The Royal Screw

I found that the Swedish Bricks tire was loosing air to the tune of 10 PSI per week. Fast enough that I threw the tire pump in the back of the car, though not fast enough to cause a panic trip to the auto shop.

I finally got around to inflating the donut and pulling the tire. A process that is somewhat laborious as my floor jack lives in the basement, and hauling 60 lbs of iron up the stairs is miserable and dangerous, and but otherwise quick, now that I can attach sockets to the cordless drill to spin off loose nuts.

Inspection of the tire yielded some camber wear, but an otherwise very new looking tire.

Then, I found this.