Replacing HP Metal Vavle Stems

[pcm1959]

l'll be getting new tires soon. The originals were installed when the RV was new late 2013 so I suspect the hp metal valve stems should be replaced, too. I run 17.5 tires that have a max of 125psi and I know its important to have the proper stems.
Discount Tire is mentioned here often so I wanted to ask those of you with experience with Discount if they will have these high pressure bolt-in stems? Also, mine came with longer ones and I'd like to get some that are shorter. Thanks

[Cummins12V98]

pcm1959 wrote:
I don't want to jinx myself by saying this but I have never had a tire failure in my 15 years of towables. First fiver (4 years) had BF Goodrich Commercial T/A tires.
The Cameo (18months) had G614 tires.
The Lifestyle has from the factory (was 6 years in Feb 2020) G114 tires.
So I sure don't want to have new tires installed and then have a stem failure due to rubber age, etc., or take a chance on the wrong ones being installed.

In at least 100k of towing RV's running all US MADE GY tires, E, G and H I had one tread separation on a "H" and GY replaced no problem. Oh and NEVER a flat.

[pcm1959]

I don't want to jinx myself by saying this but I have never had a tire failure in my 15 years of towables. First fiver (4 years) had BF Goodrich Commercial T/A tires.
The Cameo (18months) had G614 tires.
The Lifestyle has from the factory (was 6 years in Feb 2020) G114 tires.
So I sure don't want to have new tires installed and then have a stem failure due to rubber age, etc., or take a chance on the wrong ones being installed.

[TXiceman]

Check your tire store to see if they have the correct metal valve stems. If not, you can order them on line and have on hand. Also order a spare set of the rubber gaskets to keep on hand.

Ken

[pcm1959]

Thanks for the responses!

[Darryl_Rita]

New gaskets, not new stems, unless you want to pay extra for them. Been my experience with Discount Tire on our 17.5 rims.

[Cummins12V98]

Give them a call!

[bobsallyh]

I have metal valve stems on our dually and use Discount Tire. Some shops have the metal stems while a couple didn't. I'd check at your outlet first to see.

[opnspaces]

Many years ago I had metal valve stems and always used Discount Tire (AKA Americas Tire in some places) At the time they would remove the stems and replace the gaskets. I don't know if they still offer that though. It might be better to just call the store you're considering and ask their procedure.

[agesilaus]

I ordered some from Amazon and they put them in while mounting the tires so I do not know if they have them on hand. I hand to replace the rims in my case since I went from 15 to 16 inch rims. And I ordered those too since I could not find RV rims on the discount website. The tires came from discount.