Proper vehicle safety involves keeping a fully stocked emergency toolkit. A vital part of this kit, especially if the journeys you take are long or the roads you travel are often lonely, is a tire repair kit.
They are inexpensive, thoroughly effective,... moreProper vehicle safety involves keeping a fully stocked emergency toolkit. A vital part of this kit, especially if the journeys you take are long or the roads you travel are often lonely, is a tire repair kit.
They are inexpensive, thoroughly effective, and require merely a few steps to use.
Needless to say, they should be present in every overlanding rig.
What does a Tire Plug Kit Contain?
A good Tire Repair Tool Kits consists of three elements: two tools and the patching material itself.
The tools are a combination rasp/awl, to punch deep and smooth the sides of the original hole, and a T-handled insertion tool, used to insert the material thoroughly in the puncture and to leave it in place when the tool is withdrawn.
Rasp/awl tool
T-handled insertion tool
Patching material
The patching material is an adhesive, fibrous, rope-like substance, narrow enough to fit the tool but sturdy enough to block all basic punctures.
Also useful in a tire repair kit is a case to hold it all and the potential... less