Getting a nail stuck in your tire ranks high on the list of the most inconvenient things to happen to your car. The nail often will just stay in the tire, causing the tire to slowly lose air until it goes flat. If you don't repair the tire, you will end up having to get a new one. Luckily, repairing a tire with an embedded nail can be done at home with the right tools and equipment, saving the money it would cost for a repair at a service station.
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Getting a nail or other foreign object stuck in your tire can be irritating. Most of the time we do not notice that a puncture has occurred until we come out to the vehicle and the tire is flat. There are any number of sharp and rigid objects that you can run over that can penetrate into the tire causing the air to leak out slowly, or in some cases very rapidly. If you get a puncture in your tire it is important to get it repaired right away to prevent any damage to the tire. Some punctures cannot be repaired, so knowing the location of the puncture can assist you in knowing if the tire is repairable or if it will need to be replaced.
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Many times, a simple object such as a nail in the tread can result in severe damage to the sidewall that cannot be seen on the outside of the tire. Puncture repairs are limited to the center of the tread area. If there are punctures or damage in the shoulder or sidewall of the tire, it is not repairable.Similarly one may ask, can a tire with sidewall damage be repaired?
Unfortunately, even though any one of several objects or events can cause your tire's sidewall to puncture, there's only one solution: replace the tire. Unfortunately, sidewall punctures on passenger or light truck tires can't be repaired.
With every revolution, a tire runs the risk of being punctured by a foreign object and since the average tire will experience millions of revolutions throughout its lifespan, it is usually a matter of when you get a flat, not if. Knowing the difference between a proper tire repair and an improper tire repair could be critical to your safety.
When an object such as a nail breaks through the innerliner of a tire, the most immediate concern is the loss of inflation pressure. But the long-term risk is that the instability around the penetrating object can lead to a tread separation.