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Re: Stem leaks on alloy wheels.

To: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Stem leaks on alloy wheels.
From: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 17:33:48 -0600
They fixed it.  No problems.  They replaced the rubber stems with
chrome ones that have a nut to hold them in place, and valve caps that
match the nuts around the inside of the rim.  They also rebalanced
them.


On Mon, 02 Sep 2002 08:00:32 -0400, Bob Howard wrote:

>Andrew,
>  Old stems can dry out and leak, and crack too.  Good practice is to
>install new stems whenever tires are replaced. Some shops do this; some
>don't unless you ask.  Stems come in different sizes. There may be one
>better suited to the holes in your wheels than the stems now in there. 
>Ask them to look through their supply and catalogues.  
>  Stems don't cost that much compared the cost and aggravation when a
>tire gets shredded because a stem let go.
>Bob
>
>
>On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 21:18:23 -0600 "Andrew B. Lundgren"
><lundgren@byu.net> writes:
>> I bought some alloy knockoffs from a fellow lister for my B to 
>> replace
>> my worn out wire wheels.  
>> 
>> Today I had tires installed on them.  When I got home I was cleaning
>> them and discovered that if I push the stems over to one side that 
>> they
>> leak air.  I have to push them over quite a ways to make that 
>> happen.
>> 
>> I don't think that should happen.  I think I have stems that don't 
>> fit
>> right or are worn out/rotten. (If they are worn out I expected the
>> tired place to replace them with new ones.)
>> 
>> Am I off base here?  Is it normal for them to leak a little when 
>> pushed
>> all the way over?  Do they "set in" over a few days?
>> 
>> I am planning on going back on Monday to have the stems fixed.  Just
>> want to confirm that they should not do this.
>> 
>> (The wheels aren't on my MG yet, the hubs aren't here yet, but the
>> wheels/tires look good now.)
>> 



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