Metal Valve Stem Caps With Rubber "O" Ring
Seems that the rubber "O" ring seal on the inside of metal valve stem caps are getting inside of my valve stems. They end up in the inside the stem wall and around the out side of the stem needle valv...
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Grumpy374 wrote:
Your probably over tightening them, causing the o-ring to deform.
There just supposed to be snugged down, just a bit, after the o-ring makes contact.
Have used that type of cap for many years and never had a problem like yours.
Grumpy
I have put them on hand tight and then they got loose, one even fell off. I don't like tightening them but they don't stay on for me. I would snug them on if they would not get loose.
