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Philip & Sandra Box
When heading south to Perth we stopped for lunch a Jibberding Nature Reserve. I did my usual check by carefully touching each wheel hub with the back of my hand. Any rise in temperature is a potential problem. While doing so I noticed a line of what appeared to be grease running through the LH rear wheel arch. There shouldn't be any grease there so I thought perhaps it came from the LH front CV/hub and decided to check out that wheel bearing once we arrived in Perth.
I forgot until yesterday I noticed the tyre looking a little deflated. After contemplating that for a while I realised that it was the green slime (puncture protection) leaking from the tyre its self.
With a little help from Mrs M holding the CB radio while I reversed we located a very rusty nail in the tread.
Fortunately we carry almost anything needed for a repair on the go.
It didn't take too long to pull the nail and clean the hole.
It took all my strength to force the repair plug through the steel tread layer but at least the repair is complete.
These days they consider these plugs as a temporary repair but as long as only one plug is used they seem to stay put for the life of the tyre.
I'm not too confident on the performance of the Slime. We used to use Bitron that we marketed for a while. It was an excellent puncture sealant but we can't buy it anymore.
I forgot until yesterday I noticed the tyre looking a little deflated. After contemplating that for a while I realised that it was the green slime (puncture protection) leaking from the tyre its self.
With a little help from Mrs M holding the CB radio while I reversed we located a very rusty nail in the tread.
Fortunately we carry almost anything needed for a repair on the go.
It didn't take too long to pull the nail and clean the hole.
It took all my strength to force the repair plug through the steel tread layer but at least the repair is complete.
These days they consider these plugs as a temporary repair but as long as only one plug is used they seem to stay put for the life of the tyre.
I'm not too confident on the performance of the Slime. We used to use Bitron that we marketed for a while. It was an excellent puncture sealant but we can't buy it anymore.