[DeTomaso] A machine screw as a tire plug

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/20/12 22 51 24, hougan at verizon.net writes:


> Hmm, now for the heretical opinion:
> 
> I've been using the el cheapo 'stringy' tire plugs and rubber cement to
> patch nail and screw holes for 35 years from the outside (hell if I'm 
> going
> to pull the tire off the rim!); lost count of how many that has been (>
> 100,
> probably).
> 
> NEVER have had one fail; certainly NOT had the tire 'come apart.'
> 
> Livin' on borrowed time, I guess :)
> 

>>>I've used them twice in my life, and had one fail.   That's a 50% 
failure rate, which is high enough for me to suggest not using them except in an 
emergency.

Considering that the tire in question is obscenely expensive and rare, it 
makes sense to do whatever one can to preserve it properly....

Mike