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Originally Posted by cool_dude_sunn_y
Great! I have a questions thou!
As in Step 6, how did you pull out the tool, as the rubber was passing through the hole within the tool?
Do u pull it out making sure that the tool slides over from either side of the strip?
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look at the first photo given in
step 2. the tool is split at the end.which means that you have to simply pull out the tool (dont think about anything else just hold down the strips with your fingers and pull out the tool the way you will pull out a nail from the tyre) ,the strip will pass through the split end. the other purpose is that it will force the strip against the tyre from the inside and thus seals the puncture from the inside.hope this will help
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Originally Posted by tanay
I feel that the rubber strip is about twice as long as required. Has anyone tried to seal a leak with a smaller strip? A tyre is quite thin after all, I was thinking it may be possible to use only half the strip and proceed as per the illustrated steps. That way the puncture gets repaired and far less of the rubber strips are wasted during cut-off.
I will try it out for my next puncture though.
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you have to use a full strip for a puncture. half a strip will be too short. contrary to popular belief the purpose of long strip is to seal the puncture from inside ,just stuffing the puncture hole with the strip will not seal the puncture properly.when you insert the strip it gets folded on itself which means that you get only half the length of the strip for all practical purposes.now imagine using half the original length ,you ll get only 1/4th of the original length once it gets folded on itself while inserting.the other purpose for a long strip is that sufficient amount of rubber should pierce the tyre and be available on the inner side so that when you pull at tool 2 the strip is pressed over a larger area on the inside of the tyre thus working as a patch to seal the puncture.so use a full strip it doesnt cost you much.even the roadside puncture wallas doesnt use half a strip ,there has to be some reason for it right
