My tire has a nail in it.  It isn't leaking (or very slowly if it is), but I need to get it repaired.  Any suggestions in the mission/hayes/noe area?

Larkin Brothers on South Van Ness - hands down

it's relatively cheap fix...a dyi....raw rubber...rubber cement....let the air out....lather on rubber cement on the rubber..and use a screw driver or something to push the raw rubber in to plug the hole....nevermind....just go to a tire shop..

Big O will fix it for free (whether or not you bought it from them).  there is one on Geary as well as many other locations.

Def. Larkin Bros.

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Any service/ gas station repair should do, I think the AM/PM at Divis and Fell could fix that.

I third Larkin Bros....

Its a simple job to "plug" a small hole like a nail or screw would produce.  Any service station that actually has a repair facility or any repair shop can do the job in about 5 minutes.  The cost is minimal.  Auto parts stores and DYI kits that are inexpensive also.

Does anyone other than myself know that BMW motorcycles includes a "plug" kit with almost all of their new motorcycles?

Where on the tire is the nail?  If its near the edge, they can not plug it.

Larkin Bros.  Used them last week to have two tires patched.  $15 per tire and quick service without an appointment.

DONT "plug" it get a patch from the inside!!!!!!

dont leave nails in. i had a nail in my old w210 in a 275 35 19 z rated, i forgot, was near lake sonoma when BAM. the nail heated up so much, BAMMO. you could see the hole made from the nail getting super heated ,100+mph driving.

thank god a buddy was following me in his w210 amg which had a full sized spare.

yeah no plug, get a patch from inside.

Euge... plugs are fine, the new ones (meaning designs created in the last 15 years) are fine for a small tread hole.  I did forget to mention a hole in the sidewall can't be fixed, even with an internal patch.  We have cabs out there with up to 5 plugs in a tire.  Plugs are fine and you won't need to rebalance your tire, either.

getting more technical. any holes more than a quarter inch from the sidewall should not be plugged nor patch. any tire with less then the recommended minimum trhread should not be patched (unless other knowledge is applied, ie the penny head thread check dont count on most z rated tires)

i dont understand why people would go so cheap on tires. its the only part of the car that touches the ground and is a major cause of most accidents. sure buying a cheaper tires is ok if you dont drive your car hard, sure you can get by with decent tires if you dont track you car, but why would you risk so much for something that cost so little more to do correctly?

its like all these home owners that come in and ask/try to get teh cheapest roofing materials possible. i always tell them, look, i understand you dont want to get hosed, but look what the difference in getting a GOOD, WELL REFFERENCED ROOFER THAT ABOUT 15% more, that only uses only the highest products, to a shady contractor that uses shitty products when compared to the value of your house? 1k versus 700k? seems like easy math to me.

you spend hardly any more money but a little more time. get the patch.

After spending much of the day trying to save a little money with Chicken's rubber cement suggestion, I took the car to Larkin.  Not sure how I can tell how good of a job they did (other than the obvious...), but it was 14 minutes from the moment I pulled in till the moment I was pulling back out.  Also, those who suggested them are still with us today and that's a good sign.  Thanks for the great advise, friends!

Rusty... its just a rule of thumb.  Our yard is in an industrial area and nuts, (small) bolts and screws are a common occurrence.  We do buy good quality tires in bulk so they'll take more abuse than the usual family car shoe leather.  New tires, always, no recaps like some companies.  A new tire can handle plugs quite well as the rubber is fresh and the tread will be worn off before the rubber compound begins to disintegrate.  Depending on the location of the holes, yes, it very safe to run up to 5 good quality plugs in a tire.  Steel belts are pretty tough donuts. No more than that, though and they've got some "rule" as to how far apart the plugs must be.

Regarding the stop signs?  Stupid drivers get tickets.  Really stupid drivers get their licenses pulled.

Larkin Bros are good folk.