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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Harvard wrote:
My take on this, if the grommet is on the inside then the grommet needs to ALSO stop leakage via the threads. If the grommet is on the outside then there is no issue with leakage getting by the threads. IMO.
Good point. A typical steel valve stem has the nut on the outside so the sealing washer goes on the inside. These stems are reversed with the nut on the inside, so it would make sense that the washer goes on the outside....
