550Doug
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I remember my father having boots placed inside of some tires, but I didn't pay much attention at that time. My question, what type of material was used and what was used for 'glue'?
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rustred
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the boots or patches are rubber. most times they will put in a smaller patch over the cut then install a larger boot over it. they have a
tire patching glue they use. i had a side wall done like that over twenty years ago on a 18.4 x 30 tire and just changed the tires this
summer.
tire patching glue they use. i had a side wall done like that over twenty years ago on a 18.4 x 30 tire and just changed the tires this
summer.
Crazy Horse
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I've heard that a real/licensed tire shop won't put a boot in a tire. Not sure if that's true or not, liability issues I suspect. And it would depend where and who you know as well I suspect.
john in la
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A boot is just a big patch to fix a cut in a tire. Was often made of the same material the tube liner was made of.
Just normal patch glue was used because once the tube was installed it pretty much held the boot in place.
The purpose of the boot is to stop the tube from getting pinched in the open cut in the tire.
Now if you are thinking in terms of booting a modern tubeless tire you are barking at the wrong tree.
Just normal patch glue was used because once the tube was installed it pretty much held the boot in place.
The purpose of the boot is to stop the tube from getting pinched in the open cut in the tire.
Now if you are thinking in terms of booting a modern tubeless tire you are barking at the wrong tree.
fixerupper
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When did they start using cold patches? I remember hot patches being used in the early 60s but I dont remember when the transition period was. I have a tractor with a rear tire that was hot booted in 1950. The booted spot has always bulged but it has never let go.
DMartin9N-2N
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Good morning, all: I can remember in the late 1950s, with my first and/or second cars, discussion often came up about booting a tire. Some commercial boots were supposedly made from used tire carcasses, cut to size, then ground down thin around the edges.
A boot would let you use a tire that had a cut through it an inch or two long, you could drive for a while (at slower speeds). When I had little or no money, a booted tire seemed better than walking. BTW: A booted tire was near impossible to balance. Just thought I would chime in here...
Dennis M. in W. Tenn.
A boot would let you use a tire that had a cut through it an inch or two long, you could drive for a while (at slower speeds). When I had little or no money, a booted tire seemed better than walking. BTW: A booted tire was near impossible to balance. Just thought I would chime in here...
Dennis M. in W. Tenn.
Steve@Advance
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The ones I remember from the '60's, it was just a big heavy duty cold patch. You
would rough up the inside of the tire with a wire brush in a drill, put on some
adhesive, let it dry, then peel the back off the boot and roll it down with what
they called a stitching tool, a narrow steel roller that worked the patch down
into the adhesive.
They came in various shapes and sizes, depending on where the cut was.
It offered little more than to protect the tube, no structural strength to the
tire.
would rough up the inside of the tire with a wire brush in a drill, put on some
adhesive, let it dry, then peel the back off the boot and roll it down with what
they called a stitching tool, a narrow steel roller that worked the patch down
into the adhesive.
They came in various shapes and sizes, depending on where the cut was.
It offered little more than to protect the tube, no structural strength to the
tire.
Southern Ray
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One of my tires started to rip. Caught it about 4 inches long.
I looked for another used one and couldn't find one.
My wife didn't want me working on the tire so I hired two guys to put a boot in it. It worked for a while, till the raised part create a leak in the tube.
I then myself took off the tire, bit the bullet and bought two new ones.
Richard G.
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Are those Galaxy Tires?
Southern Ray
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No, Alliance. from India.
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