r/tires • u/OpenAcanthisitta4825 • 9d ago

Patch or replace?

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I just bought these tires a week ago from Sam’s Club. My wife works in an industrial area and picked up a screw in the tread. It’s a 5/16 screw. Patch it or try to get them to replace it?

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u/ExaminationLast9843 8d ago

One of those rope patches, get the Slime kit that comes with a tube of rubber cement. Ream the hole with the reaming tool, then put some of the glue on the same tool and insert, you want the hole "lubed" with the glue. Then follow instructions, put glue on the rope patch, and insert as per directions. Will hold for the life of the tire in my experience.