Volk GT30 Wheel cap removal?
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Volk GT30 Wheel cap removal?
I didn't watch Sherif put the wheel caps on my Volk GT30's and had a flat recently and need to know how to remove them. Are they threaded on? It would seem they just pop off since they were able to turn them but they didn't loosen. I wanted to check for sure before we took a hammer to their backside.
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I would prefer not to advertise this to the general public. It's not easy to do, but it is easy enough that I will pull all 4 off if I am going to a part of town that I would worry about my **** getting jacked.... I can get all 4 off in a couple of minutes with no tools. If you really want to know, PM me....
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Thanks, good to know. Next question... I ran for about 5 miles on the flat didn't even realize it was flat until I got home. Once home I was able to refill them and the hole was small enough I drove them to the shop and only lost a couple psi of air. The tire shop said the tire was destroyed however and showed me a hand full of powdered rubber that was inside the tire however both the inside and the outside of the tire look fine to me. Since we couldn't find a replacement tire I just had them patch it from the inside and mount it and it's been running fine. These are fairly new tires with at least another 25K left on them, would you replace this tire?
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Thanks, good to know. Next question... I ran for about 5 miles on the flat didn't even realize it was flat until I got home. Once home I was able to refill them and the hole was small enough I drove them to the shop and only lost a couple psi of air. The tire shop said the tire was destroyed however and showed me a hand full of powdered rubber that was inside the tire however both the inside and the outside of the tire look fine to me. Since we couldn't find a replacement tire I just had them patch it from the inside and mount it and it's been running fine. These are fairly new tires with at least another 25K left on them, would you replace this tire?
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jtran76 is 100% correct, this happened to me recently as well. It sucks, but that tire is likely damaged and dangerous to ride on. You may not see it but the sidewall's integrity is damaged and it may rupture. It's just like when you can hit a curb with a tire and everything may look fine but tomorrow or a month from now it may develop a bubble. Or it may just blow out without warning, you never can tell. The worst thing is there is no way to tell by looking how much damage has been done - you may get another 20K out of it or it may pop tomorrow. That's what sucks.
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