Can You Repair A Tire With A Nail In The Shoulder

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I have the stock Dunlops with just about viii,000 miles on them. When washing the truck I noticed a tiny mesquite thorn (not much bigger than a directly pin in diameter) sticking out of the shoulder of i of the tires. I pulled information technology out and sure plenty air starting hissing out so I jammed it dorsum in and it stopped. I know about tire repair places won't fix a shoulder or sidewall puncture but couldn't a hole that small be fixed at to the lowest degree for apply equally a spare? (I wanted to use this as my excuse to purchase beefier tires all effectually merely I couldn't go that one through the "household upkeep commitee")
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i would prepare it and and then go to a shop and run across what they think worst comes to worst just put your spare on and drive it like that until you lot decide what to do
utilize it as your excuse to go better tires any trustworthy tire shop wont touch information technology. Information technology probably could exist repaired just a patch in the sidewall is really dangerous it can crusade the tire to blow out and you could wreck. that explanation should help you get through the "household budget commitee"
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It's not in the sidewall, more up on the shoulder but not in the part of the tread that normally touches the road - meet yellow dot. Same problem with repair?
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We used to deny requests all the fourth dimension for stuff in that very area on tires, but also much that tin can go wrong downward the road.
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A store can't patch information technology....too much flexing in the 'shoulder' for a patch.
You tin can call around and inquire some of your local shops if they use tire PLUGS.
Most of them volition say NO.....

So - yous need to visit your local department store and buy a PLUG KIT.
http://world wide web.alpharubicon.com/bovstuff/tirepluguzi.htm

I call up plugs are much amend than patches anyhow, as they actually PLUG the hole (versus only covering it). Plugs can work perfectly and for years. It all depends on the circumstances - where the hole is, how much flex there is, etc. You can utilise it and bulldoze on it regularly - but keep an centre on the tire for air loss, but in case. I'd had plugs on various cars that lasted for years and never lost whatever air.

I would patch the hole and bulldoze on it for a while to make sure it holds air. Then - if it does hold air - so you can utilize it as a spare. Otherwise, if it doesn't concord air, y'all're not gonna want it as a spare or else it'll be flat when you're stranded aslope the road.
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I concur that the stock tires are really lame. I'g just waiting for "replacing tires on brand new truck" to work its way up the listing of things I need to spend $1,000 on. Seeing equally how hunting flavor is budgeted and I'll be doing alot of driving on ranch roads soon, those Dunlops with their paper sidewalls will get ruined anyway and force me to replace them.
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Some shops use a plug patch combination like this:

they are in my opinion a swell set, but I would really accept to run into exactly where the hold is. Y'all never know it could be but on the deadline of acceptable.
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i think you lot need a hot vulcanized patch
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Buy a plug kit (probably less than $xx)only lake Janster recommended. Plug it, drive it, and forget about information technology.
I have used plug kits quite ofttimes. Why give some one else your money when you do non accept to.