So last nite i was driving home and i was really tired so i hit a curb and i got an instant flat tire. i put the flat on, but now i dont no what to do. can i just inflate my original tire and re-use it, or is it useless?
2006-11-27 06:33:51 · 10 answers · asked by Mayapples 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
put the spare on
2006-11-27 06:34:47 · update #1
You most definately knocked the alignment out no matter how hard or how fast you were going. To be on the safe side I would replace the tire. The bead broke for a reason so the tire may have sustained damage. Is it really worth your or some one elses life to take a chance on a tire that has failed-damaged or not? The only way to tell if the rim is bent (if you can't see it by eyesight) is to mount a tire and put the assembly on the balancing machine if it takes an extreame amount of weight to balance the rim is bent.
Hope this helps
2006-11-27 06:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have owned my car for coming on a year. I have had three flat tires on it already. All of the tires are Michelin. The first time I was almost at my job and luckily I was close enough to get there, but next thing you know my car feels funny, must have been something in the road, and it starts making a lump, lump sound and starts shaking and my low tire pressure light comes on. I was lucky my work was around the corner and I was able to go to work.
The second time I was in a parking lot and was headed for the exit to the street when I heard like a fire cracker and again, my low tire pressure light came on. No curb there...
The last time they tell me I hit a curb. I was sitting at a red light getting directions to my next assignment, I'm a court reporter. When the light turned green, I suppose because I was running my mouth, I was not aware I hit a curb. Besides, I was just accelerating from a stop, how fast could I be going? And the next thing you know I hear something that sounded like water, like, shhhhhh, and my low tire pressure light came on and the next thing I knew someone walking by says I've got a flat. I will never buy another Michelin tire if that's all it takes to have one blow out! I've even had people tell me they are soft and it doesn't take much to have them blow!
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2014-07-24 16:13:46 · answer #2 · answered by Barbara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've hit the curb a couple times (going less than 35 most of the time), and I've never gotten a flat tire. Although, my cars kind of new (6 months), so I would hope the tire wouldn't go ghetto on me now! I hit it every month or so, but I've been getting better about it XD.
2016-03-28 21:51:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you should go to a tire shop to find out if the wheel is bent. If the wheel is bent then the tire might not stay inflated.
2006-11-27 06:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by iggy315 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be able to have a shop reseat the tire for about ten bucks depends if the tire itself was damaged. Worth asking
2006-11-27 06:46:35 · answer #5 · answered by Sid B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often, a blow like this can break the seal on the rim. Reseating it and re-inflating can often fix this problem. You may also have some allignment issues, but you'll know that by driving!
2006-11-27 06:36:57 · answer #6 · answered by jooker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you did not cause damage to the wheel it'self you most likely just broke the seal .. yeah go for it man mounting a tire is 5 bucks at the local autoparts place that does that
2006-11-27 06:39:30 · answer #7 · answered by Daddy James 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Useless. You'll need to get a new tire, sorry.
2006-11-27 06:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by Lisa R 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
side wall is punctured im sure you can try fix a flat. if that doesnt work its junk
2006-11-27 08:02:37 · answer #9 · answered by Jason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure your rim isn't bent 1st...then go get a new tire!!
2006-11-27 06:50:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