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Old May 17th 09, 03:31 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
Scott Dorsey
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Default Thumping noise related to flat tire fix?

Yong Huang > wrote:
>Honda Civic Hybrid 2008
>A few months ago, I got a flat tire at rear right, because of a nail
>in the garage. The shop fixed it by plugging glue to the hole. (How
>should I describe that?) I think it was around that time I started to
>hear thumping noice while driving, one thump for each turn of the
>wheel. I just rotated tires, rear right to front left, etc. The noise
>is just as loud if not louder. My question is, Is it necessary to do a
>wheel balance after the shop fixes a flat tire? What else could it be?
>I visually checked and used my hand to check the tire tread but can't
>find anything obvious. Thanks.


The glue patch... sometimes it's just fine, sometimes it's not. It
sounds like yours is not.

Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and get a new tire.
--scott
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