Car Maintenance and Repair Questions
11-23-2009, 07:03 AM
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Car Maintenance and Repair Questions I ran over a piece of sharp scrap metal. Two miles later, I had a flat tire and a cut about one inch in length on the sidewall. Now, it will cost approximately $100.00 to replace the tire. Is there any way to patch the tire? I know that plugging it won't work since it's not a nail puncture, but is there a patch that will work? If not, since it's a tubeless tire, will an inner tube do the trick?
11-23-2009, 07:53 AM
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Nope. You can only patch a tire if the puncture is in the tread and at least 1 inch from the sidewall. It sucks, but you gotta cough up the 100 bucks.
11-23-2009, 08:22 AM
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Once you cut the sidewall, the game is all over as it's structural integrity is compromised. If you did try some sort of repair, there is a very high likelyhood that the tire will come apart at speed.
