This was a fix at 7:30 PM on a Sunday evening. I used what I had but I never had an issue using these. I used the reamer, screw was straight in, so was the plug as you cannot make a new angle with the reamer. The (slime brand) instructions were followed: coat the plug with cement, insert 2/3 way in and pull straight out. The hole was only about a pencil lead size when I pulled the screw out barely hissing until I ran the reamer in a few times, then it started whistling. I've tried to use the ropes with a very small hole but the needle eye wont even go in so you have to make the hole about 1/4 for the needle with a folded rope seal to fit. Also the ends cannot be coated as you need to trim them after the rope plug is installed: you cut the rope to clean fibers with scissors, cutting the coated end off. After the wife drove it 5 miles, I aired it up again tonight and the plug was smashed in there pretty good and didnt bubble with a nice lugy on top of it. It may have just needed some good 'ol compression.
