[Greystone]

Take out that phillips-head and put in a torx

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[94SilverCab]

Take out that phillips-head and put in a torx

 

Rookie of the week right there folks !!! 

 

Jay

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[Ryan]

Its a Porsche...use a triple-square (cheesehead)

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[Waylander]

The Germans call them ZXN screws,

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[ds968]

So I went to my friendly local tire shop ( the same ones who plugged one of my tires in the past ) and asked them to do the same for this tire. Now, let’s keep in mind this is a tire shop that has every interest in either charging some money - about $ 25 for plugging it from the outside only, or $ 50 for a complete removal with plug & interior patching, or , trying to “ sell “ me on the merits of buying a new tire for about $ 300. They looked at it and asked me if it’s losing air , so I informed them it’s not losing any air at all.. and it’s been many days now. They put some soapy water around it, just as I have at the time I noticed the screw, and still no sign of any leaks . And then to my surprise they asked : “ then why bother to take the screw out and plug the tire ? “. I told them that eventually with driving, the tread will wear down, the screw will be driven further in and puncture the interior band to the point where it will start losing air. They said : “ that’s true, but it may be thousands and thousands of miles until when and if that happens, this tire is new and you have tons of thread on it , so just bring it back then, and we’ll gladly plug it . We can do it now if you really want, but there’s no reason you should”

So I decided I’m going to stay “screwed” until the tire starts to lose some air and then have it plugged.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

I would have dismounted it and patched it from the inside, but I am paranoid going 120. My tires only have 4K on them and they are timed out (2013's) . I won't drive much on them until I replace them and they sure won't be another set of the Michelin pilot sports - the tire shop screwed me and swapped out what I ordered and put all weather MPS on it. BY the time I noticed it, it was too late. They are noisy and not as grippy as I wanted. Of course it's a moot point as I haven't driven the car in over a year. I suppose I will get around to ordering new tires and driving the car at some point. Good luck with the tire.

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[MCL968]

I had a similar experience a few years back. I agonized over what to do for days, I finally decided to pull the screw out and discovered that it was only a surface screw, maybe a quarter of an inch long.

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[ds968]

Im not worried going even 150 mph + with a screw in that tire , there is no chance of a blow out, because of that screw that is . , if anything , itll be no more than a small and gradual air leak , and the fact that its a rear tire gives me enough of a comfort level to leave it alone for now .

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[J.Elenbaas]

Only imagine approaching a few fast corners with one tyre low on air because you didn't notice that the air just went out!!!!

 

Up to you chap. 


I've had it with another car i had, there was a huge hole in the side of the tyre.

Driving on the highway you didn't notice a thing, untill i had to go off with a strange behaving car.

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[Rap]

Tires and brakes are the most important and inexpensive parts on your car. Safety always first. How dumb would one feel if they didn’t maintain tires as they are manufactured to be maintained. Unless of course one doesn’t feel their life is worth it. Then you just shouldn’t be on the road.

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[ds968]

Considering plugging or / and patching still leaves you with a compromised tire which does not provide the same integrity of a tire in the condition the manufacturer intended it to be, are you suggesting a tire should be just replaced with a new one anytime something like this happens, regardless of the location and the nature of , extent of the impact ? Its not the money, $ 300 is nothing to me , but just trying to come to grips with the idea of making a considerably bigger hole where none exists now, all the way through the steel belts also, in order to plug some material in there, all on a practically brand new tire, when tire experts are telling me thats not the wisest move ..or just discard the tire and get a new one ..

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[Chris Vais]

Just a suggestion. The screw appears to be in the tread block of a newer tire. Just back it out, if the tire holds air you are done. If it doesn't then it means you have a hole clean through that could well have damaged the tire structure and on a high performance car calls for a replacement. I picked up a screw in one of the 968s tires. straight into the outside edge tread block. Backed it out, no leaks.

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[MCL968]

I agree! if it was through the steel belt into the casing of the tire it would be leaking air. The fact that it's not leaking tells you that it's a surface screw.


Just a suggestion. The screw appears to be in the tread block of a newer tire. Just back it out, if the tire holds air you are done. If it doesn't then it means you have a hole clean through that could well have damaged the tire structure and on a high performance car calls for a replacement. I picked up a screw in one of the 968s tires. straight into the outside edge tread block. Backed it out, no leaks.

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[J.Elenbaas]

If $300 is nothing to you, then what's the problem?

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[ds968]

If $300 is nothing to you, then what's the problem?

Just the concept of doing of what may be an entirely unnecessary thing . But I’ll just take the screw out, because if it hasn’t penetrated deeply enough, the tiny hole it’ll leave there on removal may not make any difference ..

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[J.Elenbaas]

When the screw is removed and after you drove some miles you won't even find the spot where it has been.

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[ds968]

Right you are, I presume that’ll be what happens .. but I’ll be in proximity of a tire shop , or service gas station , when I remove the screw , just in case ...

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[kwikt]

 

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[ds968]

Hahaha, too much drama around a tire , eh ?

( tyre , for those of you across the pond )

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[ds968]

The saga ends ; had the screw removed and the hole plugged. Did not do an interior patch since the screw only penetrated about half of the tread depth, but had I left it in there it would have EVENTUALLY pushed through and cause a leak .. maybe in another 5,000 miles, maybe in 10,000 miles .. but its all fixed now so alls right with the world again .. well, maybe not ALL theres that pesky corona thing ..

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