Re: Valve StemsWritten by lcshepp on 7/21/2001 at 07:58 pmHi Clay,
You wrote:
"I thought that the missing retainer contributed to the failure, until I
replaced it, and discovered that if it
had been there it may have made the problem worse with the way it pulls
the valve down toward the rim, rather than holding it steady."
Something wrong here. My new retainer did not pull my new valve stem
down at all. They exactly fit each other - the valve stem turns at a
right angle and lines right up with the retainer on mine.
I'm wondering if the valve stem on yours might be the wrong one...???
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Leland
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