Repairing a tire
11-04-12 | 06:43 PM
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Repairing a tire
I have a tire with about a 1/4" cut on the top of tire so it is nowhere near the sidewall. Should I just use a boot or could I use a tube patch and patch the inside of the tire?
11-04-12 | 07:04 PM
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If it's just tread and the cut doesn't include the casing you can super-glue it closed.
If ANY of the casing is cut it will start to unravel with use and your tire will develop a fatal tumor. Put it down before that happens.
If ANY of the casing is cut it will start to unravel with use and your tire will develop a fatal tumor. Put it down before that happens.
11-04-12 | 07:15 PM
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The cut goes all the through so I guess that means the casing is cut. I thought that cuts in a tire were survivable as long as it isn't on the sidewall.
11-04-12 | 07:20 PM
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Boot it from the inside and fill the tread with shoe goo.
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11-04-12 | 07:29 PM
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You can boot and shoo goo but it will unwind at some point. If you ride it give it a quick once over before you head out; Just spin the wheel and look for wobbles in the tire. If you see one it indicates that the casing is coming undone and it's time for the tire to go.
11-04-12 | 09:48 PM
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