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Screw Embedded in Tire But NO Air Loss. What to do?

Discussion in '5th Gen 4Runners (2010-2024)' started by HotelMedicis, Mar 14, 2023.

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  1. Mar 18, 2023 at 11:28 PM
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    I have plugged tires without even taking the wheel off. I consider them a permanent repair. Easier than putting on the spare.

    Don’t skimp on the kit. The tools in the cheap ones can bend or snap.
     
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  3. Mar 19, 2023 at 11:52 AM
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    Does anyone else set the plug on fire?
    That's the way I was taught many years ago and I have plugged a lot of tires with success...

    Just be sure to keep a good supply of water close.
     
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  4. Mar 19, 2023 at 10:43 PM
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    Spray some windex on it. If it bubbles up, air is leaking. No bubbles, no leak.
     
    kjang9532, Mar 19, 2023
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  5. Mar 20, 2023 at 9:33 PM
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    glwood54 Stop making me buy stuff!

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    Is that part of the voodoo method of fixing a tire? :eek: Do you have to add any incantations?
     
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  6. Mar 20, 2023 at 10:54 PM
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    Back in the 70’s it was common to vulcanize a patch onto a bicycle inner tube. I can’t remember the exact process but it involved a clamp and a secondary patch that you’d light like a match. Maybe. I was 10 when I witnessed it.
     
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  7. Mar 20, 2023 at 11:53 PM
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    You're screwed!
     
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    There a special dance I do.

     
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    Like this..... take the screw out, spray windex or soapy water where screw was, if you have no bubbles... drive. If you get bubbles, get the tire fixed(patched), or if you're in a area where you can't get it patched, install a plug, from the plug kit until you can get it fixed. Since you have no air loss, you can remove the screw and probably forget about it. Good luck.
     
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  10. Mar 21, 2023 at 8:16 AM
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    Same. I always plug my own and never had a failure, even with a cheap Walmart kit.
     
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  11. Mar 21, 2023 at 10:38 AM
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    Les Schwab was good people when I was a young driver. Spent tens of thousands of dollars there in tires, wheels and lifts over the decades.

    Their prices got higher and higher and the service less sudden, lol. Then they got bought out a few years ago and I haven't been back since.

    So sad to talk to someone who needed pickup tires and went to Les Schwab and now has an $1800 balance on a LS charge account at 26% interest.

    People who fall for it usually start spouting nonsense about free tire rotations, flat repair, and tire warranty. Math is hard, apparently.

    But the OP should just go to a reputable tire shop and get the tire patched and not worry about it.
     
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  12. Mar 21, 2023 at 1:40 PM
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    Don't even get me started on Les Schwab. Crooks!
     
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