Tire patching kit

A tire patching kit for patching a tire positioned on a rim, wherein the tire has an interior and an exterior, the kit comprising:

• a first cable having a first end and a second end, wherein the first cable is sized and shaped to extend through the tire such that the first end of the first cable is configured to extend through a puncture in the tire and to extend through an opening formed between the tire and the rim without removing the tire from the rim, and wherein at least a portion of the second end is configured to remain exterior to the puncture when the first end of the cable has extended through the puncture,
• a second cable having a first end and second end,
• a surface prep component having a prep stem and a prep base, wherein the prep stem is attachable to the first end of the first cable and the prep base is attachable to the second end of the second cable,
• wherein the second end of the first cable is movable to cause the cable to move through the puncture to pull the surface prep component into the interior of the tire through the opening between the tire and the rim, and
• wherein the second end of the first cable is movable so that prep stem is pulled from the interior of the tire toward the exterior of the tire into the puncture and the prep base positions against the surface of the interior of the tire to smooth the surface of the interior of the tire,
• wherein the first end of second cable is configured to extend through the opening between the tire and the rim while the prep base is positioned against the surface of the interior of the tire, and
• wherein, after smoothing the surface of the interior of the tire, the first end of the second cable is moveable to remove the surface prep component from the interior of the tire through the opening between the tire and the rim, and
• a plug having a plug stem and a plug base, wherein the plug stem is sized and shaped to be positioned in the puncture and the plug base is not deformable to be inserted through the puncture,
• wherein the plug is attachable to the first end of the first cable after removing the surface prep component from the first cable and repositioning the first cable so that the first end of the first cable extends through the puncture in the tire and extends through the opening formed between the tire and the rim so that at least a portion of the second end remains exterior to the puncture,
• wherein the second end of the first cable is movable to cause the first cable to move through the puncture to pull the plug into the interior of the tire through the opening between the tire and the rim, and
• wherein the second end of the first cable is movable so that the plug stem is pulled from the interior of the tire toward the exterior of the tire into the puncture and the plug base positions against a surface of the interior of the tire.