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Re: Valve stems
Written by douglasvanb on 5/21/2011 at 02:45 pm

Hi Phil,

I'm going to have the local independent motorcycle shop mount the tires for me
and will ask them to do the valves too. I don't have the ability to change my
own tires (yet!). Better to pay a professional wrench rather than ruin my rims
:-)

Once I get out of the house, I'll be heading down to the local Honda shop to see
what sort of valve stems they have. Would like to get something that can't fail
as easily on a long distance trip. I'm going to pick up a few spares for my
toolkit as well.

Hmm... how am I going to explain KY Jelly in my toolkit?

Cheers,

Douglas

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Phil" <phillip.g.boyd@...> wrote:
>
> If you're changing them out yourself, pay attention to which way they point.
It makes a difference in how the plastic support piece connects to the base of
the stem. Don't ask me how I know. Another tip I saw after I had wrestled with
pulling my old valve stems out with a pair of pliers was to cut the rubber base
near where the top meets the wheel (on top, not from the air side of the wheel)
with a pair of sidecutters, then push the old stem base through the wheel.
>
> Putting the new stems in was pretty easy - just lube the rubber with a little
liquid soap (or KY Jelly if you have it around) and pop it up from the bottom
using the base of a screwdriver or something to push against the base of the
valve stem.
>
> I just used Honda OEM stems - worked fine for me but I probably overpaid.
>
> Phil
>