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  1. June 15th, 2012 #1
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    Default VALVE STEM PROTECTION



    This was happened to Paul on Wheeler: a rock sheared the top of his valve stem off on one of his Jeeps rims, taking the top and valve with it. He posted this:
    After running Wheeler, the Rubicon needs a lift and better skids, maybe 38's too. I have been thinking of some kind of valve stem protection too

    So I thought I would see what was out there. Here are some links:

    Valve Stem Protection

    Gorilla Flush Mount Valve Stems:

    Gorilla Automotive FLUSH-MOUNT VALVE STEM KITS - JCWhitney

    Valve Stem Protectors:

    valve stem protector, set of 5 Military Wheels Jeep Parts - The Long Olive Drab Line

    SureValve:

    http://www.hcwsinc.com/

    Motorcycle valve stems, but why not?:

    Bikemaster Valve Stems - 10mm | MotoSport

    http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/4/77/45855/ITEM/BikeMaster-Short-Aluminum-Valve-Stem.aspx?SiteID=Google_PLA077&WT.mc_ID=10012&esvt =0-GOUSC&esvadt=9-0-3886819-1&esvaid=30548&zmam=88421133&zmas=1&zmac=45&zmap=4 04458&kw={keyword}&gclid=CMDHs_6_0bACFSWFQAodLGbSX g

    http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...alve-Stem.aspx

    Summit Racing Stubbys:

    http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G1957/

    Summit Racing Flush Mount:

    http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G1958/

    Mr Gasket Flush Mount:

    http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MRG-5102/

    Hope this helps!
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    Good to see Pete, I'm a bit concerned with mine especially being metal/aluminum?
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    I like the flush mount, would be really hard to hurt that.
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    Tricky69 previously posted:
    "I like the flush mount, would be really hard to hurt that."

    If there is a way, I would be able I now have extra valve stems and replaced the metal caps to the cheapy black plastic ones, 3/8" shorter now.
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    If you have steel wheels weld a piece of tube around the valve for cheap protection
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    FischerFab previously posted:
    "If you have steel wheels weld a piece of tube around the valve for cheap protection"

    Hmm, that's a really good idea....

    Would the tire have to be removed to weld onto the wheel though?
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    Beefy previously posted:
    "Hmm, that's a really good idea....

    Would the tire have to be removed to weld onto the wheel though?"

    Would be very good idea as the heat could make your tire go ballistic.



    Also - could cause some interesting balance issues.
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    Holy crap!
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    Andrew previously posted:
    "Would be very good idea as the heat could make your tire go ballistic."

    Word for the day: Pyrolosis.



    I guess that I'm pretty lucky. I torched a lug nut off an aluminum wheel that had a tire mounted, no kaboom.
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    screw the tire, now imagine your right there with welder and rod in hand.....
    Aluminum may have displaced the heat at the center of the wheel Mike, and yes you are lucky in my book! (in the vid the heat is close to the tire/rim)edit: and a welder produces more heat than a plumbing torch
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    I purposefully didn't cover the welding on the tube protection for the stems for just this reason. That is a tried and true means of protecting the valve stems, for sure, and farmers have been (as well as wheelers) doing this on their tractors for a very long time for the same reasons. It does throw the balance out.

    I was looking for simple "bolt on" replacement/protection.
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    Great post, thanks for the information. I like the idea of using the brass 18 wheeler valves or the right angle valves
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    HOLY CRAP IS RIGHT !!!
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    When I was 15, I was working in a truck shop for big semi rigs/fertilizer trucks, my "summer" job for one of my dad's friends. One of the service guys decided to weld on a split rim semi wheel for some reason, with the wheel out of the safety cage. It blew up and the split rim took the top of his head off. I was about 15' away. I was a bit grim as that was the first time I had seem someone with a good portion of their head missing. The 'split' part that took him out sailed all the way across the shop until it cratered into the wall. I think that this was my first or second day on the job. Interesting start...
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    Yowsers Pete! I have some 'grim' stories myself
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    Holy crap! the forces that can be generated are scarey . We had a semi at the ski area unloading a new snowcat . A binder chain snagged one of the airbrake cannisters on the tractor and pulled it apart . There is a big spring inside the cannisters that is under tremendous tension.
    It busted loose of its bracket , shot foreward into a full aluminum fuel tank putting a "dent " the size of a basketball, ricochede off and went another 250 yards in a high arch up over the parking lot , over the trees , across a ski run and into the timber on the other side. Luckily no one was in its path.
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