Changing valve stems without breaking bead.

[Fuel Fire Desire]

I recently put some Pintlers and new KM3’s on. The tire shop obviously didn’t understand the point of Pintlers, and put long valve stems in the wheels. When I saw what they did, I explained that the entire point of the shrouded valve stem was to protect it from being sheared off, and long stems absolutely defeated the point. They refused to swap in proper length stems claiming that the tool they use to seat stems “didn’t fit in the hole” and simply pulling them through “wasn’t possible” (ooooooookay….yeah).

So time to do it myself.


Every other valve stem change I’ve done in the past, I’ve just driven up on to the aired down tire as close to the rim as I could to break bead since I don’t have access to a machine. After complaining about it to friends, I get a video recommendation from a social media site (how convenient) showing a kit claiming a 5 minute stem swap without breaking the bead. Shockingly, it works as advertised. It took longer to air down than it did to swap stems. The kit uses a hook that slips in along side the old stem to pull it out, a ram that threads on to the new stem, and a forcing cone to compress the new stem through the hole. Very easy and simple. Definitely going into my tool kit. $38 on Amazon.

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[jaymz]

Looks like a nifty gadget for those that don't run TPMS sensors. Completely useless for those that do.

 

[Fuel Fire Desire]

Looks like a nifty gadget for those that don't run TPMS sensors. Completely useless for those that do.

Yep. Should have mentioned that. My TPMS receiver has had a fault in it for about a year and never wanted to throw money at it to fix it. So I abandoned TPMS all together. Did the same with my JK.

 

[nsfw_andy]

Instead of driving over the bead, this is where you finally get to put that Hi-Lift jack to use to break the bead on your tire

That's what I did to remove the TPMS off my stock wheels.

 

[Fuel Fire Desire]

Instead of driving over the bead, this is where you finally get to put that Hi-Lift jack to use to break the bead on your tire

That's what I did to remove the TPMS off my stock wheels.

Thought about doing the same with my hydro. Put the front wheels next to the bead and jack to the frame. No hi lift though.

 

[The Last Cowboy]

Lay the wheel flat under a receiver hitch, then use a jack to break the bead.

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