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03-11-2006, 04:46 PM
I have two questions:
Today I rotated my tires, while each tire was off I checked it for nails/screws/scrap metal (I'm in construction). I found a small piece of nail.
It was a trim nail, no wider than a brad, and it was less than half an inch long. It was in the, for lack of technical term, meaty part of the tread. When I pulled it out I put it into the groove of the tread for comparison, it was flush with the top of the meaty part- this means it went no further than the meaty part of the tread. I put some rubber cement into the hole for the time being.
Should I plug it? It's a very tiny hole that hasn't gone that deep, I'd hate to do more damage by ripping all the way thru the tire and belt and widening the hole, just to plug it. What should I do?
Next question, all of the wheels came off easily except for the front driver's side tire. It took half an hour of soaking (CLP), pounding, and prying before it would come off. What finally took it off was long hard strokes of a large heavy bar from underneath the truck banging outwards. I figured it rusted or seized from corrosion, but I found the real culprit when reinstalling the wheel. There is a small rim on the front hub that fits right inside the 2"+ hole in the center of the wheel. The rim on the passenger's side fits right inside of the whole in the wheel, however the rim on the driver's side is VERY tight to get in. That is what was holding the wheel and that is what made it so hard to get the wheel back on. I had to pound it again to get it back on, tightening the nuts finally clamped it on fully. I wiped some CLP on it before installing the wheel, but I'll probably have this problem the next time. Other than grinding down the hole in the wheel or the rim on the hub, what else could be done? Anyone else have this problem getting their wheel off?
Today I rotated my tires, while each tire was off I checked it for nails/screws/scrap metal (I'm in construction). I found a small piece of nail.
It was a trim nail, no wider than a brad, and it was less than half an inch long. It was in the, for lack of technical term, meaty part of the tread. When I pulled it out I put it into the groove of the tread for comparison, it was flush with the top of the meaty part- this means it went no further than the meaty part of the tread. I put some rubber cement into the hole for the time being.
Should I plug it? It's a very tiny hole that hasn't gone that deep, I'd hate to do more damage by ripping all the way thru the tire and belt and widening the hole, just to plug it. What should I do?
Next question, all of the wheels came off easily except for the front driver's side tire. It took half an hour of soaking (CLP), pounding, and prying before it would come off. What finally took it off was long hard strokes of a large heavy bar from underneath the truck banging outwards. I figured it rusted or seized from corrosion, but I found the real culprit when reinstalling the wheel. There is a small rim on the front hub that fits right inside the 2"+ hole in the center of the wheel. The rim on the passenger's side fits right inside of the whole in the wheel, however the rim on the driver's side is VERY tight to get in. That is what was holding the wheel and that is what made it so hard to get the wheel back on. I had to pound it again to get it back on, tightening the nuts finally clamped it on fully. I wiped some CLP on it before installing the wheel, but I'll probably have this problem the next time. Other than grinding down the hole in the wheel or the rim on the hub, what else could be done? Anyone else have this problem getting their wheel off?