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Topic Started: Sep 1 2010, 09:50 AM (628 Views)
Rowbear
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a few weeks ago I got home after being away for a weekend and noticed my tire was going flat. The next morning it was totally flat so I went to Big O to have it patched. Big O told me they couldn't find a hole so they replaced my valve stem, put some sealant in it and charged me $15. Manager tells me it could've gone flat from sitting in the direct sun too long.

Next morning, tire is flat again. I drive back to Big O, tell them to check it again. Service Technician comes into the waiting room with a gloomy look, tells me they found the problem, my rim had rusted all the way through. :rocker I started laughing cause I was impressed with the work the rust had done. They didn't have any 13 inch rims, thank goodness. So, they put my spare on, I drove 1/2 a mile to the nearest junk yard, found out they had a 2000 metro out in the yard. Got a rim plus a tire, cause the guy didn't know how to remove the tire from a rim that small, all for $25. The tire is in pretty good shape too. I probably need to go buy the one other rim that was left on that car in case another rim rusts through. I changed the spare out for the "new" rim in the parking lot and was on my way. All before 9 a.m.
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nice
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Good thinking Rowbear. :thumb

I had two different cars have bad valve stems in the same week. :-/ Never because of sittin' in the sun though.
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Ironic, I have a Discount Tire advertisement on this page discussing tire issues.........someone is using Google Analytics
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Rowbear
Sep 1 2010, 09:50 AM
Manager tells me it could've gone flat from sitting in the direct sun too long.
Just when you think you've heard it all, some jerk comes up with a statement like this. How the hell do people in Phoenix ever get by? How about Alaska in the summertime?

How hard is it to plonk a wheel/tire into a vat of water? Something that goes flat overnight is going to have some bubbles coming out of it. This guy does this for a living?
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Woodie
Sep 2 2010, 06:12 AM
Rowbear
Sep 1 2010, 09:50 AM
Manager tells me it could've gone flat from sitting in the direct sun too long.
Just when you think you've heard it all, some jerk comes up with a statement like this. How the hell do people in Phoenix ever get by? How about Alaska in the summertime?

How hard is it to plonk a wheel/tire into a vat of water? Something that goes flat overnight is going to have some bubbles coming out of it. This guy does this for a living?
The manager doesn't have to know :shit , my 80 year old grandmother is the owner/operator of a very successful tire store here in Alabama, and she couldn't trouble shoot a flat to save her life.
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Woodie
Sep 2 2010, 06:12 AM
Rowbear
Sep 1 2010, 09:50 AM
Manager tells me it could've gone flat from sitting in the direct sun too long.
Just when you think you've heard it all, some jerk comes up with a statement like this. How the hell do people in Phoenix ever get by? How about Alaska in the summertime?

How hard is it to plonk a wheel/tire into a vat of water? Something that goes flat overnight is going to have some bubbles coming out of it. This guy does this for a living?
awesome post, thanks :thumb
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