2012 JGC Overland
w/Pentastar 3.6L V6
w/Quadralift Air Suspension System
Hey there,
Is it possible to patch a small puncture hole (3mm to 5mm in diameter) in a Jeep Quadralift REAR AIR SPRING (OEM part # 68029912AF) by using a heavy-duty tire patch? I see that serious off-roaders patch tears in tire sidewalls so they can keep off-roading and mudding. Why wouldn't a patch like that work for an air spring? Or maybe even the kind of patch used to repair a marine inflatable Zodiac boat?
What do you think?
Thank you.
~ Jeremy
Well, I've tried to patch those things on various cars and it never worked because of the extreme pressure realizing when you hit a bump and those things get whacked by the way to the car pushing up on them. There's an awful lot of pressure in there. But who knows. If you can find some kind of vulcanizing patch with heat, maybe it would melt on good enough to stay
try a tire plug.
Tire sidewalls aren't repairable by the way. Any shop will refuse because the tire eventually destroys itself (violently). There's just too much stress on the sidewall.
3mm-5mm (about 1/8" - almost 2/10") is a pretty big hole for a plug to try to fix but like @mmj says, it's worth a try.