Tire issues
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Instructor
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From: Newtown PA
Tire issues
Ok, nothing really major but I have a slow leak in my left rear. Looked and found a small screw in the middle of the tread. Do I have to replace the tire or can the EMT's that came on the Z51 package be plugged??
Thoughts..opinions welcome!
Thanks!
Thoughts..opinions welcome!
Thanks!
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Instructor
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From: Newtown PA
So Goodyear over the dealer??? The onething they did mention to me at Goodyear was that if they plug the EMT, it would no longer work as a run-flat....should I be concerned with that??
Le Mans Master
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From: Thousand Oaks California
Originally Posted by Bubba's C6
So Goodyear over the dealer??? The onething they did mention to me at Goodyear was that if they plug the EMT, it would no longer work as a run-flat....should I be concerned with that??
Heel & Toe
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Lord please help me. Manager for a Kauffman Tire and an EMT is like every other Radial Tire. You NEVER plug a Radial tire with a tire Plug. The tire needs to be dismounted and patch from the inside. It is the only right way to repair a Radial Tire.
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Team Owner
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Originally Posted by tommyc5
Lord please help me. Manager for a Kauffman Tire and an EMT is like every other Radial Tire. You NEVER plug a Radial tire with a tire Plug. The tire needs to be dismounted and patch from the inside. It is the only right way to repair a Radial Tire.
And, of course, it is both a patch and a plug.
Check with GY on this.
Melting Slicks
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From: Palm Coast, FL
Originally Posted by tommyc5
Lord please help me. Manager for a Kauffman Tire and an EMT is like every other Radial Tire. You NEVER plug a Radial tire with a tire Plug. The tire needs to be dismounted and patch from the inside. It is the only right way to repair a Radial Tire.
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From: Grayson Georgia
tommyc5 is correct. From a guy in the tire business for many years (me), you dismount and plug patch it from the inside. The plug patch is so light weight that a rebalance is not usually required if they lightly mark the tire and wheel with a grease pencil before disassembly and then line the marks up after completing the repair. Service and driveability should not be degraded from the puncture as you describe it, runflat with the tire after the repair should be fine.
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From: Phila Suburbs 2023 C8 & 2013 650ix
Originally Posted by z51dcs
tommyc5 is correct. From a guy in the tire business for many years (me), you dismount and plug patch it from the inside. The plug patch is so light weight that a rebalance is not usually required if they lightly mark the tire and wheel with a grease pencil before disassembly and then line the marks up after completing the repair. Service and driveability should not be degraded from the puncture as you describe it, runflat with the tire after the repair should be fine.
Team Owner
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by Walt White Coupe
Baloney on the rebalance. Always rebalance if the tire is dismounted.
Pro
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From: Ellicott City Maryland
Originally Posted by Hoonose
5 flats in 32,000 miles and all were patched w/o trouble.
Burning Brakes
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From: Pittsburgh PA
I have plugged bias ply, radial car & motorcycle tires for over 30 years and have not had a problem. In fact just recently I picked up a 'wing' bolt (toggle) in the RR which already had a plug in it. The hole was so large I needed two plugs. That was two weeks ago-no problems 
Tire manufacturers don't want the liability and they want to sell tires-what do you expect them to say? A simple hole with only minor damage to the tire requires a repair that will hold pressure-that's all.
Tire manufacturers don't want the liability and they want to sell tires-what do you expect them to say? A simple hole with only minor damage to the tire requires a repair that will hold pressure-that's all.
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From: Ft. Liquordale Florida
Originally Posted by aaaaa
I have plugged bias ply, radial car & motorcycle tires for over 30 years and have not had a problem. In fact just recently I picked up a 'wing' bolt (toggle) in the RR which already had a plug in it. The hole was so large I needed two plugs. That was two weeks ago-no problems
Tire manufacturers don't want the liability and they want to sell tires-what do you expect them to say? A simple hole with only minor damage to the tire requires a repair that will hold pressure-that's all.
Tire manufacturers don't want the liability and they want to sell tires-what do you expect them to say? A simple hole with only minor damage to the tire requires a repair that will hold pressure-that's all.
In florida, I believe it's against the law to for a licensed garage to shoot a plug into a tire. I've picked up a number of foreign objects in my rears recently (GS-2 EMT's), and had both pulled, patched from the inside, remounted & rebalanced. At what I'm (we're) paying for tires, it's probably better in the long run to do the correct repair, than not.
YMMV
Rick