Valve stem caps
05-24-2017 | 12:34 AM
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05-24-2017 | 08:43 AM
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From: New Jersey
I leave them on- I use metal value stews as well. Protects value in my mind.
05-24-2017 | 11:10 AM
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From: The Republic
Track wheels I never use them, pain in the **** to take them on and off to adjust pressures
05-24-2017 | 11:15 AM
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From: SoCal
Nevada high speed run Silver State requires metal valve stems and caps with rubber o ring seals. Agree with caps on track cars.
05-24-2017 | 11:52 AM
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From: Ossining, NY
Good, metal valve stem caps with seals are a safety measure, in the unusual event of valve stem core failure (or improperly reinstalled after tire mounting). Low probability events, granted, but good caps are cheap and simple to get and install, so why not have them?
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Reason: clarification re: valve stem cores
05-24-2017 | 01:59 PM
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From: Texas
Metal caps get damn not so they never get put back on.
05-24-2017 | 03:00 PM
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consolidated
Metal caps get damn not so they never get put back on.
This. Also, the cheap plastic ones can melt. So -> none.
05-24-2017 | 03:11 PM
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From: LA
Quote:
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CosmosMpower
Track wheels I never use them, pain in the **** to take them on and off to adjust pressures
What he said....
05-24-2017 | 04:55 PM
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From: PCA Gulag
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CosmosMpower
Track wheels I never use them, pain in the **** to take them on and off to adjust pressures
+1
05-24-2017 | 04:57 PM
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From: Charlotte, NC
I feel like I should... So I keep them handy in case i get smart and decide to put them on...
05-24-2017 | 07:19 PM
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From: Houston
The benefit of leaving cap on, after sideways in the grass or gravel, don't have to dig out and clean the valve stem.
05-25-2017 | 12:35 PM
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From: saratoga, ca
i left them on for many years, thinking it was a last protection device for leaks...
very liberating a few years ago just junking them for the track.
05-25-2017 | 03:14 PM
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From: in a racecar somewhere...
05-24-2017 | 11:52 AM
very liberating a few years ago just junking them for the track.
