Sorry, I just noticed yours is a 05, so your tires aren't that old. I'd check the valve stem first for leaks. Then put on the spare, naturally. You can still use the Slime. It works, but a lot of tire guys hate it when they change out your tires.....
Only because it melts the inside of the tire and is an explosion hazard on the tire machine.
I'd hose that tire down with soapy water and see where it's leaking. If it's the valve stem, that's an easy fix. If it's on the tread, there are numerous options. If it's on the sidewall, then it cannot be repaired and must be replaced. If your tires are near replacement, it might just be time for a whole set of 4.
That's the right way to do it, anyways.
-phaeton
I'll try soapy water at the stem, but due to the nature of the wheel only the last 1/4 inch of the stem is accessible. Spending $900 to $1000 on tires wasn't in the plan until next year.
But the question wasn't answered. Assuming for the time being that it is not the stem, but some protrusion into the tire tread; 1. Repair and put it back on 2. Repair and replace with unused spare tire. My concern is the difference in size due to tread ware.
Yup........My 2 cents is to go to a tire place
Have then put the front tires on the back, put the new spare and the other rear tire on front, and fix the one that's leaking for a spare. It may cost $20..
A properly repaired tire is safe to run on. Big rigs don't toss a tire just because it got a puncture in the tread area, they fix it and run it. It is tossed when wore out, repaired tires cant be recapped. A uniplug, that's a patch/plug combo is the way to go, tire has to come off the rim to use them. The patch portion seals the tire, the plug portion fills the injury to keep dirt and water out of the belt area.. What I haven't seen is if this is a dually F350. Do not mix new and old tires in pairs on a dual wheel set up, Keep them the same size, brand, model, and tread depth.. Tire slime is nasty shit, and the people who use it should be forced to lick the rims clean. The garbage in pressurized cans should be outlawed, the propellant is flammable. A tire thumper is supposed to deflate and inflate,
4 or 5 times if he even suspects the stuff is in a tire to vent the propellant out. gets really dicey when a tire is getting plugged, and the repairer doesn't know the garbage is in there, grabs his air powered reamer and sparks of the steel belt.Whitelightning
Side wall repairs are possible. You're thinking 1970's. I do it all the time. Yes, on radials, yes on trucks and trailers.
Another option if it is a slow leak you can't find or in the sidewall is to put a tube in it.
steve
Put the spare on and buy one to match. Put the other 6/32 tire in as the spare. Throw away the slow leaker
::just another option::
steve
Good luck with that. I hope nobody sues you if the tire shreds on the freeway- for whatever reason. Maybe it's state-to-state, but I'm pretty sure that direct repairs to the sidewall were illegal in Oregon in the mid-90s when I worked in a repair shop. So, even if your perfect repair had nothing to do with an accident, relatives of the dead family would have an easier time convincing the courts that it did, than you would have convincing them it didn't
True that, though.
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