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A Simple Tire Repair

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Punctures in the well knowa Mor. g-aa & Wright tire are mended about as easily as a man would close a hole in his fing-er with a bit of court piaster. Inside of the inner tube of the tire lies a long strip of patching rubber, like this : By injectiag M. & W. quick-repair cement through the puncture into this inner tube, and then down on the tire with the thumb, like this, the repair strip inside is picked up by the cement, thus the puncture, likethis: Very simple, but - now every rider should remember these two "buts," or he will fail : Before injecting cement, pump up the tire. If you don't, the inner tube will be flabby, like this, and the cement will not get inside of it, where the repair strip lies. When you have a puncture, g-et right off. Riding a tire flat, when it has a tack or nail in it, may damag-e it considerable.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News