| [GMCnet] Tire Valve Stems [message #84753] |
Sat, 15 May 2010 19:40  |
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USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Karma:
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Byron,
Did the Equal you purchased come with filtered Schrader valve cores and if
yes was Big-O able to install them in your tire stems?
If yes could you please examine your tire stems and advise everything that
is marked on them.
The reason I ask is because I have tire stems marked as follows:
TR-543
Ventrex
Made in Austria (no Kangaroos!) ;-)
And the filtered Schrader valve cores won't fit.
John Sharpe and I are doing some research into this.
There are four different valve stems that will fit the Alcoa or Eagle
wheels:
O-ring seal
TR-543
TR-543C (bent at a 45° angle)
Grommet seal
TR-553
TR-553C (bent at a 45° angle)
John has obtained a TR-553C and the filtered core will fit, however, it is
brass and not nickel plated so we’re leery of installing it due to
dissimilar metal corrosion problems.
He’s called Jim K who is sending him one of the nickel plated valve stems he
sells for Alcoa wheels to see if the filtered valve stems will fit.
I realize that you can still air up unfiltered Schrader valves BUT if you
want to install a tire pressure monitoring system the fact that the Equal
can get into the stems could cause false readings.
Regards,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Byron Songer
Sent: Sunday, 16 May 2010 1:41 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Need a suggestion for a jack to carry
Then I read the discussion about Equal. Bought some. Returned to Big-O and
said to put it in. No problem, we know what we're doing.
Byron
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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