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Cleaning Injured Area
1. Probe the injury with an awl
or hand rasp to remove puncturing
object and other foreign material
(fig. 73).
2. Thoroughly clean inside of
tire around injury with
carbon
tetra-chloride or a commercial rub-
ber solvent. Allow the cleaned area
to dry.
CAUTION: If rubber solvent is used, flammable vapors should
afterward be blown from the tire with compressed air.
Filling the Injury
Either
of
the
following
methods may be used to fill
the injury:
1. With a tire sealing gun,
fill injury with liquid rubber
by holding
gun tip firmly
against puncture and forcing
sealant through to opposite
side of tire (fig. 74).
2. Using a tubeless tire
awl, fill injury with
rubber
strip as follows:
(a) Clean awl needle and
dip in self-vulcanizing
fluid and from inside of
tire,
force
needle
through puncture until
point extends beyond
tread (fig. 75).
(b) Remove detachable handle from needle. Cut
¥S"
strip of
filler rubber and place in awl needle hole with end of
rubber strip extending beyond needle. Pull needle through
tire with pliers (fig. 76).
NOTE: Filler rubber will now be secure in puncture.
(c) Using the awl, pack into the tire as much as possible of the
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