tire valve extension adventures
we went to a garage to have the tire pressures check as the MH has not been used in years. the assigned technician was a young kid who clearly was new at this. then we drove 50 miles to the polishi...
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Just in case there's some mis-communication between posts above, my most recent link that I provided above shows various solid metal valve extenders - not flexible valve extenders. Those in the link I gave are about like the ones Chuck designs - or maybe they are Chuck's, but just shone on a different (distributor?) website.
I didn't show the link to the Tire Man steel valve stems (designed/invented by Chuck) because the Tire Man website seemed confusing in that only rims were shown under the "Products" tab - not pictures of the actual valve stems. Tire Man should add pictures just like the photos in the website link I gave to the Your Tireshop Supply store.
I agree - solid metal (brass or stainless steel) valve stems are the only way to go with heavy vehicles like an RV. I have had them on our Class C for several years now ... ever since I had a rear dually flat 2000-3000 miles from home due to a leaking crack in one of the rubber valve stems that came stock on our rig.
I didn't show the link to the Tire Man steel valve stems (designed/invented by Chuck) because the Tire Man website seemed confusing in that only rims were shown under the "Products" tab - not pictures of the actual valve stems. Tire Man should add pictures just like the photos in the website link I gave to the Your Tireshop Supply store.
I agree - solid metal (brass or stainless steel) valve stems are the only way to go with heavy vehicles like an RV. I have had them on our Class C for several years now ... ever since I had a rear dually flat 2000-3000 miles from home due to a leaking crack in one of the rubber valve stems that came stock on our rig.
