Also, waiting to get back to base before doing so is totally wrong.
Airlines have trended towards un-manned, on call maintenance at small stations, not good for the industry on our end. Hell, I have has tires (tyres) written up, in the book before the crew got off, numerous times! Once the bald spot was on the bottom. Should have called the 1-800 number on the card in my wallet that faa guy gave me.