So I came back from a hunting trip and apparently I cut/punctured my sidewall. It is a very small cut/puncture, maybe 3/32" maybe a little smaller. Do you think it would be ok patched? I would probably have to do it myself as the main shops won't do it and I am not in a position to replace them all or at least don't want too.
Thoughts?? I also thought about maybe picking up a used set.

 

You can run a tube in the tire and put it on the spare, I would not patch a sidewall

 

Even with the tpms?

Here is a pic. It looses about 2psi every....3hours or so. I drove home on it, about 68 miles from where I was hunting at 85mph.

 

Not having he tpms on the spare won't set off the low tire warning, best option is to replace but if it's not an option a tube would be your best bet

I have done this on a super swamper before that was a trail rig and it worked well

 

Why do you need to replace the whole set if just one tire is ruined? Just run a plug in it and make it your spare or tube it...what is so hard about this?

 

do not plug it ! theres a reason shops dont repAir sidewalls ,its dangerous you could as stated install a tube , but usea vulcanizing patch over the hole also to keep moisture away from the belts , then use it only asa low speed spare

 

1-A reason to upgrade...if I could.
2-No shop will patch it but there is one other shop I am thinking of checking out.

I have never looked, but where doy ou pick up tubes from? Does the local Autozone/O'Rielly have them?

The nice thing about living in the desert, nearly no moisture.

 

Just trying to figure out if there is a way for me to pop the bead and patch it myself or if I will have to grease some palms to get a shop to patch. LOL.

 

If your spare was never rotated in just buy one tire and put across from one another. If it has use the new as a spare or just buy a pair if you have to. Newer rims are not made for tubes so you might have to modify the rim.

If you had to plug a sidewall to get out of the woods ya but I wouldn't trust it at highway speeds. And I wouldn't patch it to much flex on a sidewall. I wouldn't even trust a plug patch.

 

Taking one of the 5 TPMS sensors out WILL give you a warning light, as well as running low pressure in your spare. Assuming that all 5 had TPMS sensors in them when they were programmed.

-Adam