tire patch

[zoltan57]

hey. i found a flat head screw right down the middle of my front tire... when i got home the flat head sheered off.. i so far im still holding have avons.. so can a plug and patch work.. or tube... and will a dealer do it..

[roboto65]

Me personally would not plug or patch the front maybe the rear. Now as for the innertube well I probably would do that if the tire was fairly new !!!

[semo97]

Did you pull the screw out to see if it went all the way thru? It may have not.Then you are good to go. If it went thru was it a large one? When you plug you will ream it first and that will make the hole larger. I would put an inside the tire patch, I do not think a dealer would do it due to liability resons. Plugs are good in a pinch, some go many more miles with them, I do not. I do all my own tire work so I make the call to patch or get a new tire. I would not tube  it unless it is a bius ply tire.