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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