PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Oh, yeah. I would consider that a repairable hole. A patch from the inside-out is always best, but you could do that yourself with a plug.
If you go the DIY route, make sure you do it right- hole reamed out, rubber cement on plug, cure overnight with heat.

 

Looks like it should be far enough away from the sidewall to plug, but they may want to pop it off the rim to say for sure.

 

Thats pretty close to the sidewall. If it isnt leaking rock it lol.

 

I got a flat a year ago, all my tires were 4/32" or lower, and 5 years old. I did replace all 4. Should you? probably not, I'd patch it.

 

I know a few DT shops that would give you grief over that one. Its fixable with the caveat that it didnt angle into the sidewall once it went in, it just might take some arguing to get it done.

 

you can safely plug that Charlie

however until you pull it out you wont know how far deep in actually, penetrated...


honestly it might have been that it only made it the depth of the knobby and not actually through the metal plies behind the rubber

 

Hmmmm.......close to the tire shoulder. Depends on depth and angle of entry, if it went into the sidewall, then no fix.

Another note. There are beginning signs of rubber failure, cracking between the lugs. What is the date code on the tires?

The wear bars are close to being exposed.......

Considering these borderline situations, it may be time for a new set of shoes for the ride.

 

I always liked those car comics like that.

 

I dodged a bullet! Took it to Mavis, where they immediately said it couldn’t be patched; My mechanic is a good friend of mine, so I took it to his house and did a leak test. He then pull the nail, and it still wasn’t leaking! The nail went in sideways!

 

The culprit...

 

The damage to the tire; All superficial...

 

Guess who doesn’t have to take the price of a new tire out of his “down payment on a house” fund?!?!

 

You got lucky with the nail.

There is the start of cracking and the wear indicators.................

 

Play the lottery or something like that ... you are lucky. If that was me it would have gone straight through, rattled around and did more damage. Just had that exact thing happen on a run flat ... and those tires are not cheap.

Good to see someone with good luck in a time of COVID ...

 

Good old CARtoons magazine l loved em!!

 

Well, my uncle says I can get another year out of the tires, so I’m just glad I don’t have to drop several hundred dollars on new tires NOW!

 

Did you hear I picked up a nail and my tire amazingly didn’t get punctured?

 

Already did that; Someone in Michigan is now never gonna have to work again!

 

I think they were in my old Car Craft Magazines too.

 

Thats right. They had them for awhile too !