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A Simple Tire Repair

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
August
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Punctures in the well known Mor. gan & Wright tire are mended about as easily as a man would close a hoie in his fing-er with a bit of court plas. ter. Inside of the inner tube of the tire lies a long strip of patching rubber, like this : By M. & W. quick-repair cement throug-h the puncture into this inner tube, and then down on the tire with the thumb, like thk the repair strip inside is picked up by the cement, thus the puncture Very simple, but - now every rider should remember these two "buts," or he will fail : Before cement, pump up the tire. If you don't, the inner tube will be flabby, like this, and the cement will not get inside oí it, where the repair strip lies. When yon have a puncture, get right off. a tire flat, when it has a tack or nail in it, may damage it coasiderably.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News