[Land-speed] tire plugs What about Fix a Flat ?

[Dale Krumheuer]

Haven't tried the green stuff, I heard that the green stuff is basically anti freeze. The Fix a Flat is the emergency roadside stuff, that can inflate your tire and uhhh fix a flat. 

"Adin, David" <DavidAdin at mercydurango.org> wrote: Tire slime?  (that green stuff)

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From: land-speed-bounces+davidadin=mercydurango.org at autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces+davidadin=mercydurango.org at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Dale Krumheuer
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:24 AM
To: Bryan Savage; Jon Wennerberg
Cc: land-speed at autox.team.net; RACE427 at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] tire plugs What about Fix a Flat ?

I know that we have all used Fix a flat before, the aerosol foam tire
sealer. Admittedly, I've used it to fix a slow leak and promptly forgot
about having the tire serviced. Not that I would use fix a flat for a
serious tire problem but what about that irritating slow leaking tire? 

Bryan Savage  wrote: A friend and one of our
pit crew was a Traffic Collision Reconstructionist
for the San Jose PD. He said the first thing he looked for when a tire
had
failed (he only worked fatal collisions)was a plug. They were usually
the
cause.

A family member by marriage was a tire dealer in Southern Cal. He scared
me
away from them in the late '60's. The, then new design, bias belted
tires
were "destroyed" by plugs, he said. He went into a real rant.

I've had tubeless tires patched years ago. Steel belts seem to have
eliminated flat tires for me. I have to pull crap (including a 3"X <" 
lag bolt)
from the Bridgestones on my '71 F250 - haul it to the dump express, but 
it never
looses air. (wish my savings account worked that well).

Bryan
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