Topic: If it's not one thing...

[Jeffy]

Well, I just noticed a wood screw in the middle of my tire!    It doesn't seem to be leaking so I'm tempted to just leave it for now.  It looks pretty big but my tires are pretty thick so I'm hoping it dodn't pierce all the layers.  Should I take the screw out and see if it leaks or just leave it, or have it patched?

[sharpxmen]

Well, I just noticed a wood screw in the middle of my tire!    It doesn't seem to be leaking so I'm tempted to just leave it for now.  It looks pretty big but my tires are pretty thick so I'm hoping it dodn't pierce all the layers.  Should I take the screw out and see if it leaks or just leave it, or have it patched?

had the same thing - i took it out and then air start leaking - ran quickly in the garage and grabbed a drywall screw, put it in and no leak. I drove it like that for about 2k, one day i decided to fix it - took 15 min at a tire shop with a patch on the inside. it might not be all the way thru in which case is better to take it out right away and then you won't have to do anything, if you drive it with the screw in it could make more damage or penetrate all the way thru, i would take it out and then put another one in if it leaks - drive it to a tire shop after that.

[Jeffy]

had the same thing - i took it out and then air start leaking - ran quickly in the garage and grabbed a drywall screw, put it in and no leak. I drove it like that for about 2k, one day i decided to fix it - took 15 min at a tire shop with a patch on the inside. it might not be all the way thru in which case is better to take it out right away and then you won't have to do anything, if you drive it with the screw in it could make more damage or penetrate all the way thru, i would take it out and then put another one in if it leaks - drive it to a tire shop after that.

Yeah, I know that's what I should do...  It's bigger then a dry-wall screw.  I'm not looking forward to having to do this though.

[chardrc]

its pretty easy and cheap to plug a tire hole yourself.. i would take it out to prevent any possible farther damage although it could just not leak like sharpxmen's case...

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200317489_200317489

[sharpxmen]

its pretty easy and cheap to plug a tire hole yourself.. i would take it out to prevent any possible farther damage although it could just not leak like sharpxmen's case...

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200317489_200317489

i was thinking of doing that when i had the screw in but was concerned of what would happen when i deflate the tires to 10 psi or so, i wasn't sure if it would last so i went with the patch on the inside.

[Jeffy]

its pretty easy and cheap to plug a tire hole yourself.. i would take it out to prevent any possible farther damage although it could just not leak like sharpxmen's case...

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200317489_200317489

Those are good for trail use but really a patch inside the tire is considered a long term fix.

[FourbangerYJ]

http://dt.know-where.com/DiscountTire/

If there is a America's Tire near you they will fix it for free. They will put a plug patch on from the inside. It will last the life of the tire.

[Jeffy]

http://dt.know-where.com/DiscountTire/

If there is a America's Tire near you they will fix it for free. They will put a plug patch on from the inside. It will last the life of the tire.

Free huh?  I bought my spare from them.

[Jeffy]

Ok, I made an apt. thanks for the heads up.  I hope it is free.

[FourbangerYJ]

Ok, I made an apt. thanks for the heads up.  I hope it is free.

If the tire is fixable...no charge! I used to work for them about 10 years ago. We would repair hundreds of tires each month for free.
I went last weekend to get new tires for the Pilot. It's a great place to buy tires from!

[chardrc]

Those are good for trail use but really a patch inside the tire is considered a long term fix.

got a nail in tire when tire was only a few hundred miles on it.. used one of those plugs and didn't leak air for the rest of its life (tire went bold). although that was on a tire that wasn't aired down for offroading so that may affect it.....

discount tire is a good place (got our last few sets of tires from there) and if they will fix it for free you can't beat the price.

[Jeffy]

If the tire is fixable...no charge! I used to work for them about 10 years ago. We would repair hundreds of tires each month for free.
I went last weekend to get new tires for the Pilot. It's a great place to buy tires from!

It's dead center in the tread, right between the lugs.  From what I remember as long as it's not a tear and not on the sidewall, it's ok to patch.

[Jeffy]

got a nail in tire when tire was only a few hundred miles on it.. used one of those plugs and didn't leak air for the rest of its life (tire went bold). although that was on a tire that wasn't aired down for offroading so that may affect it.....

discount tire is a good place (got our last few sets of tires from there) and if they will fix it for free you can't beat the price.

Worms are pretty old school.  Patches are 1000x better if you can do it.  That doesn't mean people don't use them.  Hell, I know some guy's who have tires held together with a string of worms and bailing wire holding their tire together.  They use them as spares now though.  With heat and the damage that happens to the belts, it's better to use a patch as that doesn't open the belts up any further.

[FourbangerYJ]

It's dead center in the tread, right between the lugs.  From what I remember as long as it's not a tear and not on the sidewall, it's ok to patch.

Sounds ideal! They won't patch a sidewall or if it's within about a thumb with of the tread pattern to the sidewall. When they apply the patch they use a buffing wheel to roughen the rubber so the patch will stick better. On the sidewall there is no steel belts so the buffing makes the sidewall weaker.
You would be surprised what we pulled out of tires. Wrenches, screwdrivers, billions of nails and screws, coat hangers, ball point pens.

[mrcabinet]

If you have expensive tires, the warranty that Discount / America's tires offers is well worth it. I do it for all of our work trucks and personal rigs. A couple of weeks ago my wife picked up a nail in the left front of her Mercedes. It was 1/4" too close to the sidewall. If i didn't have the $39.95 warranty, the tire would have been $420.00 to replace.