04 April 2022

Screwed And Tired

The right rear on The Beast has been slow leaking.

Today I found the culprit!

A small wood screw.

Since I am not yet completely mended, getting a tire plug in there was a lot more difficult than I would have expected it to be.

Yet, I persevered!

I certainly hope this fixes the leak until it's time for new tires.

Hell, if the local tire places weren't useless, I would have tried to have it patched.

But no matter how minor the puncture, their party line is the belts have been damaged and you need to buy a new tire.

Posted by Angus McThag at 10:45
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2 comments:

  1. slow joe crow04 April, 2022 16:17

    I've had weirder, I got one of those metal building screws with a rubber washer in a tire and because of the seal it held pressure but made a loud clicking noise. Fortunately Les Schwab patches holes for free.

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  2. Jonathan H05 April, 2022 14:01

    Tire shops are getting bad about that - it's an obvious ploy to make more money...
    I recently went to a shop to look into a patch; despite them having patched a tire for me before, they claimed they had never done it and it wasn't "cost effective".
    Fortunately, here my neighbor has a tire machine and will patch anything I ask him too.

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