# Screw in tire - can I fix it with a plug? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 21, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586 "2024-03-21T17:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mercury07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mercury07](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mercury07)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/21 "2024-03-22T17:00:30Z")
the tire was replaced, the tire went from 33 psi to 22 psi over a 12 hours period, parked in the driveway, I added more air, to 36 psi and drove with this tire to the tire place (30 minutes away), a patch would have cost about $22, the new tire was $98. ![screw from tire](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/9/29ecdf587e3978d2c8816648d35e0fdf7bcf589a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/22 "2024-03-22T18:14:21Z")
On the plus side, you add another screw to your fastener collection! … lol … ---
**Author:** ![mercury07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mercury07](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mercury07)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/23 "2024-03-22T19:13:20Z")
expensive screw, total driving time about 1 hours, checking tire pressure, adding air with compressor, checking in at tire shop, about 1 hours from check in to check out, before that calling various places to get price quote on tire and mounting, availability,one wanted a local check (county) or would charge a fee for paying with a credit card… time spent on cartalk forum, luckily I could still drive to the shop without putting the spare tire on. Thanks everyone. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/24 "2024-03-22T19:26:49Z")
Fasteners laying in the road is pretty common by my observations. Just the other day while on a bicycle ride I saw & removed a total of nearly 50 2 1/2 inch nails from a local road. I think they fall from construction trucks. Modern tires must be pretty puncture resistant. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/25 "2024-03-22T19:41:47Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Fasteners laying in the road is pretty common by my observations. Just the other day while on a bicycle ride I saw & removed a total of nearly 50 2 1/2 inch nails from a local road. I think they fall from construction trucks. Modern tires must be pretty puncture resistant. +1 A couple of years ago, I was headed to the Dental Surgeon, and I was _finally_ able to grab the last parking space on the street adjacent to his office. As I exited the car, I noticed that I had driven over at least 20 drywall screws as I pulled into that space. All during the surgical procedure, I was thinking… _Oh, great… Just when I’m not feeling too good, I’m going to have to put my spare on the car in order to get home._ Luckily, no punctures. 😀 And, I don’t think that it’s just fasteners that fall from construction trucks. Many years ago, I drove over a hammer that was sitting in the middle of the road. Luckily, no damage from that object, either. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/26 "2024-03-22T19:53:19Z")
![tire2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/8/d807c0d8f55298f50c5c57c5ed5e21eb5bd4321c.jpeg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/27 "2024-03-22T20:29:21Z")
I just recalled my worst _construction object in the road_ incident. I was driving on NJ’s notorious Rt 22, in Hillside, and as I rounded a curve, I spotted a load of rebar (probably 19-22 mm size) laying across my lane. Because of traffic, I couldn’t swerve, and I rode over them. I fully expected to wind-up with a flat–or two–but no thump-thump noises or sensations, so I drove on, and merged onto the Garden State Parkway. About 15 miles later, as I exited from the GSP, my transmission downshifted with a very hard clunk, and I thought… uh, oh. Because my apartment was only a few blocks away, I drove on… very slowly and carefully. I pulled into my parking space, took a look underneath the car, and saw a small puddle of trans fluid–along with a trail of trans fluid leading to my parking space. I checked the dipstick, and the trans was indeed dry. After having it towed, believe it or not, all it needed was a new trans pan, gasket, and fluid. The car in question was an '86 Taurus, and many people claim that this model had a lousy transmission. All I can tell you is that I owned that Taurus for 3 more years, and the trans never gave me any problems. So, even large pieces of equipment can fall off of construction vehicles, and even if a particular model is reputed to have mechanical issues, that purported problem might not show up on every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/28 "2024-03-22T20:33:54Z")
That’s pretty scary. That amount of rebar laying in the road could act like rolling pins on the wheels, impeding turning and stopping. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/29 "2024-03-22T20:36:37Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > That amount of rebar laying in the road could act like rolling pins on the wheels, impeding turning and stopping. Yes, I was very lucky, but who knows what other drivers experienced when they drove over it. And, just to clarify, when I stated a “load” of rebar, it was probably somewhere between 6 and 10 rebar rods, but that number is certainly enough to cause problems possibly more severe than what I encountered. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586/30 "2024-03-22T23:01:56Z")
Coming back home after my morning run in Santa Monica I saw a 6’ pry bar lying in the middle of Ocean Park Boulevard. When a car ran over it just right, it popped up. I waited for a break in traffic, picked it up, took it home. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/screw-in-tire-can-i-fix-it-with-a-plug/194586.md?page=1)