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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> You,.. and your valve stem... /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1318277830 Message started by Serowbot on 10/10/11 at 13:17:10 |
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Title: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Serowbot on 10/10/11 at 13:17:10 Did you know,... that nut on your valve stem should not be tightened down?... It is there to hold the stem in place during installation, and to hold the stem when the tube is initially inflated... Once the tire is aired up,... it should be backed off, away from the rim, to half way or more up the shaft... This gives the tube a slight amount of wiggle and stretch when the tire is under torque during acceleration and decel... Not kiddin',.. really!... a lot of mechanics don't even know that... Now you do... ;)... |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by bill67 on 10/10/11 at 13:26:05 neither did suzuki. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by drums1 on 10/10/11 at 13:27:09 All my years of bustin' tires with tubes....I did not know that. Makes sense, though. But, why not just take the nut all the way off? |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Serowbot on 10/10/11 at 13:34:48 6B7D7A627C3E0F0 wrote:
So's you don't lose it, if you ever have to take the tire off to patch it... Kinda' old school,.. nobody hardly patches tubes anymore... but, just in case... PS... Yes, Bill... even new bikes come with that nut snug,... because buyers complain that it was left loose if they don't... ;D... |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Gyrobob on 10/10/11 at 13:35:44 6F797E66783A0B0 wrote:
You'd lose it. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by drums1 on 10/10/11 at 13:44:21 I have several spares. ::) |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by bill67 on 10/10/11 at 14:21:26 I thought that was for keeping the tube from spinning around in side the tire when you take off fast. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Boofer on 10/10/11 at 19:52:43 Serow, we have always left my stems as much as 1/3 rebated into the rim, and on some bikes they are double nutted to keep them that way. Bill, I used to ride dirt and had tube type rims with another hole at the opposite side of the rim from the valve stem hole. It held what we called "rim locks" to keep the big rear knobbies from slipping and pulling the stem out of the tube. A real pain at tire changing time. This is one of the things we didn't know we didn't know. It takes a lifetime of experience, and we still don't know some things. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/10/11 at 21:21:24 Im not really comfortable discussing my valve stem in public. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by babyhog on 10/11/11 at 08:57:29 7E6167607D7A4B7B4B73616D26140 wrote:
This is not public. This is family. 8-) |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by LANCER on 10/11/11 at 10:25:04 You guys aren't wrapped tight ... nope, you're just not. I can hardly believe you actually discuss valve stems in public and with the family like this. Decent people just don't do these things. REALLY ! |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by babyhog on 10/11/11 at 10:31:53 464B44494F58181D2A0 wrote:
I said we were family, never said nothin about decent. ;) (By the way, We've missed you!) :-* |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Fish on 10/11/11 at 19:04:18 I once saw a valve stem that was bent 90degrees, made me cringe. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Gyrobob on 10/19/11 at 07:04:34 715E445F370 wrote:
You can buy them like that. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by MotoBuddha on 10/19/11 at 07:43:37 464B44494F58181D2A0 wrote:
Shall we talk about sockets, then? Or knobbies? Mmmmmm, knobbies. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by bill67 on 10/19/11 at 08:02:54 If you keep you valve stem lubed and a rubber cap on it you shouldn't have a problem with it. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by verslagen1 on 10/19/11 at 08:17:55 Saw one once that was adorned as a star. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Gyrobob on 10/19/11 at 08:23:50 7F6C7B7A65686E6C6738090 wrote:
A knobby or a valve stem? |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by verslagen1 on 10/19/11 at 08:28:53 427C776A676A67050 wrote:
A knobby or a valve stem?[/quote] Knobbie |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by babyhog on 10/19/11 at 08:41:41 I considered buying a set of big knobbies way back when I was young. Thank goodness somebody talked me out of that! 8-) |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by greenmonster on 10/19/11 at 11:04:17 I put my bike down on the way to work this morning. But after reading this thread I had to laugh. Thank you guys/gals for getting a shaky boy centered again. :) |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/19/11 at 21:11:28 4A494845475D240 wrote:
It wouldnt take much for you to have too much "sail" for the Mast.. |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Serowbot on 10/19/11 at 22:52:59 "I think I have it,... a man talking sense to himself, is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself" :-?.... |
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Title: Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Post by Fish on 10/19/11 at 23:24:06 715E445F370 wrote:
417F7469646964060 wrote:
Yes, but I don't swing that way. 373C39396362550 wrote:
Lube and Rubbers for the win! P.S. I love this thread and all the innuendos within. |
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