The shoulder of the tire is not safe to plug or patch. This is an emergency fix to get you to the nearest tire shop. Do not drive significant distance on this. (I am sure this tire is still on the road, unless it's exploded.)
I'm guessing that where this repair was done, a new tire is worth half a year's wages or more. The old tire will do just fine until it doesn't any more and then it'll get another repair.
Tire plugs are great in a pinch when you are stranded but they don't last that long. They are not meant to be a permanent repair but I have made it home so many times with them through the years.
that's what the repairman said to me when he put a plug in my tire. Been driving fine over a year now. I understand your point, but if I can not have to spend $300-400 right away, I rather wait for it to get lose and to have to have the tires changed.
My experience is that they either work or they don't. I've had ones that fail in minutes, but not hours. Seems to me, if the puncture wasn't too ragged they seal up and last the life of the tire (in my experience.)
My dad suggested I don't need a new tire when he fixed mine with a plug like that. We live in germany, no fucking way I'd go 180 on the autobahn on a tire with a plug.. But its scary to know more people like my dad eyist that have no problem to drive around with a temporary fixed tire.
I tend to plug until i can get to a shop to have it patched with a proper patch plug from the inside. It's worth it to rebalance and inspect the tire for me. I've had a blowput on a patched tire before that had more damage to the radial wires that i couldn't see while plugging so it was weakened. Dont want to do that again. I have also forgotten and left plugs in too long (years) before to the point where the plug was back to just a dry cord and slow-leaking again though.
I've put in probably a dozen over the years. I've never replaced a tire or had the plug replaced, ran them until the tire needed replacing, tens of thousands of miles, never had one fail.
Used to drive 75k km per year, some of it was to construction sites delivering blueprints. Had my tires plugged all the time due to little pointy things stuck in tires. Never had a plug fail.
Uh... you obviously haven't spent much time in Mexico. So many have plugs in tires and we drive bad fire roads as well as long distance. All have held up so far.
Imgur has been hit heavily with lots of bots unfortunately. Lots of things are being down voted constantly to drive down user engagement on certain subjects. Front page has a low upvote rate because of it. User sub tries to hold the line but yeah
Because other people upvoted it, so it must be correct, so they'll upvote it to help it gain reach. People like to back a winner, even when the 'winner' is "number go up on internet"
Where do you come up with this stuff? That's not true at all. Plugs are meant to last like 25,000 miles. They ARE meant to be permanent repair. I have 5 more links if you need more sources other than, "well one failed for me once." Tire Plugs and Patch Repair: How Long Do They Last? - In The Garage with CarParts.com https://sha">arts.com">CarParts.com https://share.google/FRGsVm1GRlfIAalia
We did hundreds, maybe thousands at our shop before we switched to the plug-patches and I saw maybe 1 or 2 leak. As far as I'm concerned, plug patches were a solution in search of a problem. Plus you have to have the equipment to mount and balance a tire and it takes 20 times as long.
If a tire plug fails at high speed you'll have... a leaky tire. Horrifying. No plug or patch actually strengthens the tire, they don't stop it from blowing out.
Also I learned, once you do this sort of plug, a lot of shops won't touch it (even if it's not on the shoulder) Source. I used a flat as a chance to practice this sort of repair and the shop replaced the tire under warranty, wouldn't/couldn't remove the plug to do a proper patch (maybe my words are wrong)
Plugs on near the sidewall are less than ideal but, they are okay as a get-me-to-a-tire-shop holdover. But, then again, leaving the nail in would have probably been fine for that, too, so idk.
"This can last you 2,000 miles or 2 feet. There is really no good way to tell. Ideally you cancel whatever your plans were today and go get a new tire. If not, try not to go over thirty and understand that it is far from uncommon for a tire failure to total a car. I'm serious, get it replaced yesterday."
I agree, I've done this for people to get them to the shop when their spare was bad. I plugged a motorcycle tire, which I know better, but I drove 30mph to a shop to get it swapped and get me home.
I've had some flats that a shop SHOULDN'T have fixed, but if you're there every month, they'll work with you. Source: I used to throw news papers on a rural route. Literally picked up damn near everything in my tires. People are assholes when they're building a house or redoing a roof.
