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Valvestem Extender
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I am now using some deep rim wheels and would like to use the few tubes I have with short (35mm) stem before buying some with the longer stem. I have now bought two sets of valvestem extenders with now luck do they work. Both sets seem to leak air when pumping up the tube. I have tried using teflon plumbers tape with some success. Is there a stem extender that I can use that requires no other material to work properly? Cheers Rick in Tennessee |
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Valvestem Extender
cycledogg wrote:
Hi, I am now using some deep rim wheels and would like to use the few tubes I have with short (35mm) stem before buying some with the longer stem. I have now bought two sets of valvestem extenders with now luck do they work. Both sets seem to leak air when pumping up the tube. I have tried using teflon plumbers tape with some success. Is there a stem extender that I can use that requires no other material to work properly? Cheers Rick in Tennessee Plumber's pipe tape has worked well for me. Not sure how many layers, maybe three or four. Even if it leaks a bit while pumping I could live with that; the air's not coming out of the tube, and I just would have to pump a little faster than the leak. |
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Valvestem Extender
cycledogg wrote: Hi, I am now using some deep rim wheels and would like to use the few tubes I have with short (35mm) stem before buying some with the longer stem. I have now bought two sets of valvestem extenders with now luck do they work. Both sets seem to leak air when pumping up the tube. I have tried using teflon plumbers tape with some success. Is there a stem extender that I can use that requires no other material to work properly? Cheers Rick in Tennessee What is leaking is air past the valve extender, not the junction between the valve extender and the tube valve. Get a better pump head or use one of the type that replaces the valve guts, then the tube valve goes into the valve extender. It's cuz the valve extenders are so smooth. |
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