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Re: Valve stems
Written by pgboyd on 5/21/2011 at 03:59 pm

I've bought the pricey tire goop and it is basically the same formulation as KY
Jelly or Astroglide. Slippery enough to get the valve stem seated, but dries
slightly tacky. Sometimes you need to think outside the box ;)

The independent shop where I got my Kawasaki's tires changed charged $30 a tire
and used Windex to seat the bead.

I don't even bother with balancing my tires - just line up the little yellow
spot with the valve and good to go.

Phil

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "goldwingman40" <goldwingman@...> wrote:
>
> Doug,
> Forgot to say I would not use KY jelly on the stems, I would use a little dish
soap in water to lube the stems for installation.
> Fred
>
>
>
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > >
> >
>

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