Screw in front tire, no air leaking, should I worry about it?
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PILOON
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Interesting discussion,
I had one rear go darn close to flat when snow blowing.
Fortunately I had a can of air to inflate enough to get home where I kind of over inflated to continue.
That was 2 years ago and that tire never lost pressure since.
Tire is tubbed and filled with beet juice, might the juice plugged the hole?
Still wonder to this day if I have an actual puncture.
I speculate that perhaps a loose binder might have 'flicked' the valve to allow air out, that or slime did a plugging job.
Notice I took the 'let well enough alone' approach and simply monitor pressure from time to time.
That's going on 100 hours or so.
Fingers crossed.
Repairing a punctured slime filled tire is no simple chore, basically a job for professionals!
I had one rear go darn close to flat when snow blowing.
Fortunately I had a can of air to inflate enough to get home where I kind of over inflated to continue.
That was 2 years ago and that tire never lost pressure since.
Tire is tubbed and filled with beet juice, might the juice plugged the hole?
Still wonder to this day if I have an actual puncture.
I speculate that perhaps a loose binder might have 'flicked' the valve to allow air out, that or slime did a plugging job.
Notice I took the 'let well enough alone' approach and simply monitor pressure from time to time.
That's going on 100 hours or so.
Fingers crossed.
Repairing a punctured slime filled tire is no simple chore, basically a job for professionals!
And most of the places that I know of will charge you accordingly. I stopped using it years ago due to the mess it makes. The only exception is when I don't plan to reuse the rim for some reason.
Or in an emergency, such as if I was snowblowing and needed it to get the tractor home.
defranks
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Just a couple of days ago I noticed a screw head on the tread of one the front tires on my truck. To pull or not to pull. I have a really good mushroom plug kit, so I pulled the screw. It turned out to be all of 1/4" long and in the meatiest part of the tread. I guess if you're gonna pick up a screw......
I was pumping gas one day and looked down to see a nail stuck in my tire. Drive across the street to the tire shop thinking they would dismount, plug/patch and get me on my way.
Ended up yanking most of a several y corroded framing nail out of my lug, was stuck sideways. Got **** Lucky.
Currently have a couple roofing/panel nails stuck in the tractor as a result of demo work. Leaving them there as the air seems fine.
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I never leave anything stuck in a tire. I'd rather address it on my terms in the shop on concrete than somewhere on the road or in the timber.
I dont leave anything stuck in the tire either, pull it out, check for leak with soapy water, no leak, leave it alone. If it aint broke dont fix it.
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My dad had a slow leak in his tire so he pulled a nail out, then he had a fast leak. He put some glue on the nail, inserted it back into the hole, and drove to town to have it fixed. I believe he bought a new set.
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I’ve got screws in low pressure tires that I put there on purpose to plug a hole. I’ve got at least 3 screws in tires between my vehicles and none of them leak so I don’t bother fixing them.
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