I do not know the Kosei wheel specifically, but it seems to me the wheel was
designed to be used with that valve stem. The valve stem was designed to go
into that wheel. That's why you received them as a package. Seems reason
enough not to screw with the design.
Tighten that nut to proper torque, it should not come loose and fly around
inside the tire. I've never heard of such a failure with any wheel with
metal valves.
As a racer, I have metal valves on my race wheels. I would not have rubber.
Suggest you go visit Charlie Clark and ask him about that. He knows a thing
or two about wheels. He'll even mount your tires on them.
--Rocky
-----Original Message-----
From: Linnhoff, Eric <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
To: 'autox' <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:07 AM
Subject: Kosei question
>To all owners of Kosei wheels; When you bought your Kosei wheels (you did
>buy them from the Tirerack, right?) did you receive some neat little
>machined aluminum screw-in style valve stems?
>
>Well I did and I'm kinda confused. What's the advantage to running these
>neat looking, blue anodized valve stems over the common black rubber type
>that you pull through from the inside of the wheel? They look to me to be
>just another opportunity for a leak. They sure aren't any lighter than the
>rubber valve stems and to me it looks like an opportunity for the neato
>machined aluminum nuts to fly around inside of the tire when they loosen
>themselves. And yes, I have heard of Loc-Tite but.......
>
>What sayest the audience?
>
>Eric Linnhoff in KC
>1998 Dodge Neon R/T (see-dan)
>STS #69 TLS #13
>knuckledragger@kcweb.net
>http://www.geocities.com/eric10mm/index.html
>
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