Explain why I can't patch a tire.
On my Jeep Wrangler, which I tow, on the back right tire there is a very, very slow leak. I have to put air in it every 3 - 4 weeks. The tire is a BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A 31 X 10.50 R15 LT I'...
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darsben wrote:
Just buy the new tire for cripes sake.
There are places in life where you have to cheap out.
Your tires ain't one of them.
Spend the $150.00 by safe and NOT STRANDED at the side of the road complaining about how long yiur roadside assistance is taking to get there.
That size and type of tire will cost a lot more than $150.
On a Jeep, all four tires should be the same size, same tread pattern, and have the same amount of tread wear. If the tires have different circumferences, unsafe handling and/or drive train damage can result (yeah, been there, did that, wound up in the ditch).
I have never had good luck with any of the "slime" sealers. Not in bike tires, not in lawn tractor tires, just no luck at all. I will not buy it again. You, however, can try it. Good luck.
I recently bought a plug kit from Amazon, and used it on the leaky ATV tire and the leaky garden tractor tire. The plugs worked great! Both leaks were in the tread, though.
Personally, I carried a 12 volt tire inflator in the Jeep all the time, so that after rock crawling I could re-inflate to road pressure. I would just keep checking and re-inflate as needed. If the refills started becoming more frequent, then it is time to replace the tires.
