Painted Wheel Studs!!!
No, not a new style fad!! Had my second flat tire in 10 yrs, in same campsite up in the E WA Blues. Put a small stick into a side wall up near the tread , just like the last one on the old Pioneer...
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I have always removed my wheels and checked the brakes at home after acquiring a trailer, new or used…
Although some tire dealer cross threaded a nut on my van spare rack and then just run it on with an air impact… and when I needed it, I needed a torch to burn it off after the stud began turning instead of loosening…
Naturally this happen along the highway far from home at the beginning of a holiday weekend… Good Sam ERS to the rescue…
BTW: you did say…
“Now I get to go to a local tire store and be told the tire (now to be the spare) isn't repairable!!!!”
Although some tire dealer cross threaded a nut on my van spare rack and then just run it on with an air impact… and when I needed it, I needed a torch to burn it off after the stud began turning instead of loosening…
Naturally this happen along the highway far from home at the beginning of a holiday weekend… Good Sam ERS to the rescue…
BTW: you did say…
“Now I get to go to a local tire store and be told the tire (now to be the spare) isn't repairable!!!!”