Yeah, the mail carriers that still use personal vehicles all have "their shop" that will patch tires for them that they wouldn't for other customers. They know the job is rough on vehicles (especially tires and brakes) and that we tend to drive MUCH slower than most.
Our copro has a gravel parking lot (just about big enough for 7 cars). I get a flat nearly every year for no reason. Recently I saw a kid with a metal detector and told him I'd give him money for each nail he found in the lot. Good thing he didn't think of naming a price for each nail beforehand because he found 60 in less than 10 minutes. Fuck!
Yeah, my old appartment building redid their metal roof. used roofing nails EVERYWHERE. I think 4 or 5 of the tenants sued the landlord for new tires. They hired like 50 day laborers to come and fill buckets with nails.
zushiba
I like how he peed on it at the end, just for good measure.
Shaows
I thought he was going to slice his finger open as soon as that car honked
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MelodyLightfoot
The car is held up by a Jack, the soda can which is sitting on the jack's base is to prevent the wheel from spinning while he manipulates it.
lastlatvian
That's not a safe spot for a plug, way too close to the sidewall -- don't drive on this unless it's a emergency, and drive slow.
GrosseChung
I have my doubts
MaverickTitan
That’s a bandaid on a bullet hole if ever I saw one.
r0b0tc0rpse
The shoulder of the tire is not safe to plug or patch. This is an emergency fix to get you to the nearest tire shop. Do not drive significant distance on this. (I am sure this tire is still on the road, unless it's exploded.)
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Rope plugs are an emergency repair, NOT a permanent fix, old plugs leak.
earthlingextraordinaire
andsy
Laying like that is a sign of trust. It wants you to scratch its belly
Spaceqowboy
Hehehe
Jebriel
Plug n play!
onecowboytoo
A tire plug at that area of the tire will not be a long term fix. It flexes to much and will start leaking eventually.
Dracology
I expected it to zoom out and have the car be totaled
LilyBellGiantess
Excellent jack position
IlluminaBlade
Ree81
Fun fact! This episode aired in 1999.
theskepticinme
It is still leaking
coastalfoundhound
Most of the wrong comments are confidently wrong.
cptcr
temporarily solved. get a new tire
GiantSquanchy
DarwinsAgain
I'm guessing that where this repair was done, a new tire is worth half a year's wages or more. The old tire will do just fine until it doesn't any more and then it'll get another repair.
VinnyVeritas
Sealed it with piss ?
RenaissanceFaireMan
Thought he was going to put some glue/adhesive on the nail and put it back.
DaUnkn0wn
Thought that was a soda can, ngl
wetsquirrel
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlaGd5YXc1dHlwYXk3MGxvOXp2a3ViNzlkejJ5OXdiamFrdGM5ajk3eiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/kSlJtVrqxDYKk/giphy.mp4
stayingalive4life
Coke or Diet Coke can
Shaows
Can of Budweiser
kramoch
Yeah, well.... Will hold for few months.....
jridley
And then a few more months, then a couple of years.... I've never had a plug fail on me.
mirrorz
Tire plugs are great in a pinch when you are stranded but they don't last that long. They are not meant to be a permanent repair but I have made it home so many times with them through the years.
Poppypoppoppop
that's what the repairman said to me when he put a plug in my tire. Been driving fine over a year now. I understand your point, but if I can not have to spend $300-400 right away, I rather wait for it to get lose and to have to have the tires changed.
TheNLK
My experience is that they either work or they don't. I've had ones that fail in minutes, but not hours. Seems to me, if the puncture wasn't too ragged they seal up and last the life of the tire (in my experience.)
GuyFromDeathValley
My dad suggested I don't need a new tire when he fixed mine with a plug like that. We live in germany, no fucking way I'd go 180 on the autobahn on a tire with a plug..
But its scary to know more people like my dad eyist that have no problem to drive around with a temporary fixed tire.
cal75
Quiet down Les Schwab
clevernametom
I’ve had a plug in my current tire for at least 20k miles and still going strong.
mirrorz
I tend to plug until i can get to a shop to have it patched with a proper patch plug from the inside. It's worth it to rebalance and inspect the tire for me. I've had a blowput on a patched tire before that had more damage to the radial wires that i couldn't see while plugging so it was weakened. Dont want to do that again. I have also forgotten and left plugs in too long (years) before to the point where the plug was back to just a dry cord and slow-leaking again though.
