Screw in tyre

before_hollywood

i run on p6000s, i had a nail in one of the tyres, found it on a saturday night and found the only independent tyre place open on a sunday morning, got it fixed for £7.50 in virtually no time at all. it was about 3 years ago and i still run on that tyre

(i do about 5k miles a year lol)

TiTheRev

Wig wrote: »

If you have a good tread on the tyre, you may well find that by unscrewing it out of the tyre you could discover that it is only a stub screw - less than 10mm long. and it probably has caused no serious damage to your tyre.

You are more likely to pick up stub screws because they are short enough to lie on the floor with the sharp bit sticking upwards, longer screws fall over.

unscrew it and put some washing up liquid on the exposed hole to see if there is a leak, if not forget about it.

...but make sure you have the spare handy, as if you unscrew it and it leaks all the air out you'll need to replace it to get to the tyre place!

Wig

I find screwing it back in if it leaks a lot will slow down the leak, sometimes slows it down to what it was before your unscrewed it.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Wig wrote: »

If you have a good tread on the tyre, you may well find that by unscrewing it out of the tyre you could discover that it is only a stub screw - less than 10mm long. and it probably has caused no serious damage to your tyre.

You are more likely to pick up stub screws because they are short enough to lie on the floor with the sharp bit sticking upwards, longer screws fall over.

unscrew it and put some washing up liquid on the exposed hole to see if there is a leak, if not forget about it.

Your advice worked, seems the problem was a stub screw. and for my next problem... dust cap won't come off valve, seems it's molded itself on. Looks like a new inner tube :rolleyes:

Wig

Use pliers to get a good grip on the dust cap. Valves are always changed at tyre renewal anyway, so it's not that important if you damage the cap getting it off.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Wig wrote: »

Use pliers to get a good grip on the dust cap. Valves are always changed at tyre renewal anyway, so it's not that important if you damage the cap getting it off.

Used a pair of mole grips, didn't budge. Might try some WD 40 aswell.

Wig

If it is a black plastic cap and you need to get it off to pump up the tyre, use a stanley knife and cut the plastic off. Taking care not to cut yourself ofcourse.

I guess it must be a metal cap, if it didn't budge after mole grips, personally I think pliers would be better for the job. I think you need to be careful because you turn the cap you will twist the shaft of the valve, the rubber bit, so
1. You are losing a lot of the force given out by the pliers
2 You might damage the shaft

You need to try to hold the shaft while putting force onto the cap. perhaps 2 pairs of pliers, one holding the shaft just below the cap, the other the cap, then move the pliers in opposite directions.

sassy_one

Yes, it is possible to fix a tyre will a screw/nail in it, as long as the object is in the tyre tread and not the wall of the tyre, as this is a non fixable repair.

Coveredinbees!!!!

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

Looks like a new inner tube :rolleyes:

Inner tube? Modern cars don't have inner tubes they are tubeless, what sort of car are we talking about here. You can fit a tube but I wouldn't do it.

skiddlydiddly

sassy-one wrote: »

Yes, it is possible to fix a tyre will a screw/nail in it, as long as the object is in the tyre tread and not the wall of the tyre, as this is a non fixable repair.

Phew, just in the nick of time 2 years late and already answered by others in the thread.Super Sassy to the rescue once again!!!