Replace Sticky string?

[mferriter]

I did a "sticky string" repair to a tire on my trailblazer that lasted the remainder of the life of the tire (about 25,000 miles after the repair). For the first couple of weeks i checked the tire pressure every day - it never changed. After that I forgot about it.

Not as big an issue on a truck as on a bike and I may have just gotten lucky. I did use a bunch of the glue that came with the patch kit I had at the time. First reamed out the hole, applied a bit of glue to the ID of the hole, then thoroughly wet the sticky string with glue.

Another note - i did the repair with ZERO pressure in the tire. I've seen it done with the tire under pressure and the glue blows out of the puncture before it has a chance to cure.

I've look around at repair kits recently - do they still come with glue? The glue helps lubricate the hole while it's still wet (to ease insertion as we all know), then locks everything inplace once it cures.

 

[mcatrophy]

... I'm not sure about the torque value placed on the front tire through acceleration and the effect it would have on said string?...

You get torque on the front wheel when braking, not accelerating. And as much if not more than the back wheel. But you're less likely to pull the string out - spinning up the back wheel is relatively safe, but losing traction on the front generally means you won't be worrying about the string in the tyre

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[rbentnail]

I did a "sticky string" repair to a tire on my trailblazer that lasted the remainder of the life of the tire (about 25,000 miles after the repair). For the first couple of weeks i checked the tire pressure every day - it never changed. After that I forgot about it.
Not as big an issue on a truck as on a bike and I may have just gotten lucky. I did use a bunch of the glue that came with the patch kit I had at the time. First reamed out the hole, applied a bit of glue to the ID of the hole, then thoroughly wet the sticky string with glue.

Another note - i did the repair with ZERO pressure in the tire. I've seen it done with the tire under pressure and the glue blows out of the puncture before it has a chance to cure.

I've look around at repair kits recently - do they still come with glue? The glue helps lubricate the hole while it's still wet (to ease insertion as we all know), then locks everything inplace once it cures.

Run by AdvanceAuto or AutoZone. B/c of the hot/cold under the seat I replace the glue yrly and the strings every 2 yrs. Both places sell the strings and glue separately or in variations of a kit.

I've never had a problem with sticky strings myself on car, truck or bike. I even put 2 different ones in the sidewalls of 2 different "completely irreparable" pickup tires. Lasted 40+K miles just fine.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

Never had a worm plug come out on me either........except for that ONE time.

I figure if it can happen once, it can happen again.

So patch/plug heated/vulcanized into the rubber is the only way for me.

 

[Wemi]

I had a puncture in a rear tire that only had 1,000 miles on it, tried on 2 attempts to put a patch/plug in it from the inside to repair it with no success. Put the gooey string plug in it from the outside and rode it another 8,000 miles before it started to leak.
Now, if this had been a front tire, I would have replaced the tire rather than take a chance.

(A temporary plug to get me home, but then replace the tire.)

+1 . Limp home, buy a tire. Remember this is not a car! You only have two of them. Also see owners manual.