- For many years, it's been my habit to check the four tires for any abnormalities before getting in the car.
- To my surprise, I noticed that the left rear tire was a bit flat.
- After moving the car, I discovered that the culprit was a nail. Let's solve the problem when it arises.
- Tools used for tire repair:
- Recently purchased a simple tire repair tool kit online
- Two small and large probing awls + one glue strip awl + one pack of blue glue strips + one tube of vulcanizing glue + one blade
- Emergency tire repair procedure
- Make sure the tire is completely flat before proceeding, although instructional videos mention that it can also be done with low tire pressure
- Use the pliers in the car to pull out half of the nail, mainly to see the direction it went in
- After completely removing the nail, use the small probing awl to test the size of the hole in the direction it was punctured
- If the hole feels too large, switch to the large probing awl, luckily the diameter is only about 3 millimeters
- Apply vulcanizing glue to the probing awl, insert it into the hole and pull it out, repeat several times until it feels smooth
- If the probing awl touches the steel wire and makes a metal friction sound, this is normal
- Take a glue strip, remove the film, insert it into the glue strip awl hole, keeping the lengths on both sides consistent
- Apply vulcanizing glue evenly on both sides of the glue strip
- Remove the probing awl, immediately insert the glue strip awl into the hole, push it in all the way and then pull out the glue strip awl
- This way, the glue strip will go in and out twice, effectively creating four strands of glue strip blocking the hole
- Use a small blade to cut the glue strip 2 millimeters above the tire surface
- Pour some water on the hole to test, if it doesn't leak air, the job is done
- When traveling, it's important to have some emergency rescue skills
- This emergency tire repair tool is the most efficient one I have used so far