Thread Too Short on Inner Tire Valve Stem
I recently bought a small class C. It's on a Ford Transit chassis. It's the first vehicle I've had with dual tires. Both the inner and outer valve stems are quite accessible. This makes me think they ...
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Bordercollie wrote:
If Ford truck dealer can't fix this, call Ford. Looks likes wrong part/assembly by Ford or their wheel/tire supplier.
A true Ford/Supplier story: I knew a manager at the Ford plant that built Escorts near Detroit. Took us on a very detailed walking tour of the assembly line. We got to Tires and Wheels. He said the wheels arrive with the tires mounted, aired to a specification, and marked with indexing to show the balance of the tire was optimized to that of the wheel. Started getting calls from dealers: "We can't check air in these tires." Turned out, the Supplier uses an automated machine to mount tires, and the seating of the bead onto the rim also accomplishes the proper inflation of the tire. The Valve is NOT used. They'd shipped a batch of Tire/Wheel assemblies using Wheels with NO Valves. No Hole, No Valve, No Where in the Wheels...
I DO have one more...
