I take it this tyre is FUBAR?
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If you have a spare, I'd fit that now and use it to get the wheel to a tyre shop.
If you don't have a spare and need to drive on this wheel to get it repaired, I'd take the screw out before that - and drive as though the tyre could go flat at any moment. This avoids the risk of the screw doing any further damage as the tyre flexes.
I wouldn't expect you to get a leak when you remove the screw. If the screw had gone the whole way through the tyre it would already be leaking. But the scructure of the tyre has obviously been compromised and it isn't safe to continue using that tyre as it is.
If you don't have a spare and need to drive on this wheel to get it repaired, I'd take the screw out before that - and drive as though the tyre could go flat at any moment. This avoids the risk of the screw doing any further damage as the tyre flexes.
I wouldn't expect you to get a leak when you remove the screw. If the screw had gone the whole way through the tyre it would already be leaking. But the scructure of the tyre has obviously been compromised and it isn't safe to continue using that tyre as it is.
GreenV8S said:
If you have a spare, I'd fit that now and use it to get the wheel to a tyre shop.
If you don't have a spare and need to drive on this wheel to get it repaired, I'd take the screw out before that - and drive as though the tyre could go flat at any moment. This avoids the risk of the screw doing any further damage as the tyre flexes.
I wouldn't expect you to get a leak when you remove the screw. If the screw had gone the whole way through the tyre it would already be leaking. But the scructure of the tyre has obviously been compromised and it isn't safe to continue using that tyre as it is.
Cheers for this advice. Don't have a spare but decided to try and remove it. I slowly turned it with a pair of pliers for 30 seconds and that's it now removed with no air leak. The screw itself is pretty long as can be seen from the pic, but wasn't that thick so has just been through the outside rubber. Will keep an eye on it and get it looked at.If you don't have a spare and need to drive on this wheel to get it repaired, I'd take the screw out before that - and drive as though the tyre could go flat at any moment. This avoids the risk of the screw doing any further damage as the tyre flexes.
I wouldn't expect you to get a leak when you remove the screw. If the screw had gone the whole way through the tyre it would already be leaking. But the scructure of the tyre has obviously been compromised and it isn't safe to continue using that tyre as it is.
Plus Superglue for any raggedy bits as mentioned above. If a dealer I drove for had a car going out with an iffy tyre, he would put jn a can of squirt. In the two years I was there, none came back under complaint. (Clarification - plenty of cars came back under complaint, none tyre foam related.)
It was so effective, I do it on my own cars now. If in doubt, buy a can of tyre weld.
It has to be worth a tenner as an experiment.
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