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Car Forum / Jeep / May 2004Leaking tire valve stem - replaceable w/o actually removing tire?
I have a tire valve (on '94 YJ w/ stock & standard rims) that leaks at the stem base until I put a little lateral pressure on it (and the leak stays stopped if I shim it that way). My guess is given location at base of stem it's the stem, and not the valve itself. Is my understanding correct that it's easy to replace the valve itself w/o tire removal, but to replace a leaking stem you have to remove the wheel, break a bead seal on the tire, insert new stem from inside the rim, then rebead the tire and inflate? (In which case I guess I'll spring for the $20 shop repair as much as I like taking 4 hours to get the frustrating gratification of doing it myself.) Take it to a shop. If you have to ask here than you don't know the little tricks, like using a bumper jack to pop the bead. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > I have a tire valve (on '94 YJ w/ stock & standard rims) that leaks at > the stem base until I put a little lateral pressure on it (and the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > spring for the $20 shop repair as much as I like taking 4 hours to get > the frustrating gratification of doing it myself.) | Take it to a shop. If you have to ask here than you don't | know the little tricks, like using a bumper jack to pop the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] || repair as much as I like taking 4 hours to get the || frustrating gratification of doing it myself.) Real Jeeps don't have bumper jacks....  Signature-- Joe Pribe NC jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com jegp 'at' hotmail.com ---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ Real Jeepers, make an tire iron that doubles as a deep rim lug wrench, bottle jack handle, and when a chain is bolted to the lug or one of the lug holes and hooked to that bar and pulled over center will easily pop the tightest of tire beads: http://www.billhughes.com/beadBuster.jpg God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com > Real Jeeps don't have bumper jacks.... > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > jegp 'at' hotmail.com > ---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ Have a heart, Bill. The number of people on this group that know what a real set of tire irons even looks like is somewhat limited. Last time I changed a tire in the driveway I had every teenager in the neighborhood standing around looking at that "neat new tool" I had! On Mon, 17 May 2004 06:42:43 UTC L.W.(ßill) Hughes III <billhughes@cox.net> wrote: > Real Jeepers, make an tire iron that doubles as a deep rim lug > wrench, bottle jack handle, and when a chain is bolted to the lug or one [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > jegp 'at' hotmail.com > > ---- I Love My O|||||||O TJ SignatureWill Honea Same here, but what do you do when you're fifty miles from nowhere? God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Have a heart, Bill. The number of people on this group that know what > a real set of tire irons even looks like is somewhat limited. Last > time I changed a tire in the driveway I had every teenager in the > neighborhood standing around looking at that "neat new tool" I had! > -- > Will Honea For myself, I've got a decent set of spoons, a bead runner and a bead breaker that all use a 3 foot cheater handle in the tool box. I think the set is at least as old as I am <g>. I even carry a box of boots that will do until I can get out of where I shouldn't have been in the first place. On Mon, 17 May 2004 07:14:39 UTC L.W.(ßill) Hughes III <billhughes@cox.net> wrote: > Same here, but what do you do when you're fifty miles from nowhere? > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -- > > Will Honea SignatureWill Honea The new valve stem will go in from the inside, the tire has to come off the rim. It does not need to come clear off, but at least the bead has to be broken. > I have a tire valve (on '94 YJ w/ stock & standard rims) that leaks at > the stem base until I put a little lateral pressure on it (and the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > spring for the $20 shop repair as much as I like taking 4 hours to get > the frustrating gratification of doing it myself.) |
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