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Nail Right At The Edge Of The Sidewall

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obe-kenobe Enthusiast

obe-kenobe

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Wife's was saying the TPMS light was on.... and sure enough I found a Nail on the tire.

It is leaking very slowly and its right at the edge. Do you guys think its repairable?

I think its too close to the sidewall to be fixed.

 

They are Bridgestones and I paid like $180 a piece 2 years ago. I got maybe 15k miles on them.

I hate to replace just one. I guess I'll see what the shop will say. Arrr.. not good week so far.

 

 

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pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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Unfortunately, this is way too close to the sidewall and that tire is toast. I suspect that this is what you will hear from the tire shop too. The damaged area of the tire sees way too much flexing to be safe with any kind of a repair. You could plug it and use if for a while at limited speeds, but a patch/plug repair will cause the patch inside to curl up and detach due to flexing.

 

You can always use a tube inside the tire and not have to plug the hole at all.

Jubei69 Enthusiast

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Might be fixable with a patch plug. 2 weeks after I got my truck, I got a nail in the tire pretty close to were yours is and got it patched/plug at NTB. These are not like motorcycle tires were there is massive rpm's and centrifugal force to deal with, and you don't plan on going off road? If your truck is used for daily city driving at no more than highway speeds, you should be ok with a patch plug....

 

You will probably get different answers from different tire shops... Most of them likely will want to err on side of caution and recommend you replace it..

 

NTB patched mine, if I went to a Firestone or Goodyear they might have said no to patching it and told me to get a new one and you really can't replace one, so that in turn would mean replacing 2....

DwelveAT Enthusiast

DwelveAT

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Hate to say it, but a buddy of mine had the same thing and was told the tire is a loss...

Matt_ Senior Enthusiast

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Not repairable.

 

you could 'try" a patch/plug... but a good shop won't install one. As previously stated, that section of the tire is constantly flexing. the likelihood of the plug leaking is high and therefore the liability is too high.

Gregorio Enthusiast

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These are not like motorcycle tires were there is massive rpm's and centrifugal force to deal with, and you don't plan on going off road? If your truck is used for daily city driving at no more than highway speeds, you should be ok with a patch plug....

 

 

I once wore a tire repairman's hat at one point in my life and I can tell you that I would not let my family drive on a repair in that area. What's more, I would replace the tire on the opposite side of the axle too.

 

The real problem is sidewall flex, not rotational speed/force. BTW, any repair that is NOT a plug and patch from the inside is not recommended by ANY tire manufacturer. They also will not warrant the speed rating of the tire after a repair. In other words, if this was a Z rated tire before the repair, it aint no more.

focijoe Enthusiast

focijoe

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Get out the checkbook looks like its time for new tires!!! :cool: My wife had a nail in the edge of the tread. $500 dollars later...............Problem solved.

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

pm26

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Just to make you feel better, years ago I bought a new Mustang GT and it had expensive speed rated Good Year tires on it. After only 600 miles I found a huge nail in the middle of the sidewall of one of the tires. Had to buy a new tire for $ 150 plus mounting and balancing. Crap like this happens to everybody.

Bwoodmiles New Member

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Thats all I do all day is fix cars, trucks and mostly Bigrig tires, that nail is nothing and if they tell you at the shop no, then go to the next one. just a scam to sell you new tires!! anyone that has been doing tires for many years will tell you this its the gas station tire shops that have no idea!!! get it fixed..

jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

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Wife's was saying the TPMS light was on.... and sure enough I found a Nail on the tire.

It is leaking very slowly and its right at the edge. Do you guys think its repairable?

I think its too close to the sidewall to be fixed.

 

They are Bridgestones and I paid like $180 a piece 2 years ago. I got maybe 15k miles on them.

I hate to replace just one. I guess I'll see what the shop will say. Arrr.. not good week so far.

 

 

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If it is still in the steel belts I'd put a plug patch in it... NAPA 710-1598. BUT IF ITS outta the steel belts its trash!!! Did you buy the Road Hazard Plan?????? was that no Me either...

 

The set I just took off, I put on the week before Katrina. Neighbor put a roof on the week of Katrina and I got all 4 BRAND NEW TIRES with those plug boots........ But I put 70 some odd thousand miles on them before I changed them(they started dry rotting in the treads).... But made me mad none the less He wouldn't let them put the dumpster in his yard HE MADE THEM PUT it in the street. Whatttta jerk.... I will be glad when he moves OR I DO. They were around 600 bucks for 4 of them. Plus 15 a pop to fix the nails..... I think I ended up with 7 before he got that roof replaced(and I was walking around with my magnate picking up nails every day). I had one in every tire the first day. yeah that is right 4 flats.

 

I guess where I was going was I sympathize with ya on the nail..... Dude

 

Jbo

 

by the way he drives a Toyota......................

 

Edit: centrifugal force will have a HE** of a time with this.... It ain't gonna just sling out.... :P

steveR Enthusiast

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Head down.

buy a new tire.

You'll hate doing it, but soon something else will take that hate place,

and you won't remember that stupid tire issue.

steve

steveR Enthusiast

steveR

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Head down.

buy a new tire.

You'll hate doing it, but soon something else will take that hate place,

and you won't remember that stupid tire issue.

steve

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