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Originally Posted by Farmer Steve
Which axle tire are you having a flat on? We find the fronts will get an object spinning then the rear tires will pick it up. I've had spark plugs penetrate a rear like that! I would think you could plug the hole and nurse the rig a ways. Of course tread pealing or a blowout is a different story.
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Weird deal & easy fix.
Flat was fnt. drvs. side - inflated all 6 tires to 90#s the day before I noticed the flat. Went out next morn - flat!
Leaving that day w/firm resv. & meeting - crawled under & around & inspected tire/wheel as best I could & not noticing any outward defects, panicked & started calling for assistance right away.
Soon became obvious this 'assist' process was going to take a very long time with all the disconnects, transfers & callbacks.
So in mean time, I jacked up the front w/lifters, inspected tire best I could & finding nothing I started inflating tire w/sm. compressor & to my surprise it somehow grabbed the rim (which I thought it would not) & it started to inflate.
It finally got up to pressure & so I soaped everything out. To my consternation I found not one leak - not even a fizzer!
Giving up but relieved, I proceeded to install the valve cap when I was shocked to feel a small venting of air from under the cap as it was being fully seated - what's going on??
I unscrewed the cap, fiddled with the valve stem & then peaked inside the cap. There, inside, was a small piece of lint balled up in the caps very end. Turns out that this tiny lint ball was ever so slightly depressing the valve stem & just enough to slowly let all the air out overnight. I simply did not notice the slight venting the day before when in haste I inflated all 6 tires. My habit is to put the cap in my pocket so as not to loose it.
Lesson to self: if putting valve cap in pocket, be darn sure to inspect the caps inside prior to screwing it on the stem.