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With 7K on the clock, I finally had enough of the brake dust, and low speed squealing from my brakes. The new ones arrived today, got the car up in the air, removed the left rear, and surprise!! Wonder how long that has been there?!?!?
Not long, judging from the Phillip's head indentation.
It doesn't take long for a screw-head to wear completely off. Now the question is whether you can find someone to properly patch/plug a hole that close to the sidewall. In my experience, that can be repaired properly if you only street drive. NO way I would take that high-speed, though.
it looks like a 1/2 peanut screw I don't think it penetrated. Did you try to unscrew it? It looks like sheet medal screw I think you may be pleasantly surprised!
That's close to the no repair zone, but Discount Tire repaired a tire for me with a screw in it very close to that position. They told me as long as the plug was far enough away from the side wall to go in straight they would repair it.
I have had tires repaired with that same type of puncture and location. The last one was a brand new RR racing tire... seems like in SFL all you find on the road is trash. Good luck.
I picked up a nail in a spot closer to the center (away from the edge) and could not get it repaired by dealer or Tire Kingdom. Told me it's a safety issue and they wouldn't do the repair.
Suppose if you found a small gas station they would do it for you, but there are liability issues that could come back to them if the tire fails. Not saying you would, but as a small business owner, they don't know that.
With 7K on the clock, I finally had enough of the brake dust, and low speed squealing from my brakes. The new ones arrived today, got the car up in the air, removed the left rear, and surprise!! Wonder how long that has been there?!?!?
I had 2500 miles on my 15 with Z51 when I picked up a SS BOLT. Took it to the dealer, my regular repair shop and two tire stores and no one would plug it that close to the interior radius.
I have had one repaired even closer to sidewall and had no issues. I was told the new plugs have a better glue that does a super job. In fact the tire shop said his plug supplier showed up in a suburban with 75 plugs around the entire side wall, obviously this was to promote his product but pretty impressive.
I have done many plugs from that area of the tire and never had an issue. Now i wouldn't take it on a race track but for normal driving, it'll be fine. Remember, run flats have much less sidewall flex.
I plug them myself with mushroom style plugs. Has worked fine for me in the past. It most likely won't catastrophically fail, but its a personal choice one must make.
If not driven above freeway speeds, then if the repair fails, then nothing lost. You will be back to the exact same hole. Worth a try, IMO.
I've never heard of a repair failing more catastrophically than the original puncture at street speeds.
Again, not talking about subjecting it to tracking or high speed.
Originally Posted by glava2876
I had 2500 miles on my 15 with Z51 when I picked up a SS BOLT. Took it to the dealer, my regular repair shop and two tire stores and no one would plug it that close to the interior radius.
The Firestone store with 22 bays and 20 technicians is the only one in town thatI'd trust to work on wide,low profile run flats. There rule is no repairs in the outer tread.
01-11-2017, 09:40 PM
Surprise - Got Screwed!
