so, a couple months back, I noticed a nail/bar/screw/something in my tire. I took it to the shop and he fixed it in 5/10 minutes. No worries.

I'm under the impression that that tire is good now. Is it good enough to take off the wheel and transfer to a new wheel though?

 

I don't see why not. That's basically what they do when they patch it, i.e. take it off and remount it.

 

@chrunck fair point. thank you

 

How was it fixed? Was it taken off the rim and patched from the inside and then remount and balance? Or was it plugged from the outside?

 

@2014 MC Another fair point. And I'm not really sure now that I think of it.

They did raise the car up on a lift...and I remember they had to take a different tire completely off to fix a valve/TPMS.

(Basically I'm thinking of buying wheels and am wondering if I should just wait until my current tires need to be replaced.)

 

You don't need to remove the tire to fix a tubeless tire. Most likely they used a plug from the outside. That's SOP but should have also permanently fixed the leak.

 

If you end up taking the old tires off, then make sure it was patched from the inside and not just plugged to use on the new rims.

 

I thought plugs were a temp fix until you could take it to the shop for a patch.

 

I've always thought this same thing, but some places I've taken my tire for repair to say that's all they do anymore is put in a plug (which I can do myself).

 

@chrunck @2014 MC

Hey, hey, hey let's not get distracted here. What about me? Ha ha

If the tire was just plugged from the outside, is that permanent/sound enough to move the tire to a new rim?

 

If the tire was just plugged from the outside, and it was to be removed/transferred for any reason, it would be best to actually apply a patch to the inside. Perhaps this capability would depend if the repair was right in the middle or if it were near the sidewall contour (where a plug is really the only solution). My daughter had to get a new tire recently because they said she had a second puncture that was too close to the first one (previous repair), just her luck and I have to trust that was the case. Due to risk and liability it seems a lot of places selling and installing tires don't want to repair and prefer to sell a new tire as a permanent solution.

For me, I pretty much plug and repair all my own tires. I've had decent luck plugging even when near the sidewall which typically no business would touch. My understanding from tire shops also is that run flat tires are difficult to plug and repair successfully for some reason (maybe due to the shapes or compound).

 

it was definitely near the center. see pic.

So, I'm thinking it can probably be transferred to a new rim

 

Dang, it went in at a pretty good angle, would suck to plug it. It should be able to be patched well from the inside, and used for a long time with current or new rim. Some places consider anything outside that first deep channel the sidewall and won't touch it and say you need a new tire though... Does it leak air and actually made it all the way through?

 

@2014 MC oh they fixed it no problem. Only issue is that i wasn’t really paying attention if they took the whee off. That’s on me. The car was a week old and i was just pissed (the windshield was chipped the day prior- good fun).

speaking of, i think i noticed within the hour that it happened. No air leakage ever, even since it was fixed. I actually saw the nail/screw/bar/whatever and went to the shop that day.

 

So you spotted the issue with your eagle eye and not the TPMS then? That sucks about the windshield and such on a new to you vehicle. Perhaps their fix was simply removing the object. All the better then in that case if it never penetrated. If it was actually plugged, you should be able to find it with your eagle eye :-). Otherwise they either removed it only or actually took at all apart and patched from the inside. Seems like you can certainly use/reuse it just fine in any case.

 

@2014 MC

complete “luck”. Decided to look at my tread and that was basically the first thing i saw. Again, the car was like a week old so everything was interesting to me.

Tpms has showed no issue on pressure for that tire