Airless tire valve extensions
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I guess it makes sense. The Airless has a "pusher" that runs from the outside end to the inside end. When you push the air gauge onto the outside end, that pusher piece depresses the core on the actual tire valve. Over tighten the pusher can push without any pressure on the outside end.
NOT that I have any personal experience, but there's a prank where one puts a little pebble inside the tire valve cap then slightly tightens the cap. This presses the valve core and slowly lets the tire down.
Dennis, I trust you have metal valves on your tires. Don't use any extenders with rubber valves!
I'm sorry this happened, congrats on being thorough enough to check those tires.
I'm also all the more glad I went to custom BORG valves on our duallys. I added airless caps to them. Also on the front stock metal valves. Tire checking takes literally minutes. Takes longer to crouch down (and get back up!) than any other part of the evolution.
NOT that I have any personal experience, but there's a prank where one puts a little pebble inside the tire valve cap then slightly tightens the cap. This presses the valve core and slowly lets the tire down.
Dennis, I trust you have metal valves on your tires. Don't use any extenders with rubber valves!
I'm sorry this happened, congrats on being thorough enough to check those tires.
I'm also all the more glad I went to custom BORG valves on our duallys. I added airless caps to them. Also on the front stock metal valves. Tire checking takes literally minutes. Takes longer to crouch down (and get back up!) than any other part of the evolution.
