Fixable?

Finishing nail

before I go blast through some money.

whats your take on it?

 

DIY plug kit

 

yeah ide fix it and throw it on the rear but I like to live dangerously so

 

I'd plug it

 

Shoulder puncture. The big chain tire shops won't touch it. Either use your tire replacement policy if you bought one, DIY, or find a local shop on the sketch side of town.

 

Are you loosing air?

 

Put some glue around the shaft and push it all the way in

 

That's what she said! *high fives*

 

You won't really know until its dismounted and the inside is checked. All depends on where it came out on the inside.

But it doesnt look good...

 

As mentioned, tire stores probably won’t deal with it since it’s in the shoulder. Bring it back to the tire store you bought from and get prorated discount toward a new tire (looks like a pretty new tire).

 

Yah this is basically what happened. No one will touch it. I can get prorated tires for 580 which is a decent deal for AT2. Which they don’t make anymore I don’t think.

however these tires have 55k on them. Which is funny because they still have a ton of tread on them

 

Not losing air that I can find

 

Fixable, best way is patch it on the inside,or the cheap plug it way.

 

So I said f it and pulled it out. Was only in up to the bent part. Not far. I threw some soapy water on it to see if it will make bubbles. It doesn’t appear to be leaking

 

Lucky. Go out and buy a Lotto ticket.

 

Does that work?

 

I would be more than willing to take the risk to find out. Almost no shops would fix it and it's such a small hole. I'd drip a bit of liquid electrical tape around it and push it in, roll the dice!

 

Yea. Because lawyers.

Doesn't have to be sketchy. Shop I use when needed will do it. They just need to be independent (free of corporate lawyers), practical and ethical. As in not all things should be plugged, but most of the time it's just fine.

 

It may hurt, but why wouldn't it work?