zmatrix

My rear 19/30/275 tire got punctured by a screw. It's in pretty tight. So far no leakage. My issue is that does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this repaired? I am afraid that my shoe may get damaged from a regular joe schmoe gas station.

lexusk8

Take your car to Sears. They do good repairs on punctured tires. I took my '96 ES there one time for a nail/screw already stuck in there, they patched it up, which took about an hour, and costs me about $20.

Straight6

iTrader: (2)

go to a tireshop.. they have to patch it from the inside.. meaning the tire has
to come off... i highly suggest having the wheel balanced after that.. total cost
should be no more than $20...

PHML

iTrader: (33)

Most tire shops fix flats for a nominal fee.....luckily...you dont have a flat, but its good to have it checked out.

If the tire shop needs to remove the tire for repair, keep your eyes on them lips...you dont want them to scratch it.

Neo

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Where is the screw? Although you should get it fixed when you get a chance, its location will tell you how urgent it is. If it is near the sidewall, take care of it soon. If it is in the "middle" and is not leaking, take care of it but you can take your time to find a good place that won't mess up your rims.

zmatrix

yeah it's in the middle and my major concern is my rims. I certainly don't want them to scratch it up. Furthermore, I need to get my wheel lock removed. My original wheel lock key broke and i never got around to taking care of it. I wonder if these wheel shops have tools to remove the locks. They are stock wheel locks.

lexusk8

Most of the tire/wheel shops have the wheel lock tools to take out your lug nuts. I usually take my ES to this local shop (Town Fair Tire) for rotation and alignment, and a couple times I forgot to give the tech my wheel lock key (stored in the trunk). He never came to me about the wheel lock issue, and had no problem taking the wheels off and torquing the lugs back in.

GS4Will

Z,sorry to hear that

to repair flat, go to Grand Prix tyre on Monterey Pass rd in MP. ask for Chris adn tell him Will send you there

sung35

If you saw the screw but there is absolutely no leak for a week (i.e., tire pressure stays the same the whole time), then the screw might not long enough to puncture the tire. Carefully unscrew the screw off the tire and see if you have a leak. If it does then bring it to any tire shop. Otherwise throw away the screw and not worry about it.

If you leave that short screw on the tire, then there might be chances that one day it will puncture the tire. Unscrew it today, bro.

Wald GS

iTrader: (1)

Hey Danny,

Sorry of your misfortune. I'll find out if my friends uncles, shop in Hacienda Heights can fix it for you.

LS4fun

If the hole is not that bad, they can just PLUG it up for you without removing the wheel from the rim (saving the damage).

ATSOU

Hey Danny, saw that screw on Saturday in person......ouch
If it leaks, then get it repair. Otherwise I'll say leave it alone.

LS4fun

I wouldn't leave anything that's not not meant to be on my tire alone....could be dangerous...

Straight6

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this is something i wouldn't recommend.. i used to take this route in fixing my tire problems..
until i learned the hard way... the problem with the plug is when you go long driving for hours..
the heat generated by the tire causes the plug to losen up or leak... this happened to me on a
road trip to NC.. ended up getting stuck in Md and destroying my tire and rim.

LS4fun

MMM..didn't know that...thanks for sharing.....i'll make sure to do it the correct way in future occurences.