Correct way to install metal valve stems?
I finally got around to installing a new Hawkshead TPMS a few weeks ago just days before we left for a 17 day 800 mile camping trip. We are using Hawkhead T-valves which allow air to be added without...
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myredracer wrote:
....it seems like it is better to have the grommets installed on the inside because the internal air pressure forces a seal against the metal rim.
How mine are installed. It makes sense to me that the rubber washer is inside the wheel, protected from UV, and where the air pressure is pushing it to seal, vs having it on the outside where the air pressure is working against it pushing it to leak.
I never questioned the tires guys (also large national chain) when they installed them this way, it just seemed logical. I think you get enough compression on the ol' flat washer to make a seal so that a convex washer isn't needed.
myredracer wrote:
After 800 miles, the TT tires held the air just fine.
Bottom line, that's what you're looking for. I wouldn't over think it. You know the old saying, if it ain't broke, don't fock with it....
