FLAT Tire Repair (how to Use a Tire Repair Kit)

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FLAT Tire Repair (how to Use a Tire Repair Kit)

FLAT tire repair (how to use a tire repair kit)

Oh no!!! You walk out and your tire is flat. A lot of folks spend hours getting something like this down to the mechanic. There's a lot of jobs that are just easier to do yourself. This is one of those jobs. Here in the instructable I go through the basic steps on how to find the leak, and then how to fix it. I hope you find this useful and quick to understand. If you have any comments or suggestions I would love to hear them. Thank you for your time.

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First, lets make some soapy water

Finding the Leak

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Pour the soapy water on to the tire to try to find leak and where it bubbles put out the nail.

Reaming

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Now this might seem counter productive but you have to ream the hole bigger so you fit the plug in to it.

Plug It

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Push the sticky worm into the hole that you just made bigger and pull it out. Then cut off the end. Now your done!! :)

FLAT tire repair (how to use a tire repair kit)

Watch the Video!! :)