Tire checking frustration

There is a really elegant solution to the dually air access: take off the wheel covers, put them in the garage and forget about them until you sell. Without the covers it is easy to reach a standard valve with a truck type air chuck.

As others have said, go get yourself a proper set of quality metal valve stem extenders and you will not have this problem going forward. I'm not sure what it is that you have, but it looks like some homebrew idea that someone came up with.

CloudDriver wrote:
X3 on Tireman solid metal extenders. Had ours installed back in 2007 and since then checking pressures, adding air is now just so easy.

Agreed...do it and don't look back! It makes it SO much easier, you can mount TPMS sensors on them without worry and they don't leak...

just make sure whoever installs them follows the directions! The installation instructions are not difficult, they just must be followed....

Yep, we also use the Borg extenders on all 6 wheels. Stopped the slow leaks we had before. Hold pressure well and easy to check/add air. recommended..

Dave

Thanks for the responses. I'll learn someday to give all details. The chassis is a 2014 Ford F450.

j-d is right that it's not the screw working loose. Instead the bracket is just so light that it won't grip the steel wheel enough to keep from gradually working toward the edge. When I try to check them one or both will be so loose I can't. When we first got the RV one was completely off and between the wheels.

I'll check into Tireman and Borg. Many thanks.

X3 on Tireman solid metal extenders. Had ours installed back in 2007 and since then checking pressures, adding air is now just so easy.

OP - Please let us know Year, Make, Model of the Chassis as stated on the manufacturer's tag in the door jamb. First C we had used braided extensions with those clamps and it was fine. That said, I recycled the wheel covers and painted the rims themselves, so access was a little easier.

Others - I wonder if the brackets held by the screw are bending or deformed. If they aren't stiff enough, the fastener may not back out while the clamp loses its grip.

I tried a commercial truck stop and NAPA looking for custom valve solutions and ended up with Borg Dually Valves. They aren't second-rate knock-off stuff. Another brand isn't going to do the job any better. No leaks, wheel covers stay on, I can check tires as fast as I can move my old body to the four corners of the coach.

Some of us have been able to get solutions from truck/tire shops. I know when I called NAPA recently, they sounded like they had it covered, but the hole size for their part was .625" and our RV wheels have .453" Then they offered another option with a steel .453 valve and a solid extender. Their extender didn't fit their own valve, and they didn't offer a rubber stabilzer like Borg and Tire Man provide.

Pricey, yes. Worth it? YES!

i have the braided ones also. I know they are not the best, but i have not had any problems in the 22K miles I now have on the rig. I just keep a close eye on the area where the extender goes through the holes of the wheel looking for wear.

Two years ago I had a brake job done at my local independent trucking center on my E450 based Class C.

I requested valve extensions to be added. They put on steel breaded extensions that have a bracket that goes under the lug nut.
No problems now checking or airing the tires.
They DO NOT LEAK.

yes go to hardware store and get some bolts/screws with self locking nuts. Make sure the rear tang has been dog eared at the end so it can latch onto the backside of the wheel.

Or you can go to like a discount tire and get them to install 45 or 90 deg extended brass valves and then put a valve extender on it to bring it out further to ya. Then no real need for present setup.