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American Tire Company did the work! I first asked them if they were EMT certified to work on run flats. I have been
running with this slow leak for about 4 weeks. The leak would take about 24 hours to get down to 20lbs of pressure.
I found out if the pressure gets to about 30lbs, there is one chime only and "LOW TIRE" indicator flashes
continuously. If the pressure goes below 20lbs, the chime activates continuously along with the "LOW TIRE" flash.
This chime threw me off and did not know why it kept going on. I just kept putting air every time the chime and
"LOW TIRE" indicator said some thing. The reason it took me so long to fix my flat was no one would touch my tire.
They kept saying we are not EMT certified and it costs to much to have the certification done. There are not that
many cars out there running on run flat tires. The big shocker is ,they did this for free. Go figure!

They also do vettes which have the same setup! The removal looks more vicious than what it is.

The handling felt the same when the tire was low on pressure. Other than the fact that the chime and "LOW TIRE"
indicator came on, I could not tell the difference in handling. I could not even tell the tire was low.

I thought they would damage the sensors in the tire myself and was a little paranoid.

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I arrive at American Tire company in San Jose on Bascom Ave.

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Here is the huge staple my tire received. It looks like it had a rough time going in because notice the huge tire cut's.

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Here is the view of their shop on Bascom Ave. right off of the 880 interstate.

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Here is my wheel with the hub cap removed.

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My front tire was removed and was interesting to see it this way.

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It was pretty neat to see this machine in action. I usually see a different machine that used steel bars to rotate the tire for removal.

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Here the machine rotates the tire and applies pressure to each side of the tire wall. This releases the rubber from the wheel.

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Here the tech at American Tire company insured the lower wheel is doing it's job.

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The reason this guy was doing this is so the the tire would not apply pressure to the sensor on the other side. He
pushed the rubber down enough to clear the sensor when the rubber was peeled off the rim. If this is not done, you can kiss your sensor good bye every time. You will probably here a
... CRRAACCCK! ......

I especially got paranoid when this guy got on my tire with this bar. I said, quote "OH LORD, HELP ME" end of quote.

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Here the tech finally gets the tire off.

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Here is the air sensor inside the wheel which is part of the air tube.

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Here is another view of the sensor.

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Here is another view of the air sensor.

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Here you can see how I asked the tech to lift my prowler from both sides. He was going to only lift one side but told him not too. He was not that amused at lifting both sides. This is done to prevent damage to the chassis welds.

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Here is my leak all patched up.

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Here the tech balances my wheel.

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