Not so fast

It seems as if I spoke to soon about my tire repair using Slime. It only lasted until Saturday when my tire ran low again. On my way home from work a friend told me my tire was low again(he was driving behind me). So i filled up again with air once again and made it home. Being late in the day I decided to tackle it fresh the next day. One good thing about the Slime was that it had leaked out and was sprayed in a neat line in my wheel well. At least I had a clue where to look now.

So today I pulled the wheel off to investigate more. Sure enough I found the culprit.

About a half inch piece of a what looks like a drywall screw embedded in my tire.I pulled it out with my needle nosed pliers.


Hopped in my wife's car and ran down to the local Autozone to see what they had for tire repair. Obviously I had to take the next step in repair which is to actually plug the hole up. I found a repair kit also put out by Slime. It came with all the tools needed for plugging a tire.

I got it home and started the repair process. I basically followed the directions on the back of the package. I reamed the hole out to clean it.


Next I inserted the rubber plug into hole in the plugger tool. I like the T-shaped tool design. Coated the plug with rubber cement that was provided.

A word of advice. Be careful when pushing the plug into the hole. The idea is to have some of the plug sticking out. Twice(yes twice) I pushed too hard and lost the plugs inside. Third time was the charm. Work it in slowly is probably your best bet. I snipped off the extra and I was good to go.

I filled tire up with air and reinstalled it back on my Impala. I took it out for a test drive and all seems well(for now at least). This was actually my first ever attempt at plugging a hole like this. It was actually fairly simple and easy to to do. I certainly hope that it holds until I can save up for some new tires. Now how do I get those other plugs out.....