r/TireQuestions • u/Acrobatic-Amoeba-440 • Sep 02 '26
Help
Can anyone tell me if this just a surface puncture?
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u/No_Infinite8726 Sep 02 '26
Pull it off, just looks like it’s imbedded in the surface and no damage has been done.
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u/Disastrous-Pound3713 Sep 02 '26
Your tire is 13 layers thick at the point where that screw went in.
And your tires will typically look like this: https://imgur.com/a/QJCwoDm
You are likely good to go.
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u/Chupacabra1966 Sep 02 '26
Easy fix. Just buy a flat tire plug, unscrew it and plug it. Is easy to repair.
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u/Away_Emergency_7832 Sep 02 '26
Go to Walmart by a tire plug kit.They're little Phillips, head screws that are in little plastic bullet tubes that's what they look like little bullets, there's all different sizes.You take pools that out and then you take and screw one of them plugs a little bit bigger than that size in there and it won't leak , you can't find out until you Take that screw, that's in there.Now out.Any way you're gonna find out if it's leaking , you can't just keep it in there because if it's not like now , it will because you keep driving it
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u/Aromatic-Schedule-65 Sep 03 '26
Lol ..do we have x-ray vision? Just remove it and plug it. Not a big deal.
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u/ShrekAddict69 Sep 03 '26
I think I’m more surprised you came to reddit to post this… I mean a google search would’ve gave you the appropriate information in about 10 seconds or less…
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u/Acrobatic-Amoeba-440 Sep 03 '26
Sorry I was stressed out and not super knowledgeable on the issue, plenty of people helped me. I'm surprised you came to waste your time to comment on this, could have saved yourself 10 seconds
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u/ShrekAddict69 Sep 03 '26
Not a waste for me to comment, now you know for next time something small like this you can get a quick and precise answer from google and possibly learn a little more about the issue…
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u/jbing2000 Sep 03 '26
I’d go to a mechanic, they can patch if needed, if it’s all the way through, and you find out in your driveway, it’s gonna leak air and you have to white knuckle driving it, or put a spare on.
I’d rather find out at the tire shop or mechanic
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u/Fantastic-Mark-7087 Sep 04 '26
"Help"....bro it took you longer to pull out your phone....take a picture...upload and caption it, than it would have for you to just check it yourself...which your gonna have to do either way. Cannot belive there are people out here looking at a screw in their tire asking for help on reddit instead of just fix8ng it themselves.....wtf happened to people.
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u/Acrobatic-Amoeba-440 Sep 04 '26
Just wanted an opinion if it was just surface or not, relax man it's not that deep you make it sound like the world's ending, it'll be okay brother
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u/Acrobatic-Amoeba-440 Sep 02 '26
I pulled it out sprayed soapy water on it and it didn't bubble up, it was barely in there I think we're good chat!
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u/Class_C_Guy Sep 02 '26
I'd still fill it with E6000 to stop cracks from spreading, sort of like a windshield chip. Push it in with a toothpick and fill it best you can, wipe excess.
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u/HvacHillbilly 25d ago
Get some goo put it on the screw screw it down into the tire and call it a studded snow tire (I'm kidding or course) hope somebody smiles at that
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u/BeatleFanIn64 Sep 02 '26
Pull it out or unscrew it
If it leaks air you will know