BlueDsc
I've never had a tire plug that didn't outlive the tire it was in.
jridley
I've put in probably a dozen over the years. I've never replaced a tire or had the plug replaced, ran them until the tire needed replacing, tens of thousands of miles, never had one fail.
chatterer
Used to drive 75k km per year, some of it was to construction sites delivering blueprints. Had my tires plugged all the time due to little pointy things stuck in tires. Never had a plug fail.
ChicanoBatman
Uh... you obviously haven't spent much time in Mexico. So many have plugs in tires and we drive bad fire roads as well as long distance. All have held up so far.
Wheee12
Lies, I have done this with all my fleet trucks. Do it right and no issues. Maybe next time you will use the adhesive vs raw dogging it.
ziggystardust7
Why did so many people upvote this wrong information.
Usersubmadememakethis
Imgur has been hit heavily with lots of bots unfortunately. Lots of things are being down voted constantly to drive down user engagement on certain subjects. Front page has a low upvote rate because of it. User sub tries to hold the line but yeah
apathyboy
Because people are stupid and facts are not a democracy.
TsukariYoshi
Because other people upvoted it, so it must be correct, so they'll upvote it to help it gain reach. People like to back a winner, even when the 'winner' is "number go up on internet"
Interleaver11111111
I’ve had two plugs last 40k miles.
Hellbrand
By the emporer!
firlefranz
Paige? Is that you?
senseicombs
Where do you come up with this stuff? That's not true at all. Plugs are meant to last like 25,000 miles. They ARE meant to be permanent repair. I have 5 more links if you need more sources other than, "well one failed for me once."
Tire Plugs and Patch Repair: How Long Do They Last? - In The Garage with CarParts.com https://sha">arts.com">CarParts.com https://share.google/FRGsVm1GRlfIAalia
apathyboy
We did hundreds, maybe thousands at our shop before we switched to the plug-patches and I saw maybe 1 or 2 leak. As far as I'm concerned, plug patches were a solution in search of a problem. Plus you have to have the equipment to mount and balance a tire and it takes 20 times as long.
DoctorCaptainProfessorAmazing
^ This. We patch military vehicle tires from shrapnel damage this way all the time. The tires are fine.
TheFishFace
Often they last the life of the tyre. Not always though
RubyPorto
If they fail at high speed, they probably will have lasted the life of the tire.
apathyboy
If a tire plug fails at high speed you'll have... a leaky tire. Horrifying. No plug or patch actually strengthens the tire, they don't stop it from blowing out.
WuProgress
HenryCase
lol, tell that to my 7 year old tire plugs
onecowboytoo
Tire plugs are pretty much permanent if they are in the tread. On the shoulder like this, they will start leaking eventually.
SpikedDoggos
Also I learned, once you do this sort of plug, a lot of shops won't touch it (even if it's not on the shoulder)
Source.
I used a flat as a chance to practice this sort of repair and the shop replaced the tire under warranty, wouldn't/couldn't remove the plug to do a proper patch
(maybe my words are wrong)
Level21Magikarp
I had the same thing they said it was because now I damaged it. Or that is what I was lead to believe
wobblecopterrrr
that jack makes my hair stand on end..
ClutterMonkey
It's a moped. Whole thing weighs maybe 50kg.
wkearney99
Doesn't look narrow enough to be a moped. Maybe one of those tuk-tuk sort of vehicles.
L1ttl3J1m
There must be another one, because of where it is. Maybe to put pressure on the tyre to make the leak easier to see?
wobblecopterrrr
yeah, you're probably right, it would be all pushed up and flat otherwise.
TravelingTableTop
It looks like it's made from a soda can, piston, and a knife
wobblecopterrrr
lol, it totally does, that's some borderlands shit...
FrozenMojo
I have so many concerns
MelodyLightfoot
why? it's a thing that has existed for decades.
coothlesscthulhu
The little squirt of piss at the end really seals the deal for me.
