Re: Tire Valve Stems
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IIRC, there was a big advisory about rotten valve stems on the market just recently. Don't know if your car might have had one or if yours was the original but recent cars are not exempt.
Posted on: 2013/7/13 21:56
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Howard
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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Some how I missed that one, Howard, but come Monday, there are going to be new stems on all the cars around here.
I guess the Packard Gods are looking after me after all.
Posted on: 2013/7/13 22:06
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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Happy it didn't leave you stranded!
There is a bigger point here: if it is made from/with rubber, check it from time to time. I see a lot of cars on elderly tires (who knows on valve stems) with hoses and belts from the dark ages. Most of that stuff is relatively inexpensive to simply replace. The first time you have to call Captain Hook, you have lost. Preventive maintenance is a good idea..... When I had had my fire truck some twenty years I got concerned about brake lines so asked the mechanic to change them. He declined, because they looked new. I asked him to give them a physical check so he got under and pulled on one hose. The look on his face when it disintegrated was a real Kodak moment.
Posted on: 2013/7/13 22:14
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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i changed over to brass stems.. long ones, but still need an adapter to fill the tire.
Posted on: 2013/7/13 23:33
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Riki
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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G'day Jim,
One of the guys in our club, with a '52 200, had a continuing problem where the wheel covers "rotated" and cut into his valve stems. Maybe this is what happened to yours? For a number of years he drove without wheel covers, only putting them on for shows and display purposes. He did fix the problem, maybe it was metal stems, and I can ask him if you like?
Posted on: 2013/7/14 0:57
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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I think that is what happened here as well as I'm sure I didn't put them on that way. If you wouldn't mind I would like to know what others have done to "stem" the problem In the mean time, Pat, I'll make checking the wheel covers to see if any have "walked" part of my pre-drive inspection. When I saw what happened, I'd say that being simply stranded was better than the image that flashed through my mind. Neither are a way that I'd want to end a drive. Riki, where did you find brass stems?
Posted on: 2013/7/14 15:01
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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Hi Jim,
I'm the Aussi guy with the '52 valve stem problems (ie rotating full rim hub caps wearing into the rubber valve stem). New stems are the go from my point of view. I have tried brass stems and found them to stop the rotation one wheel but not another (as soon as the hub cap put any force on the valve stem it just leaked) my tire guy tried fixing it without success. My final solution was to have standard rubber stems on all the wheels but I use Permatex Black Silicone Adhesive Sealant in 3 places around the hub cap to bond it to the wheel rim (standard silicone sealant just shears). It works like a treat and I placed it where I us a tire lever to remove the hub cap just to break the bond. Cheers, Jeff
Posted on: 2013/7/14 20:07
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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Jim,
try a truck parts shop, i think that is where my came from, or truck tire shop..
Posted on: 2013/7/14 21:20
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Riki
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Re: Tire Valve Stems
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Use a pair of pliers to bend more grip into the wheel cover tangs. It is ss so not real ez to do, it CAN be done.
Posted on: 2013/7/15 6:41
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VAPOR LOCK demystified: See paragraph SEVEN of PMCC documentaion as listed in post #11 of the following thread:f
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