New Tires...Flat within 2 hours of coming home??????

davidb1841

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So y'all know Saturday I put brand new BFG Trail-Terrain T/A's on my 1 week old BS OBX. NOW the Rest of the story: After my dealer gave me back my BS, I went through the car wash and then straight home. Car drove great with the new meats. Parked in the garage and showed wifey her new tires. We put together our weekly shopping list, and went back out to take Bronc to the Commissary. Trucked looked crooked......cause the drivers front tire was completely flat. I aired it back up and visually checked the valve. Was flat again in a couple of hours. Can't win for losing!
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If there's nothing in the tire, could be the bead isn't set right or the rim got cracked on the balancer. Bummer how much extra work the simplest things need nowadays.
 

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I bet it's a bad or damaged valve stem or they were unlucky enough to pick up something on the road on the drive home.
 
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I Got really lucky...the valve core was defective...so they replaced it in 5 minutes.

Was SSSSOOOOO happy I did not pick up something in my sidewall.........
 
 




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