Dec 31st, 2018, 23:22
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Bungling Amateur
Last Online: Yesterday 20:45
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Beverley, East Yorks
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Originally Posted by MaDProFF
1/ If I hit a pot hole that I think that may have caused a bubble, I do tend to check rim and tyre.
2/ If there is a nail / screw in the tyre, it will go down TMPS will tell me, quite a few years ago in an RX8 I plugged a hole that had a wood screw in it with a bigger wood screw, cut it down, and silicon, as a short term fix on a new tyre to get me out of trouble, it never lost 1 psi till the end of the tyres life.
3/ Quite frankly cannot remember last time the wheels needed tracking, see 1, but generally the I walked pass car I often glance, and would soon notice tracking out.
Just you checking the pressure regulaly does not mean you will find a nail or screw in it anyhow, I tend to notice things like that when you just glance at them.
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I think you and I just have very different approaches to tyre care. I wouldn’t repair a tyre by using a bigger screw......
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