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  • Anonymous
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    17/12/2013 at 10:54 pm
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    #4362

    a word of caution to those who have BMW or similar tubeless tyre puncture repair kits tucked away in the toolkit. Last week we experienced a puncture while in Northland. Not a problem, we have the plugs and the gas bottles. But I'd had the kit for a while and the rubber plugs were perishing / failing. We got down to our last one before we had one that stayed in one piece and able to get it into the hole. For those who have them may I suggest you pull them out every so often and check on their condition before you need them.

    Anonymous
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    06/05/2014 at 9:36 am
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    #18037

    so true! two BMW rectangular items failed by tearing when trying to insert, one rainy night recently. luckily third one worked. i believe the simple lengths of rubber cord are less prone to perishing than the rectangular items!?

    Anonymous
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    06/05/2014 at 7:27 pm
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    #18038

    so true! two BMW rectangular items failed by tearing when trying to insert, one rainy night recently. luckily third one worked. i believe the simple lengths of rubber cord are less prone to perishing than the rectangular items!?

    I believe you are right!  Although sometimes it takes a couple of attempts to get the rat-tail jobbies to stay there, even after you've twisted them into a huckery big knot inside the tyre. But once they are there, they are there forever, unless your conscience requires that you take the tyre in for a professionally applied mushroom, if you can persuade a professional to apply one for you (many will not).Less complicated to leave things as is, and swap the tyre before your next WOF.

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