While driving home from dropping my brother off at school, I noticed a weird noise coming from my back left tire..sort of a "..pop-pop-pop" noise while in motion. So I get home and start to examine my tire. At first, I thought it may be a bubble and that the "..pop-pop-pop" noise was the bubble expanding when putting pressure on that part of the tire. Well, I was wrong..its a thin metal object from what I can make out of it..maybe a razor blade? ..that's stuck in the thread of the tire. I figured I could just pull it out but when I slightly moved the metal object, the air started escaping, so I figure its best to leave it in for now. If anyone has any tips/suggestions, please reply! ..and if you're going to post for me to get new tires, don't bother. Thanks in advance.

 

You could get some of that tire repair in a can stuff. But it isnt a fix and ive heard its not that great. It would probably seal it and then you could pull the object out.

 

put the spare on bring it to a shop and hope they can patch it! bummer brian. i get atleast 10 nails a year on average. ive had 3 already with my GSD-3's

 

dont use that unless its an emergency!

 

You wouldn't happen to know what its called..would you?

 

dont use that stuff. just pull the tire off and bring it in

 

Thanks..and now that I think about it..I rode by some construction people working on part of a road. I am guessing it came from that.. ggrrrr. The metal object is about an inch in length. Could my tire still be patched?

 

depends on the amout of actaul puncture

 

Even when moving the metal object slightly, and I do mean slightly..I hear air escaping. It seems pretty deep...FAAAAWWWWWWKKKKK

 

the stuffs called fixoflat, but dont use it, tire people hate the chit. Out here in the n.w., there is a les schaub tire chain company that fixes flats for free.Any out your way?

 

Nope..not that I know of. The only thing remotely close to it is Tire Rack, which I believe they're going to charge a fee.

 

well just go get it fixed, should be too much 10, 15 bucks tops. then everything will be ight!!

 

Definitely take it to a tire shop. I've done this twice the past few years. They will remove the tire and patch it from THE INSIDE with an actual patch!! Don't bother wasting time and money just filling it with a plug and stuff...get it done right. It has only cost me ~$10 CAD, so shouldn't be too bad for you in the States.

 

they should be albe to patch it aslong as the razor hasnt damaged any of the belts inside the tire...its 15 dollars at my local tire store...so it isnt to bad...or course the last nail i had i patched it myself...

 

Sweet..thanks for all the help fellows. I figured it'd be around $50 to get it patched up..but hopefully, you guys are right about it not being so expensive.

 

$50, wholly cow inflation hasn't been that high. It may be $20 at the highest if they have to take the tire off the car. Just make sure whatever it is didn't cut the belts. Oh yeah and make sure they don't mess up your rims putting them on the machine.

 

Hahaha..well everything around my house seems to always be "overpriced" ..hhhmmm? Anyhow, thanks for the heads up. And is there any way for me to know if it punctured through the belt or not? I only have 9k miles on my tires..so, I'm guessing 85%-90% thread still left?

 

no way of telling till they pull the tire off to see if they can fix it, i just wouldnt drive with the tire on.

 

Oh.. in that case, might the tire warranty cover it? I have a feeling not, since I think they only cover instances where it has punctured the sidewall...not when you've run over something... ??

 

Heres the object.. I wonder how this could get into my tire?

 

were they able to patch the tire brian?

 

Yeah..they were able to patch it up and I got it done for free. The bad news is that they scratched up my rim a bit..*sigh* when I specifically told them to be careful..but I can't really complain since they didn't charge me for anything.