Tom55555
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I always have a pump but mostly for my bicycles. The point was if you're going to use extensions get metal stems.It will help if your spare tire is low!
-Don- Ashland, OR
I always have a pump but mostly for my bicycles. The point was if you're going to use extensions get metal stems.It will help if your spare tire is low!
-Don- Ashland, OR
And if not going to use them, still use metal stems!The point was if you're going to use extensions get metal stems.
Thats not a short extension, that is a service thru cap. you fill right thru it, it keeps out dirt and crud but allows filling and pressure checks. Dill makes them and you also find them as Alligator V2B caps. Searching Amazon I see lots of imitations out now. Those are not threads on it, they are gripping grooves for clip on chucks.Btw, My valve stems are metal and look like they have a short extension on them that is fine for the outside tires.
That is a cool unit. I am going to try a simple short chuck today on my home air compressor (too big to haul around). I might be able to reach the inside tires at the right angle with a simple short chuck. I also have some assorted valve stem extensions that are supposed to be here tomorrow. If I don't find a combo I like I am ordering that Jaco chuck and a Viair compressor. I would really like to avoid hauling one more thing though. Between tools, block levelers, emergency road hazard reflectors/lights, outdoor umbrellas, and grills there is little room left for my DW's luggage I might have to back through the onboard stuff and downsize.I removed the hoses and got a JACO Lightning T-series air chuck after seeing it in the Escapees magazine. It's head rotates 360 degrees so you can adjust it to mate snugly on both tire valve stems despite the wheel cover restriction.
https://www.amazon.com/JACO-Lightning-Tire-Chuck-F-NPT/dp/B07ZHMB9BF/
Charles, thanks for that explanation. I was a little confused by those. At first glance I thought they were caps then it was clear I could inflate right through them. I did mistake those as threads. I would have been puzzled if I tried to put a cap on them.Thats not a short extension, that is a service thru cap. you fill right thru it, it keeps out dirt and crud but allows filling and pressure checks. Dill makes them and you also find them as Alligator V2B caps. Searching Amazon I see lots of imitations out now. Those are not threads on it, they are gripping grooves for clip on chucks.
Charles
The Dill manufactured one I referenced does have threads, I suspect because they already have the machinery to cut those threads, but the German Alligator ones do not, and they were the first ones on the market, and most common, I'm not sure what the proliferation of new clones have.Charles, thanks for that explanation. I was a little confused by those. At first glance I thought they were caps then it was clear I could inflate right through them. I did mistake those as threads. I would have been puzzled if I tried to put a cap on them.
I grew up doing mechanic work on a farm and driving logging trucks as an early teen (before I had a DL) but this topic has taught me more about the simple concept of tire stems and air compressors than I ever knew. I am glad I did not have to learn it the hard way.
And for the last several years, Ford owners have been removing the factory metal stems and replacing with high pressure rubber because the steel stems cause galvanic corrosion to the aluminum wheels....IMAO, those rubber tire stems should have been made illegal before they were even invented.
-Don- Ashland, OR
IMAO, rubber and plastic doesn't belong anywhere in vehicles, except tires where there is nothing better yet. Or is there? About time they had such for RVs . . .Even if they are some type of plastic or whatever.Ford owners have been removing the factory metal stems and replacing with high pressure rubber because the steel stems cause galvanic corrosion to the aluminum wheels....
Yeah, I was pissed off at Tire Rack when I ordered new tires and wheels for my Jeep. They wouldn't put metal valve stems in the wheels. Never thought about the corrosion problem with the dissimilar metals. I wonder if using brass stems instead of steel stems would help that?IMAO, rubber and plastic doesn't belong anywhere in vehicles, except tires where there is nothing better yet. Or is there? About time they had such for RVs . . .Even if they are some type of plastic or whatever.
In my Jeep, I discovered the hard way that a pulley was made from plastic. It broke apart on the freeway. Another was the plastic necks in the heater core that broke and the inside of the car steamed up in seconds making it impossible to drive. I have other such stories, as I am sure many others here do. If they cannot use a decent valve stem on an aluminum wheel, then don't use aluminum wheels! Simple enough!
The first thing external TPMS say about their sensors is "do not use with rubber stems".
-Don- in rainy Ashland, OR
Yes, it works just fine, if the engine is running and the air pressure has built up. I've done it on both my Beaver and Ventana.Anyone with a DP try the engine onboard compressor? Saw a video where they were claiming it worked. (not sure if gas MH also has a compressor)
In many, many years of owning and traveling in our Mandalay, I have never “…topped off…” my air when on the road. In fact, I haven’t put any air in my tires for years. I use a TPMS and I know what my tire pressures are at all times. The tires don’t leak and the pressures are stable.I have a three gal air compressor at home, but I wonder where most of you top your air off when on the road. My guess is truckstops.