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Nail in Rear right tire, Two Shops said i need a new tire!?

Postby Jai_Jai_Binks » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:10 am

I keep old tires (well i have two) for the times when i jack up the car....this way if the jackstands fail (impossible...but if) then they fall on tires! use it as a cusion....
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Postby Hefty » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:02 am

TadS wrote:Yep... to close to the sidewall, if you came to my shop I would decline to fix it, and I actually get a higher commission rate to repair the tire vs. mounting and balancing a new one. Put the new tire on the rear, that should reduce any tire pull you might get from it.


The fact that you even think that this appropriate advice for tire care and that you have your own shop scares me a great deal.

Actually if that nail were going straight in I would say that it could be fixed. However, since it is fairly obvious that it is is going in at an angle straight for the sidewall then that is probably the source of your concern. Most likely when they opened up the tire they saw that the nail had thrashed around and cut through the cords of the tire. The longer you drive around on it the more it will wiggle around and cut up the cords. If you cut the cords bad enough then the inside of the tire unravels and will eventually lead to a separation or blow out. Don't swap it to the rear and don't even think about making it a spare. Unless you enjoy swapping one flat tire out with another.
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Postby dominoSLEV6 » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:27 am

That there tire can be fixed in under 5 minutes for under 5 dollars, don't even think of spending money on a new tire.

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Postby Patrik » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:16 pm

yep i personnely repaired those kind of puncture before with a glue on batch.. can be fixed easely withing 5 minutes... you just need to go to the right place... i used to work at a OK tire store in Montreal
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