Tire Repair On The Road

[HispanicSlammer]

This is the thing we all dread, FLAT TIRE, 1000 miles from home, its starting to get dark, the cell phone has NO BARS, and you haven't seen a car pass by in a half an hour! What do you do? You break out the tools!

Stop and Go Pocket Plugger

Slime Compressor

Stop and Go Repair Kit Slime Compressor

Various Parts Rasp/Reamer, mushroom plugs, Nozzle, Needle tool, press tool, blade, Hex wrench - YOU WILL NEED TO PACK A PLIER AS WELL!

Dunlop 220 with nail in it No Michelin's were harmed by this demonstration!

Remove Nail with pliers This could be tricky if you don't stock a plier or a multi tool

Insert the rasp ream out the hole by twisting the rasp and enlarge the hole wide enough to insert the nozzle

Insert the Nozzle using the supplied needle tool

Leave Nozzle embedded into tire unscrew the needle tool and remove it from the nozzle

Insert mushroom plug into nozzle I found it is easier to put the plug in by hand rather than loading it into the plunger tool.

Business end of plunger tool there is a shaft that screws in and out from the inside using a hex wrench

Screw the plunger into the nozzle make sure the plunger is backed out first - screw the plunger onto the nozzle - tighten down on the plunger using the hex wrench till the mushroom plug is pushed into the tire through the nozzle then back out the hex wrench and remove the plunger tool nozzle and all

Demonstration you can see the mushroom plug pushed in as far as it will go, screw on the plunger again and remove the nozzle from the tire

Seat the plug you will need pliers to pull on the plug till it is stretched 2 inches to seat the mushroom head inside the tire.

Trim the plug do not pull on the plug while trimming leave it slightly long - not flush it will wear off with use.

Inflate the tire

Testing the Slime compressor it would take about 15 min to inflate a rear tire using the bike to power the compressor - turn the engine on so you don't drain the battery.

Mushroom plug as seen from the inside of the tire

Stop and go claims you can repair holes up to 7mm and that the plugs do not require glue, I will pack some glue anyways just for added measure. It is important to seat the plug as I did not do that (read the directions Miguel :rolleyes: ) the plug either popped out a bit while I was taking the tire off or it did not seat it properly in the first place. Stop and Go does not recommend more than a 100 miles on a repaired tire and speeds no greater than 50mph! Till you can have the tire replaced or patched with a permanent patch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPCKda624x4