Tire Pressure will not register
#12
03-24-2008, 03:48 PM
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RE: Tire Pressure will not register
ORIGINAL: rh8234
Check the simple stuff first. Some valve caps have a tiny rubber o-ring inside them. It's possible for the 0-ring to come out of the valve cap and get jambed into the top of the valve stem. Look in there carefully and if you see the 0-ring stuck in there, use a tiny pick to dig it out. If that isn't the problem, try just replacing the valve core. Any auto parts store will seel you one. for the valve core tool, just buy a cheap valve cap that has a stem wrence built into the top of it - again a few cents at any auto parts store.
Check the simple stuff first. Some valve caps have a tiny rubber o-ring inside them. It's possible for the 0-ring to come out of the valve cap and get jambed into the top of the valve stem. Look in there carefully and if you see the 0-ring stuck in there, use a tiny pick to dig it out. If that isn't the problem, try just replacing the valve core. Any auto parts store will seel you one. for the valve core tool, just buy a cheap valve cap that has a stem wrence built into the top of it - again a few cents at any auto parts store.
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03-24-2008, 03:57 PM
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03-24-2008, 04:37 PM
RE: Tire Pressure will not register
Found a rubber grommet stuck insice the valve stem. Unreal....
Thanks all for the help - 'DOH!
I checked my front, and I have chrome skull valve stem covers. The front doesn't have a rubber grommet in it, and I never noticed one in the rear either.
Where did the grommet come from? Do I need to have a grommet in the valve stem cover?
Just a ball busta - no adequate light in my basement either made it a b*tch to find.
Thanks all for the help - 'DOH!
I checked my front, and I have chrome skull valve stem covers. The front doesn't have a rubber grommet in it, and I never noticed one in the rear either.
Where did the grommet come from? Do I need to have a grommet in the valve stem cover?
Just a ball busta - no adequate light in my basement either made it a b*tch to find.
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03-24-2008, 04:55 PM
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RE: Tire Pressure will not register
ORIGINAL: hk_shooter
Actually it sounds like it may be a bad valve core, not stem. The stem is the entire part, the core is only the tiny pin-like part in the center.
A valve core tool can be bought at any auto supply store and cores are very inexpensive.
Be careful when removing the core, if there is pressure in the tire it can and will shoot out.
Does the rear tire feel firm at all, as in is there any air inside or totally flat?
Hope this helps.
Actually it sounds like it may be a bad valve core, not stem. The stem is the entire part, the core is only the tiny pin-like part in the center.
A valve core tool can be bought at any auto supply store and cores are very inexpensive.
Be careful when removing the core, if there is pressure in the tire it can and will shoot out.
Does the rear tire feel firm at all, as in is there any air inside or totally flat?
Hope this helps.
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03-24-2008, 05:30 PM
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RE: Tire Pressure will not register
ORIGINAL: flynavy
Found a rubber grommet stuck insice the valve stem. Unreal....
Thanks all for the help - 'DOH!
I checked my front, and I have chrome skull valve stem covers. The front doesn't have a rubber grommet in it, and I never noticed one in the rear either.
Where did the grommet come from? Do I need to have a grommet in the valve stem cover?
Just a ball busta - no adequate light in my basement either made it a b*tch to find.
Found a rubber grommet stuck insice the valve stem. Unreal....
Thanks all for the help - 'DOH!
I checked my front, and I have chrome skull valve stem covers. The front doesn't have a rubber grommet in it, and I never noticed one in the rear either.
Where did the grommet come from? Do I need to have a grommet in the valve stem cover?
Just a ball busta - no adequate light in my basement either made it a b*tch to find.
Sometimes the 'good' valve caps have the o-ring to help seal, in case of a leaky valve core.
But they only help to keep the air in when they stay in place.
I'll bet you now know more about valve stems, caps, and cores more than you ever thought there was.
#17
03-24-2008, 05:47 PM
RE: Tire Pressure will not register
ORIGINAL: flynavy
Found a rubber grommet stuck insice the valve stem. Unreal....
Thanks all for the help - 'DOH!
I checked my front, and I have chrome skull valve stem covers. The front doesn't have a rubber grommet in it, and I never noticed one in the rear either.
Where did the grommet come from? Do I need to have a grommet in the valve stem cover?
Just a ball busta - no adequate light in my basement either made it a b*tch to find.
Found a rubber grommet stuck insice the valve stem. Unreal....
Thanks all for the help - 'DOH!
I checked my front, and I have chrome skull valve stem covers. The front doesn't have a rubber grommet in it, and I never noticed one in the rear either.
Where did the grommet come from? Do I need to have a grommet in the valve stem cover?
Just a ball busta - no adequate light in my basement either made it a b*tch to find.
Glad you figured it out. Hope you get some riding in soon. Weather has been up and down here. Seems everytime it has been nice so far, I have something else to do and then we get another cold front and/or rain. Supposed to be as high as 81 here on Friday though.
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03-24-2008, 07:21 PM
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