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You,.. and your valve stem...
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...
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #1 - 10/10/11 at 13:26:05 neither did suzuki.
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drums1 Serious Thumper Offline '87 Savage Bashed--Down for the count Posts: 664 Racine, Wisconsin Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #2 - 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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Reply #3 - 10/10/11 at 13:34:48

drums1 wrote 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?

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...
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #4 - 10/10/11 at 13:35:44 drums1 wrote 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? You'd lose it.
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drums1 Serious Thumper Offline '87 Savage Bashed--Down for the count Posts: 664 Racine, Wisconsin Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #5 - 10/10/11 at 13:44:21 I have several spares.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #6 - 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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Reply #7 - 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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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #8 - 10/10/11 at 21:21:24 Im not really comfortable discussing my valve stem in public.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline On two wheels... again Posts: 3805 WV Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #9 - 10/11/11 at 08:57:29 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/10/11 at 21:21:24: Im not really comfortable discussing my valve stem in public. This is not public. This is family.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10803 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #10 - 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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Reply #11 - 10/11/11 at 10:31:53

LANCER wrote 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 !

I said we were family, never said nothin about decent. Wink

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Fish Full Member Offline Who Shot Who In The What Now? Posts: 213 (near) Tampa, FL Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #12 - 10/11/11 at 19:04:18 I once saw a valve stem that was bent 90degrees, made me cringe.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #13 - 10/19/11 at 07:04:34 Fish wrote on 10/11/11 at 19:04:18: I once saw a valve stem that was bent 90degrees, made me cringe. You can buy them like that.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: You,.. and your valve stem... Reply #14 - 10/19/11 at 07:43:37 LANCER wrote 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 ! Shall we talk about sockets, then? Or knobbies? Mmmmmm, knobbies.
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