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12-26-2013, 10:52 AM | #1 |
Gone Wild
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Need a tire plugged??
I have an off-road tire on a 2002 club car DS. I have gone to 3 tire centers so far and none are willing to work on the tire. It has a screw in between the tread. It holds air just fine, but I would like to get it plugged. The hole is not in the side wall.
Why won't they work on it? I know i could get a plug kit, but I have never used one before and for $10 or $15, I rather have an experienced service tech do it..... Thoughts? |
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12-26-2013, 11:42 AM | #2 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ga
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
GUMPBUCK,
I had a similiar problem one time, I just had my local golf cart shop put a tube in the tire for $25. It will never leak again. I would just keep calling around, maybe a small gas station? Did you tell them its for a golf cart? Steve |
12-26-2013, 11:46 AM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Slums of Lake Erie
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
Or could put a patch on the inside.
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12-26-2013, 12:18 PM | #4 |
Stay thirsty my friends!
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Suburban Chicago
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
Buy a plug kit, its easypeasy and works fine for cart use. These aren't highway speed tires, so no danger there.
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12-26-2013, 12:18 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Houma, Louisiana
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
A plug kit is extremely easy to use and works quite well. I always carry one on my Harley and one time it saved me tons of grief way out in the boonies when my tire found a roofing nail. The kit I carry also has little CO2 cartridges to re-inflate.
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12-26-2013, 12:22 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Land O' Lakes, FL
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
I had the same problem with a local tire shop.
This is the reasoning they gave me: A golf cart tire is not a radial tire and will expand when it it is filled. If they put a patch in it, once you pump up the tire the patch will pop off. If they use a pug in it the same this will happen and the pug wont fill the hole as it will get bigger then the pug can fill and it will just leak. I just went and got a tube from a local shop and put it in myself. Solved the problem and it was only $10.70 with tax for the tube. Cheaper then getting a whole new tire. Steve is right, a tube is the cheapest fix. |
12-26-2013, 12:45 PM | #7 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Tampa Bay area
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
Thanks Guys!!
I spoke to another shop and they are willing to take a look at it. Since it's currently not leaking, they asked if maybe the screw is not all the way through the tire? I wondering if I should even mess with it? If it ain't broke, why fix it? The shop is not a golf cart shop and I'm sure they would not have a tube for this tire. Based on the comment about tire expansion, how big an issue would a plug be? The cart is for a buddy's wife. He is overseas for now and she won't be using it much. Still though, I would prefer to leave her with a tire that is reliable....... Undecided??????? |
12-26-2013, 01:09 PM | #8 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Land O' Lakes, FL
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
I got the tube from a tire shop, not a golf cart shop, i would say it should be fixed because if she is using the cart and it goes flit while riding it could cause a bigger problem.
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12-26-2013, 01:31 PM | #9 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ga
Posts: 740
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
Tractor Supply has tubes.
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12-26-2013, 03:01 PM | #10 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Katy TX
Posts: 104
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Re: Need a tire plugged??
I run my cart where there is a bunch of thorns. Slime works good for me. one quart in each tire. You can buy it by the gallon. The stuff works pretty good.
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