Gone-GPN’s Chris Collard shares his experience traveling the world while fixing tires along the way. Learn how to insert self-vulcanizing tire plugs, install emergency (and regular) valve stems, dismount and remount tires from a rim using a Hi-Lift Jack, Tyrepliers, and tire spoons, install interior tire patch, and perform the Holy Grail of tire surgery on a slashed tire…baling wire and silicon CPR. He also includes a bonus segment on GlueTread’s new external patch.

Chapters:
00:30: High-quality tire repair kits.
04:39: Tools for unseating a bead and dismounting a tire.
06:34: What repairs are approved by the Department of Transportation?
07:02 Tire plugs and tips.
10:59 Installing an emergency valve stem.
12:10 Unseating a bead with a HiLift jack.
13:49 Reseating a bead.
15:28 Unseating a bead with Tyreplyers.
16:35 Dismounting a tire with tire spoons.
19:15 Installing standard valve stem.
19:50 Installing an interior patch.
23:18 Tire stitching with baling wire, tire plugs, and silicon—the Holy Grail of tire repairs.
30:41 Remounting a tire with tire spoons.
33:14 Lube your beads
35:06 Exterior patching with GlueTread

Resources
ARB: https://arbusa.com/
Extreme Outback Products: https://www.extremeoutback.com/
GlueTread: https://www.gluetread.com/
Hi-Lift: https://hi-lift.com/
MORRFlate: https://morrflate.com/
Power Tank: https://powertank.com/
Safety Seal: https://safetyseal.com/

Disclosure:
Products used in this review were provided by the manufacturers. 1941 Media LLC, Gone-GPN, Chris Collard, nor Adventure Architects LLC received any monetary compensation for the opinions herein.

Production and editing: Adventure Architects LLC

The Legal Stuff
In the name of safety (and to keep the attorneys happy), all of the repairs shown here are temporary fixes, just enough to get you off the trail. The U.S. Department of Transportation states, ‘Repairs must be made to the inside of the tire and should not exceed .25 inches in diameter for passenger cars and light trucks. Repairs to sidewalls and shoulder areas of the tire are not allowed.’ Have a qualified tire shop determine if your tires are road worthy. Any tire repaired outside the DOT's guidelines should not be used. Failed brakes, steering, and tires can kill a fella, don’t take chances.