I wonder about using this stuff with wire wheels (though I don't recall if
the original poster has wire wheels). My limited experience is that you're
just as likely to get a puncture from spoke ends as you are from road
debris. This would put the puncture on the inner radius of the tube. My
_vast_ experience with the spray goo and several VWs is that the goo
squirts in as a liquid. You must rotate the tires as the goo goes in to get
best coverage (hence, you still need a jack, tho you could roll the car as
the tire slowly fills). The _outer_ radius of the tire, which is where the
puncture usually resides on a tubeless tire, is what gets coated. The
pressure provided by the can forces the goo into the puncture and
eventually closes it. I could be very wrong about this, but I'm guessing
that the inner radius gets minimum goo.
As for going right out to get the puncture fixed, I never did (I do NOT
recommend this, though). Crazy I know, but I kept 6 gooed tires just fine
through 2 years of college and another 2 in grad school (three cars). At
one time, every tire on the road and the spare were gooed. No gooed tire
ever sprung a leak again, but then, God protects idiots.
Jeff
>>Bill Eastman wrote:
>>> The main ingredient is a tire sealer/inflator so that I don't
>>> have to carry the spare, jack, lug wrench, etc.
>
>Trevor Boicey commented:
>> This sealer inflator stuff only works on punctures. It's
>
>
>And the puncture size is limited, obviously. Also, read the can of
>the sealer/inflator carefully. Some instruct not to drive on the
>injected tire indefinitely but to have it "properly" repaired ASAP.
>Also, inform the guy fixing the flat that you have injected the tire
>with the substance - I've seen the stuff come spewing out of the air
>valve when opened.
>
>
>Mike Lambdin
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