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Tyre valve stem

By *riskygaz OP Man over a year ago

birmingham

Got a leaking valve on my motorbike, got a good year of tread left, but how much would they charge me to remove the tyre and replace the whole valve stem, anyone had it done.

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By *rightonsteveMan over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Are you saying at one point it was blown and hard but now goes soft?

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By *riskygaz OP Man over a year ago

birmingham

"Are you saying at one point it was blown and hard but now goes soft? "
lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

u use a valve extractor an put a new one in.

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By *riskygaz OP Man over a year ago

birmingham

"u use a valve extractor an put a new one in.

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I could be wrong but I think you have to take the tyre off and pull it out from the inside, it's not the little centre peace that you can take out, it's the main body of the valve that must have a crack in it.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Is it just loose? The pressure valve mechanism inside the tube is held in place by an internal thread. Place a couple of metal pins either side of the central valve pin, and see if there is any play in it. If so, just nip it up clockwise.

It's worth a try.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple over a year ago

in Lancashire

any concerns over tyres are best getting sorted asap, especially when one only has 2 on the mode of transport..

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By *riskygaz OP Man over a year ago

birmingham

"Is it just loose? The pressure valve mechanism inside the tube is held in place by an internal thread. Place a couple of metal pins either side of the central valve pin, and see if there is any play in it. If so, just nip it up clockwise.

It's worth a try."
it's a tubeless tyre I think these just push into place and the tyre pressure must hold it their, I will have a pull on it see what happens lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

When I say the tube, I mean the filling tube. The bit you attach the pressure gauge to when your testing or filling. I didn't mean an inner tube!

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By *rightonsteveMan over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"When I say the tube, I mean the filling tube. The bit you attach the pressure gauge to when your testing or filling. I didn't mean an inner tube!"
I think you'll have to get a completely new inner tube.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You can just extract the valve yourself and put a new one in without taking it to a garage.Just find a dust cap with a crossslit in the top turn it upside down and insert it inside the stem of the valve tube unscrew it out and put a new one in,it's as simple as that.It used to happen to me a lot of times.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It'll cost about a tenner.

Don't mess about when it comes to tyres, especially now that the weather is changing.

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By *riskygaz OP Man over a year ago

birmingham

well I pulled on it a bit to hard and it broke

good job the same thing cant happen with your dick pmsl. bike shop for sure now, good news is it only cost's £12.50 if I take the wheel and drop it down to them, so time to brake out the socket set lol

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