air? I
> > thought the only way to repair a radial tire was to patch it from the
> > inside. Am I wrong?
> >
> > Just curious. I'm just a tire expert wannabee
> >
> > --
> > Kenneth Allan Mitchell
> > mailto:nokones@ix.netcom.com
>
>
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