For travels to Baja, I have always used one of those "plug" type kits, where you have a large needle that you thread with a piece of rubber gooped with adhesive. I have used it successfully on "monster" tires (BFG 35" Mud Terrains), and had the repair last for hundreds of miles of back country travel. Luckily, it is pretty cheap and easy to get a tire repaired in Mexico - just look for hand painted plywood signs that say "llantas" or "neumáticos" . The roads are so bad in Baja that tire repairs are part of everyday life. (Expect to cringe a little, though, while they attack your alloy rims with a pair of screw drivers and a sledgehammer...) Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA
-----Original Message----- From: Davidson [mailto:wdavidson@THEGRID.NET] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 8:19 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Syncro tire repairs?
Volks, I'm headed out to Baja. Trying to prepare for emergency backcountry tire repair. I know all Syncro tires must match to prevent damage to the VC... but what are your opinions as to whether it would be okay to use some of that tire patch in a can?... I'm concerned that the stuff may create a goop/lump inside the tire and put it out of balance... harming the VC? Or for that matter what about a radial patch on only one tire or putting a tube in only one tire for an emergency repair??? Ideas please.... Thanks Bill
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