First screw job

[wjduke]

I'm gonna have Duke carry my spare for me to the rally.

Maybe I can come up with the first Continental kit for an F6b...this is an older crowd, they'll get it.

[bob109]

Maybe I can come up with the first Continental kit for an F6b...this is an older crowd, they'll get it.

Now I know you're "older than dirt"

[3Chief]

Maybe I can come up with the first Continental kit for an F6b...this is an older crowd, they'll get it.

Now I know you're "older than dirt"

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/a...rick-feibusch/


I had to look it up for all us "youngsters"

[wjduke]

Now I know you're "older than dirt"

I only look this good Bob....the years are there!

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/a...rick-feibusch/


I had to look it up for all us "youngsters"

I think most 50 and up should know that term, and that's 80% of the forum I'm guessing! I thought you were going to post one done already.

[Bob Penn]

ahhhh you kids

[wjduke]

Attachment 21678
Final ride on the plugged tire last night. Hoped to do better. I think I was on pace for 12-13k. The 192 wasn't last night...I was getting the fuel below 1/4 tank. Plug held up perfectly, and I may even save it as a backup to the backup. Who knows what my future holds. I have the room, so why not. Driving tonight to purchase the take-offs. Will install either Friday or Saturday. I WILL be ready for the meet and greet Sunday. Looks like a winner finally!

[wjduke]

Thanks Ed! Just got home, all kinds of night work on the highways. It was worth the trip!

[wiggy]

I sure do understand the thought proses and peace of mind of replace the tire if anything other than ideal circumstances, and I truly am NOT trying to down play anyone's thoughts. Although I am curious as to what some folks think will happen to a plugged tire? Is it the feeling that the tire will somehow rip open from the hole that was made by the screw? or that the tire will spit out the plug and go flat in an instant and cause a crash?

Just wondering ????

DMAGOLDRDR, I'm not gonna lecture anyone else on what they should do...but to answer your question, I don't have to answer what I "think" can happen to a plugged tire. I can SHOW you.

http://hondaf6b.com/showthread.php?8...ires-are-safer

[wjduke]

I was asked early on in the thread if I've ever seen a plug fail and I said I have, where it leaked later on. People have come in with three or four plugs in one hole then want a miracle fix. My shop doesn't plug car tires for that reason. Sometimes, the plug doesn't follow the same hole as the original one and you create two holes on the inside. No clue what happened here. You were lucky you didn't get hurt with that zipper tear. Definitely from low air and heat as you said. Mine never leaked and held firm, but obviously, yours didn't. Glad to see nothing serious came from this.

[vmaxed]

Thanks Ed! Just got home, all kinds of night work on the highways. It was worth the trip!

That was a lot of driving Wayne

Ed