this happened last night i think....ran over a nail an now the tires half deflated..this is a brand new tire....what should i do? can i get it plugged? If i can, will it be as safe as buying a new tire? I'm just pissed off, I just bought the tires a week ago. thanks if anyone can help

 

Same happened to me, 'cept it was a drywall screw. I just went to advanced auto parts and bought a bottle of Fix a Flat. You connect the end of the hose to your tire's air nozzle, and just push the lil' trigger on the bottle, and it'll fill in the hole, just have the hole contacting the ground when you do it, so the fluid seeps to the bottom and covers the hole. I hear it's bad for your alignment though, I dunno anyone confirm this?

 

Where did you buy it from. Some places have a policy that will fix a tire for free with in the first year or whatever. Happenned to me once.

Other than that you can just take it to any tire place and they should be able to fix it for you or tell you that is un-repairable. It should be pretty cheap to fix and it's free to ask.

As to how safe? Well if you get it proffessionally repaired it should be alright. I just probably wouldn't use it as a track tire.

Hope this helps.
Cheers!

 

if the nail is on the sidewall then NO but in most cases if the nails is on the tread then YES.

i take my tires to discount/america's tires for FREE repair.

did you purchase road hazard insurance?

 

All the America's Tires in my area do it for free.

Just make sure you take it in early, cus if the tires weren' t purchased there, they'll put you at the bottom of the queue, which is understandable.

 

Take it to be patched at any tire store immediately before you drive around on a half deflated tire as this will ruin the sidewalls.

 

It's your tire and you should want a proper repair. A repairable hole is a round hole, not a tear or cut or peeling tread. It has to be on the tread area, not the sidewall.

The proper repair is a plug, because it seals the entire hole to keep water from reaching the steel wires or fiber cords making up the radial and tread (circumference) support skeleton within the rubber. An "inside" patch will not seal off the entire hole.

This repair is as strong as the tire for normal road and highway use. For racing, you should use tires that have never needed a repair.

I would not use those "fix-a-flat" spray cans, except maybe for a spare that has some kind of slow leak. You don't know when it might fail in a nail hole.

And lastly, many tire places sell the tire with free flat fixes. Ask or take it to them first. They will inspect the flat tire and fix the repairable hole.

Sorry if long, just wanted to explain why.

 

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Fix a Flat fills your tire with goopy stuff to "seal" the hole. It is intended for emergency use only, to get you where you're going. You should only use it if you intend to immediately THROW OUT THE TIRE. Do NOT use Fix a Flat if you want to keep using your tire; instead, get it repaired as noted above.

Incidentally, the best repair is a "combination plug patch", which uses a plug to fill the hole and a patch behind it...

 

there are two things you can do. you can take your **** to the tire place theyll fix it for 10-20 bucks or go to the auto part store and buy the kit yourself for 5 bucks and do it yourself its not hard if your not a dumbass.

 

I wouldn't say repairing a flat tire is an easy task, because you need equipment to do it .. dismount the tire, drill out the hole, grind off the excess and ribs, buff the area, cement, insert patch, stitch, seal, remount tire, possibly re-balance tire as well. Not so easy at home (dismount/mount/balance tire).

 

"redlineintegra" is correct.

The kit that "another silver ej8" refers to is NOT recommended. He's talking about a kit that you can use to plug a tire leak. The problem in using such a kit to do the repair yourself is that you can only work from the outside of the tire. That means you can't do all the proper steps of the repair, and you can't use a patch; all you can do is insert the plug from the outside of the tire.

Tire repairs are not expensive, and they are not something you want left to an amateur. You can have a puncture repaired at tire shops like Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and Costco for around $5-10. They will do it the proper way, dismounting the tire and going through all the proper repair steps that "redlineintegra" mentioned. You can also take it to your neighborhood gas station or independent mechanic, who may charge $5-20.

 

my girl ran over a nail i used the plug its been one year and no problems

 

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So you were lucky.

Again, a proper tire repair, by someone who is trained and has lots of experience and knows what he's doing, is inexpensive. And you don't have to take the risk of an amateur messing up your tires.

 

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Just make sure you take it in early, cus if the tires weren' t purchased there, they'll put you at the bottom of the queue, which is understandable.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yep. thats where i work.