frack!

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I saw some clown using fix-a-flat when his tire was COMPLETELY flat with the bead separated from the rim (probably because he had kept driving after it went flat). So as he was trying to use that shit, it just escaped and stunk up the area for hours. Wouldn't doubt that shit is toxic.

You'd be surprised what people think you can "Patch" when a tire comes in flat. Guy came in with a Brake pad INSIDE the tire and the hole through the sidewall...Needless to say, he bought a new tire.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

You'd be surprised what people think you can "Patch" when a tire comes in flat. Guy came in with a Brake pad INSIDE the tire and the hole through the sidewall...Needless to say, he bought a new tire.

How the hell does a brake pad get inside a tire?

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

How the hell does a brake pad get inside a tire?

Stupidity often defies the laws of physics.

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Stupidity often defies the laws of physics.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Stupidity often defies the laws of physics.

A few years back u helped a got at work change out his tires in his off roading truck, inside each tire was a ratchet strap pulled right around the rim. His explanation was that someone told him that off road ratchet straps can be used to seat a bead and help keep the tire on while inflating it...

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by derf

A few years back u helped a got at work change out his tires in his off roading truck, inside each tire was a ratchet strap pulled right around the rim. His explanation was that someone told him that off road ratchet straps can be used to seat a bead and help keep the tire on while inflating it...

Makes Sense...If the ratchet strap was around the tire AND the rim.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Makes Sense...If the ratchet strap was around the tire AND the rim.

Well, he really wanted me to leave the ratchet straps there, so I did, and to this day as far as I know he still has a set of straps snugly holding his 1 piece rim together

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by derf

Well, he really wanted me to leave the ratchet straps there, so I did, and to this day as far as I know he still has a set of straps snugly holding his 1 piece rim together

JC

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

How the hell does a brake pad get inside a tire?

Fuck if I know, I asked if he HAD brakes...He was just as shocked as we were. It wasnt off his car though...My guess is it was on the road and he ran over it? But it went through the sidewall so I really have no idea.

We had a bucket of what we found in tires up on the sales desk to "persuade" customers to buy our tire insurance. Anything from the brake pad to huge pieces of metal. There was even a wirebrush from before I worked there...

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Fuck if I know, I asked if he HAD brakes...He was just as shocked as we were. It wasnt off his car though...My guess is it was on the road and he ran over it? But it went through the sidewall so I really have no idea.

Probably was kicked up by another car or even his own tires and into the sidewall. I tried to fix a flat my mom had and found a similar thing on the inside sidewall of one of her rear tires. When I took it to a shop to get a new tire, they said it's common for your own front tires to kick up stuff into the rear.