Nails in tires

[Welker]

This question is not limited to Thunderbird owners but one my wife asked me and I, in turn, asked the tire people and now pose it here. A major cause for tire trouble is tire puncture by nails. How do the nails get in a position to actually puncture the tires? I am ordering a new tire since a big nail punctured the side wall of my tire. It looks like it was shot into the tire. The tire people said it happens quite a lot when the weather is rainy. It doesn't make sense to me but I know from years and years of punctures and slow leaks it is quite common but I still can't understand the dynamic of it.

[merlot4]

The second post in the below link seems to point in the right direction ;-)
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...d.php?t=653484

[007Cruiser]

Makes sense to me.

[Skip]

I recently had nail punctures in my wife's 40K mile Escape (sidewall) and 4500 mile F150. Both were repaired by patching from the inside.

[11TH GEN]

I recently had nail punctures in my wife's 40K mile Escape (sidewall) and 4500 mile F150. Both were repaired by patching from the inside.

Sidewall patching and/or plugging is not a good idea and illegal in most places. Sidewalls and shoulders flex more than any other part of a tire and create heat that can easily compromise the repair.

[Gobird]

Back when we had the new 2012 Focus we got a nail in the side wall after having the car for 6 months. Had to replace it with a new one at the cost of $210.00. Shit happens.

[007Cruiser]

Sidewall patching and/or plugging is not a good idea and illegal in most places. Sidewalls and shoulders flex more than any other part of a tire and create heat that can easily compromise the repair.

Amen. Time for a new tire.

[428PI]

At work we're restricted from fixing a tire in the shoulder tread. I think most say it has to be like 3/4 inch away from the sidewall at least. We have a whole list on which tires can be repaired on our cars and which ones can't. Most loose their speed rating when repaired but Michelin can have a decent patch and maintain it's speed rating (if I remember right). My luck is that I always get a nail (or gun bullet casing) on nearly new tires.

[007Cruiser]

My luck is that I always get a nail (or gun bullet casing) on nearly new tires.

And you don’t even live in Chicago.

[CVCashmere]

Avoid new construction areas. Also, they wash off of new roofs and onto driveways and roads.

I am finding them in my yard and driveway.

CVCashmere

[5bird7]

Nails I've had in the past have not been in the sidewalls but in the treads. Most have been patched successfully and run for a long time afterwards. but blowouts have happened at other times and left holes in the tires that can't be patched.

[11TH GEN]

Nails I've had in the past have not been in the sidewalls but in the treads. Most have been patched successfully and run for a long time afterwards. but blowouts have happened at other times and left holes in the tires that can't be patched.

Blowouts are usually the cause of a high speed puncture. I can't tell you how many tires I have looked at where the sidewalls are completely destroyed and the tread has a clean puncture in it. That's what happens when all the air escapes out of a tire at 65 + mph.

[5bird7]

Blowouts are usually the cause of a high speed puncture. I can't tell you how many tires I have looked at where the sidewalls are completely destroyed and the tread has a clean puncture in it. That's what happens when all the air escapes out of a tire at 65 + mph.

One of my blowouts was from road debris aka unknowingly driving over a short bungy cord with hooks at both ends. One hook caught in the tread and ripped it open.with a "twang" when it let go. I was probably doing 60 at the time and slowing down for a light..
The other wasn't really a blow out but a slow leak from a worn out old tire that was coming apart and I made it to a parking lot where it let the rest of the air out... and left part of the tire on the parking lot in the process.