On the way home from a week in the Texas hill country, thought the road noise was a little loud. Looked at the tire pressures and found the rear to be 29lb. No yellow warning light so started looking for parking place. Good old Dollar General looked good, then got flashing red warning and sure enough the rear was going down. Finally a reason to use the Stop and Go I bought at Billings. Problem is I never even looked at it before I needed it.
Was not as easy as the pictures. In fact it was mighty difficult. Made three attempts before I got the plug into the tire, and then it still leaked. Fortunately DG had a rope tire repair kit for less than $4 and it did the trick and I ran home a couple of hundred miles with no air loss.
I am not knocking the Stop and Go. After watching several youtube videos, I can see where I wasn't doing it exactly right. Did not have a feel for just when the plug was pushed into the tire using the allen wrench supplied. Takes a lot of pressure to squeeze that big plug through a tiny tube!
So lessons learned. Try out your stuff before you need it. Practice on an old tire, see what the plug looks like from the inside. Feel how much pressure it takes to insert the plug. That is what I am going to do when my new tire arrives. Finally, the old sticky rope plug will still work in a pinch.
Was not as easy as the pictures. In fact it was mighty difficult. Made three attempts before I got the plug into the tire, and then it still leaked. Fortunately DG had a rope tire repair kit for less than $4 and it did the trick and I ran home a couple of hundred miles with no air loss.
I am not knocking the Stop and Go. After watching several youtube videos, I can see where I wasn't doing it exactly right. Did not have a feel for just when the plug was pushed into the tire using the allen wrench supplied. Takes a lot of pressure to squeeze that big plug through a tiny tube!
So lessons learned. Try out your stuff before you need it. Practice on an old tire, see what the plug looks like from the inside. Feel how much pressure it takes to insert the plug. That is what I am going to do when my new tire arrives. Finally, the old sticky rope plug will still work in a pinch.