Valve stems

["Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:38:43 -0400
>Fastov" <jfastov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>what do people do when hubcaps slide and split the valve stems.this seems
to
>be an ongoing problem amd very inconvenient when i wake up to flats.any
>ideas?

   Used to happen on my '62. We did something or other to increase the
friction with the wheel rim, and my mechanic found some stems (truck ones,
maybe?) that were stronger, and had a brass tube under the rubber. Between
that and checking them weekly or so, it did the trick.
    -Kle.




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