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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Perhaps indirectly related, the custom brass stems for motorhome wheels (the ones form TireMan and Borg, there may be others) install with the nut on the inside. They want Blue Loctite on the nut threads. I don't think it's for sealing, but because once the tire is mounted no way to tighten the nut. Were it to work loose, that is. Can be done when nut is on the outside. My take on the Loctite is that it prevents the nut working loose (as opposed to sealing the threads against an air leak).
