Tire Valve Stem Cracking
TT is just under 2 years old. It's been sitting for almost a year, and I moved it from storage near our B&M to our new residence. Turned on TPMS, and I'm showing 50 PSI :( Got out my new Rigid air ...
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dougrainer wrote:
I am NOT stating it does NOT happen. Just that it is NOT COMMON. WE don't do tires. But, if my customers had that type problem on new units or even USED units, I would hear about it. Doug
You "work" at a RV dealer/shop, right?
MOST folks that get tires on RVs DO NOT ALWAYS "visit" a RV Dealer/shop for TIRES.
In fact, ZERO REASON to do so when you can buy tires CHEAPER at many other outlets.
The tire shop I use has been in the tire business since the early 1920's, it IS what they do, it IS their MAIN business, they deal with tires form wheel barrows, to passenger cars, to SEMI truck tires.. When THEY tell me something about tires, I LISTEN.
I SUGGEST that YOU do the same..
The tire industry KNOWS that there where MILLIONS of suspect stems made and distributed.. They are not "traceable", no one knows how many have been used or where they are.
They CAN be still sitting on unsuspecting tire shop shelves just waiting to be installed yet.
HERE
"Reprinted from The Safety Record, V5, I6; Nov/Dec. 2008
OXFORD, NC-One year after a fatal crash and seven months after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched a defect investigation into 30 million Chinese-manufactured tire valve stems that could crack prematurely, Dill Air Control Products has finally announced a recall.
In early December, the North Carolina-based distributor agreed to recall 1.8 million tire valve stems, acknowledging that three models of valve stems, the TR 413, 414 and 418, were manufactured without an additive to protect the rubber from deteriorating under exposure to ozone. The recall covers a fraction of the population that could be affected by the defect. An estimated 30 million tire valve stems were manufactured during the period in question."
That recall was for ONLY ONE importer/distributor, there COULD be more, who knows..
Tire stems are cheap, peoples lives, not so much.
Just "because" you have not seen an issue, does not mean that the issue does not exist.
All rubber tire stems are WEAR ITEMs, they do wear out and should be replaced when new tires are mounted and on RVs that may be 5-6yrs for the average RV owner.