CyberHexx
That's soapy water. He's checking to see if it's still leaking. If there's even a small leak, it'll blow bubbles and show you exactly where.
coothlesscthulhu
Oh I know exactly what it is, but the head canon of piss was funnier.
InablueMule
Too close to the sidewall. A shop would never fix that for you.
rbudrick
My state is abt to get rid of inspections, and my guys often gave pass or pass inspections to begin with, so I dunno abt that.
Apollymkatistrafia
Eh, if the rope plug eals, its not a bad choice. I'd still keep a close eye on the tire, but as a mechanik, if its not leaking, its not a problem.
TexMexHex
I have yet to meet an honest mechanic.
jridley
That's why we do it ourselves.
onlymypoorwhisker
Shouldn't, but many will.
TheDaharMaster
A mainstream shop wouldn’t.
IHateYouMyselfAndEveryone
Plugs on near the sidewall are less than ideal but, they are okay as a get-me-to-a-tire-shop holdover. But, then again, leaving the nail in would have probably been fine for that, too, so idk.
"This can last you 2,000 miles or 2 feet. There is really no good way to tell. Ideally you cancel whatever your plans were today and go get a new tire. If not, try not to go over thirty and understand that it is far from uncommon for a tire failure to total a car. I'm serious, get it replaced yesterday."
jammer909
That's why I use Tireject.
wetsquirrel
This one would.
stoutde
Maybe, but it'll get you to the shop to replace the tire.
WhoCaresAboutAUsernameGuy
I agree, I've done this for people to get them to the shop when their spare was bad. I plugged a motorcycle tire, which I know better, but I drove 30mph to a shop to get it swapped and get me home.
StellaMatutina
I can hear the "I need to speak to a manager" in this guy's accent
ShimmerinStrider
Call me kooky, but I don't think this is America and may have much laxer standards.
XXXSpork
Don’t worry the US will make them look well regulated soon
proxyinitiative
In the US new tire shops won't want to patch anything and tell you you need all new tires. Never go to Firestone for a patch.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
America has standards?
Type17
If you think standards aren't lax in America, I urge you to look at Just Rolled In's channel on YT, it's horrendous.
SamuthNBS
There aren't many places that fit that particular description when it comes to car safety.
zafner
Lolwut
No country in South America has car safety standards as high as the United States
(For now)
SamuthNBS
It's hard to believe but there are many other countries out there, and US car safety is famously poor for a first world nation
zafner
Yes, I know, but there are, as someone once pointed out, a lot of other countries out there
For example, this statement about car safety is probably true about the G12 nations, but it is not true for the majority of world countries
I have been to a lot of countries. A lot of them have (for now) very inferior safety regulations to the United States
A lot of countries have better, too
Nobody is saying the US is the best at this game. But there are a lot of countries out there
76000BatteryLlamas
That's why he put a road plug in it bro
RetrogradeLlama
Looks like this is one of those videos from India. They have different rules. They don’t involve safety.
omgxom
former tire tech, came here to say exactly this.
Skawomplious
Because a shop wants to sell you new tires.
bottledham
That's why you do it yourself.
CyberHexx
I've had some flats that a shop SHOULDN'T have fixed, but if you're there every month, they'll work with you. Source: I used to throw news papers on a rural route. Literally picked up damn near everything in my tires. People are assholes when they're building a house or redoing a roof.
tsooji
Yeah, the mail carriers that still use personal vehicles all have "their shop" that will patch tires for them that they wouldn't for other customers. They know the job is rough on vehicles (especially tires and brakes) and that we tend to drive MUCH slower than most.
jesuisgur
Our copro has a gravel parking lot (just about big enough for 7 cars). I get a flat nearly every year for no reason. Recently I saw a kid with a metal detector and told him I'd give him money for each nail he found in the lot. Good thing he didn't think of naming a price for each nail beforehand because he found 60 in less than 10 minutes. Fuck!
CyberHexx
Yeah, my old appartment building redid their metal roof. used roofing nails EVERYWHERE. I think 4 or 5 of the tenants sued the landlord for new tires. They hired like 50 day laborers to come and fill buckets with nails.