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submitted 3 weeks ago by nicgentile@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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I know they are some sort of nail, but I had one in my tire and at the store found a near identical one and now I'm beginning to think my tire guy is playing shell games. I mean, what are the odds?

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Seconded. This one truck I was responsible for in the army eons ago had a screw embedded in one of its tores. Maintenance guys told me to leave it and let the tire burst, as extraction would likely damage the tire even more.

It looked like that after a while, with the head completely worn down. The tire wear wasn't sufficient for as long as I was there to push the screw all the way in, so it eventually became someone else's problem.