Tire Valve Stems....

[emsvitil]

Please tell me there's a way to install tire valve stems without breaking the bead.





I was weed-wacking around the trailer yesterday and found some flat tires.    Of the 4, 1 tire holds air, 1 leaks around the cracked stem, and of course the 2 stems on the tires next to the wall are broken off (where there's only enough space to reach down from the top to hook the hose up to the stems....)

[bleakhorizon]

not that I know of LOL.   sucks but

[79coyotefrg]

the tire must be broken down

[ninja turtle]

ive done it on the trail with just spit from the outside.

[Toymin8r]

ive done it on the trail with just spit from the outside.

Thats some major mucus there.   

[junya92toy]

I simple way to break the bead at home is to use your high lift jack. Put the foot on the bead but not the rim of course. Put the jack under something heavy, your truck or trailer works good and start jacking. It will push the bead off.

[bleakhorizon]

or drive on the tire next to the bead

[Slolyfe]

High lift X2. Then Carb cleaner and a match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iSpeRCfwhI

[bleakhorizon]

scarry lol..... nvr liked doin that but.... IT WORKS lol

[Slolyfe]

scarry lol..... nvr liked doin that but.... IT WORKS lol

Why not?

[kneedownnate]

It'd probably be easier to install one from the outside if you could get a hold of high pressure stems since the butt is smaller 

[THK Matt]

the high lift is the easiest way!

[THK Matt]

and with either a rubber or studded stem. the outer bead must be broken. sucks but its not hard.

[bleakhorizon]

Why not?

ive done it lots of times actually.... but i dont like playing with fire much lol...

word to the wise however... seen a guy try it with a paddle tire off his quad.... dont know if he used to much or what but it went BOOM.... blew the tire up and sandblasted the dude.... bad enough he was bleedn....  there was more than enough liquid encouregment behind his mistake though

[THK Matt]

ive done it lots of times actually.... but i dont like playing with fire much lol...

word to the wise however... seen a guy try it with a paddle tire off his quad.... dont know if he used to much or what but it went BOOM.... blew the tire up and sandblasted the dude.... bad enough he was bleedn....  there was more than enough liquid encouregment behind his mistake though

I know how being sandblasted by air feels. i was breaking down a tire a few months ago and the wheel had sand caked in it.. and when the air released.. it blasted the sand out at around 40psi and into both of my eyes. I was blind for 2-3days and had hundreds of abrasions in my eyes. So make sure your wheel is clean when doing so. its highly uncomfortable.

[junya92toy]

Wear safety glasses or turn around

[Slolyfe]

Wear safety glasses or turn around

Hahaha No !

Can't teach common sense.

[BLACKDOG]

I've tried to get in the habit of wearing safety glasses 100% of the time when I'm working on my truck.  You never know when something is going to pop loose, fall off, or shoot off in some unknown direction.  One of the guys I work with scratched his eye really badly when he cut a zip tie, and a chunk hit his eye.  You never know when its going to happen, be it dirt, metal shavings, grinding dust, etc. 

ive done it lots of times actually.... but i dont like playing with fire much lol...

word to the wise however... seen a guy try it with a paddle tire off his quad.... dont know if he used to much or what but it went BOOM.... blew the tire up and sandblasted the dude.... bad enough he was bleedn....  there was more than enough liquid encouregment behind his mistake though

He either used WAY too much, or the tire was pretty much shot anyway.  Thats crazy though.

[brainlessfool]

I've tried to get in the habit of wearing safety glasses 100% of the time when I'm working on my truck.  You never know when something is going to pop loose, fall off, or shoot off in some unknown direction. 

I do the same thing when it's "woopy time" for the same resons.

[kneedownnate]

I know how being sandblasted by air feels. i was breaking down a tire a few months ago and the wheel had sand caked in it.. and when the air released.. it blasted the sand out at around 40psi and into both of my eyes. I was blind for 2-3days and had hundreds of abrasions in my eyes. So make sure your wheel is clean when doing so. its highly uncomfortable.

Why were you attempting to break the bead with 40 psi in the tire?  This would not have happened had you done what you're supposed to do and deflate the tire before breaking the bead.

[THK Matt]

Why were you attempting to break the bead with 40 psi in the tire?  This would not have happened had you done what you're supposed to do and deflate the tire before breaking the bead.

I was setting up the tire to break the bead. the valve stem was defective and busted off as i went to pull it out with my valve stemmer.

Looks like this guy.

[kneedownnate]

  Still unsure why you're doing things backward, which I'm getting from your wording.  Even if it broke off when trying to pull it with that tool, you still should have first removed the core and deflated it before removing the stem, and if it broke off you should have been able to push it into the wheel with a screwdriver or something, thereby allowing it to deflate. 

[Doof]

nate, all the cool kids break beads with 40psi in the tire... where the hell do you live, under a rock or something?

[kneedownnate]

  righto, what was I thinking 

[emsvitil]

There, I fixed it........

[kneedownnate]

Please tell me that doesn't see the road    That should have a high pressure stem, which really shouldn't be hard to install from the outside with a careful hand, a bit of lube and patience. 

[emsvitil]

Please tell me that doesn't see the road    That should have a high pressure stem, which really shouldn't be hard to install from the outside with a careful hand, a bit of lube and patience. 

Just the driveway, I wanted to see if the temp fix would hold air so I could use it on the other side.

I have just enough room on the other side to get air in the tires because it's against a wall.

With the tires pumped up, I can pull the trailer out for working room.....