I have a walkbehind mower and the back tire has a very small hole. The hole is on the very edge of the traction. Its like right where the traction and the side wall meet. The tire is fairly new and i didnt want to get a new one. In the past I have brought other mower tires to the gas station and they put in a patch. would I be able to put a plug in that location or do i need a new tire. I have also used green slime on other tires. Im pretty sure thats just for holes on the tread. What would be a better way to patch the hole or should I just get a new tire?
Thanks
I have used the green slime in a pinch but you pay for it the next time you have to remove the tire. What a mess. I also have used plugs which I find the best luck when the leak is in the thread. I am going to say I have never tryed to plug a side wall on a mower tire. I have tryed plugging a side wall on a car and it doesn't work, but that is high speed.
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D2hornets58
OK thanks I think im gonna try to plug it and see what happens
#5
SONOFADOCKER
Easy to glue a patch on the inside if you take the tire off the machine. Let the air out . Push down on the bead . Add your patch . Let dry & fill up with air .
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D2hornets58
I uasually bring my tires with small holes to the gas station and he puts a plug in for me. The only times ive done that the hole was on the tread. This one is right where the tread and the side wall meet. Do you think he would be able to put one in on that location. I also sometimes use green slime so which would work better? I wanted to try to avoid having to take the tire off the rim.
Thanks
I uasually bring my tires with small holes to the gas station and he puts a plug in for me. The only times ive done that the hole was on the tread. This one is right where the tread and the side wall meet. Do you think he would be able to put one in on that location. I also sometimes use green slime so which would work better? I wanted to try to avoid having to take the tire off the rim.
Thanks
Yes the green slim works real good and I have used it in my camp mower and ATV's where I don't have a way to repair them. It will repair up to a 1/4 in hole and that is true. Some where down the line years from now the tire will have to come off. It is one big mess and a lot of places that change tires will charge extra if it has green slim in them. The service station can't charge you much for puting a plug in can they and if that dosen't work green slim it that will work for sure.
I think the extra charge for repairing a tire with sealant started back about the time they came out with fix a flat in the can. The stuff is highly corrosive to the rim and is hard to remove. Fix a flat was originally designed to be a temporary repair that most people tried to make permanent. The tire place would have to wire brush the rim and deal with the nasty properties of the fix a flat whereas the slime products just wash out with water and don't corrode the rims.
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D2hornets58
The tire is almost brand new so I didnt want to have to get another one. I also dont think i want to put a tube in. Im gonna bring it to the gas station and see what he says. If that dosnt work Ill try the green slime. worst case ill buy a new tire. Like I said in the past i have used green slime on many tires and it has worked just about every time. The only reason i dont want to use that is like you said when the tire needs to come off its a mess. The hole is very small and its on the very edge of the tread so im not sure if they wil be able to plug it. Ill give it a try and see if it works seeing that it only costs me around ten dollars.
Thanks
#11
Grass ala Mowed
Plugs work well in the relatively stiff area of the tread; less so in the sidewall where there is a lot of flex, so the juncture; worth a try. I'd probably use a patch on the inside. Air it down, unseat the bead, pull it off and patch, reinstall. I've had good luck using a bungee cord stretched around the middle of the tread to help reseat a lawn trailer tire. The fact that a DR field mower comes from the factory with slime in the tires says something about it's usefullness. One warning though; do not use your good tire pressure gauge to check a tire with slime and don't ask how I know this.
#12
D2hornets58
Thank you i think im gonna start with trying to plug it and go from there
#13
SONOFADOCKER
I've had tractors come into the shop where the rubber time is worn away and the tire slime is solid and stuck to the rim ....
#14
D2hornets58
I brought it to the gas station today and he said that if he put a plug in it that it would most likely pop right out. He said the best thing to do is just get a tube. I ordered one from bennys for 10 bucks so im not gonna use slime.
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Grass ala Mowed
You still have Benny's up there. I figured the big box stores would have put them out of business by now. (Haven't been to New England for about 10 years.)
I brought it to the gas station today and he said that if he put a plug in it that it would most likely pop right out. He said the best thing to do is just get a tube. I ordered one from bennys for 10 bucks so im not gonna use slime.
Smart move now if you get another leak just patch the tube with a bicycle tube patch. Mower tires run low air presure.
#18
D2hornets58
Ya i figured the tube would be the smartest especially since the tire is still in very good condition.And yes there are actually quite a few bennys around my area. I figured that would be the closest place to get a tube and i got it for a good price.
Dude,
What is it that scares you about taking a tire off the rim?
Please tell me how much your 'tire guy" charged you for that.
Is he a union democrat too?
#20
Carscw
I would have got my kit out and put a plug in my self. If it did not hold then a patch would only take a few mins. I was cutting a yard after the tornado last year ran something over not sure what but found 14 holes in one tire. Whatever it was only got the one tire
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#21
D2hornets58
I just dont like taking them off and putting them on the rims beacuse i dont have any tire irons. I have done it before but all i had to use was screwdrivers and i remember it was a hassle. The guy at the gas station only charges 10 dollars so i would rather bring it to him and avoid the struggle.
Dude,
What is it that scares you about taking a tire off the rim?
Please tell me how much your 'tire guy" charged you for that.
Is he a union democrat too?
You are going to find a lot of people that wouldn't take a tire off a rim. I get them in my shop all the time. They have never taken a tire off a rim in there life time and not about to learn. Most of them wouldn't take the wheel off the tractor to have it fixed. I don't think they even own a jack or a socket. I could start very close to home on this. If my wife had a flat tire on a mower it would rot in the ground before she would fix it. I hate to say this but it wouldn't surprise me if she mowed the lawn with the flat tire and though it was normal.
Ouch! Although in the case of my ex, it would somehow be my fault.
#24
D2hornets58
Yeah I have no problem doing most of the work needed on my mowers or taking the tire off the mower. LIke I said I have put a tire on the rim before and it was tough because I dont have the proper tools for that. That being said I would much rather just spend ten dollars and have another guy do it because doing it with screwdrivers was not fun.
Since I have a number of tractors as well as trailers and I'm a bit impatient I ended out buying a couple of tire changers from HF. One is for regular size tires up to 16-inches the other is for the smaller tires 6 and 8-inch. They were relatively inexpensive and do the job well. I didn't like using screw drivers either. Both have the tire bead breaker, this tends to be the hardest part of tire work IMO.
Yeah I have no problem doing most of the work needed on my mowers or taking the tire off the mower. LIke I said I have put a tire on the rim before and it was tough because I dont have the proper tools for that. That being said I would much rather just spend ten dollars and have another guy do it because doing it with screwdrivers was not fun.
I can well understand what you are saying. I have a hand bead breaker and tire irons. The small wheels I mount into a vice to hold them. The biggest problem I have is when a tire is rusted onto the rim. Also I find that the small air filled caster wheel tires are a hand full to change. I have been known to talk to them some times and it might of been X rated. I know that is about what I charge to change a tire 10.00 dollars.
