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]<=
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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