Subject: RE: Roadside repairs
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Jan 22, 2004, 11:42 AM
Post ID: 1715827608
My pal Kevin had a nail puncture his rear tire on his eldo. He was about 5
mile from his home. The guy never carries tools..? Must have faith in my
mechanic ability???? Anyways, He bought the tire inflator goo. A small can
he said, smaller that the typical size I guess. It worked. Damn tire
inflated and stayed that way. For weeks, until we convinced him to at least
change the tube! Tube and everything stayed inflated.... Alien technology is
the best.
I have never had to change on the side of the road. It's not all that easy
with the best tire changing machines, let alone with irons. I have had to
pry off & on tires with irons and it is not fun,pretty crappy job let alone
on the side of the road. I will carry tire goo and get my self home or to a
shop, then deal with it. Mechanics hate the goo, with a vengeance, So I will
tear the tire off myself and clean it if possible, If not, apologize
profusely and tip well. One good thing is that most of the goo stays in the
tube.
If want to play on the "safe" side, there are kits out there. The majority
of them are for tubeless type. Plugs, ect. But the are some with the tube
patches. Then you have to air the tire up. Again there are gadgets that have
a fitting for the spark plug holes, screw that puppy in, attach the hose,
and start cranking the engine. I suppose it would put a few psi into the
tire before other things happened. Now you can be left with a dead battery
and a very hot starter. I have on of the things made by Yamaha. Never used
it. knock, knock.
I think there are CO2 fillers out there, not too sure if these work any
better.
Kev
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Giller [mailto:bgil-@mitre.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:17 AM
To: loopframe
Subject: Roadside repairs
I've diagnosed and fixed a few problems on my Eldo on the roadside -
nothing too major. But one that looks really difficult (because I've
never done it) is repairing a tube tire. Just what is involved in doing
this job and what tools are required? I suspect a nice set of tire
irons is required, patch kit and a way to inflate the tube. But is
there a difficulty rating?
Bruce
'72 Eldo