HOW TO REPLACE A VALVE STEM WITHOUT BREAKING THE TIRE BEAD 

I shouldn’t have to explain why but…..Easy anwser! Because if you’re out in the field, and you are on a four wheeler, car or 4x4 truck and a stick, rock or staub breaks the valve stem. You need a way to fix it without breaking the tire down. Who cares about rust around the hole you’re just fixing a broken valve stem. Not because it’s leaking. This will at least get you home.

@johnbower You must be new around here. One of my 25 year old valve stems just cracked tonight, when I filled up my tire. That’s why I watched this video.

Not always

@medamit 👀

He showed you with the soap that the valve stem leaked in just one direction. It had a crack at it's thinnest part. An alternative fix that I've done is completely deflate the tire and goober up the valve stem with Black RTV. Not the safest thing for highway use.

Ha

Reminds me of a joke about ass doctors.

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Ha! Good one!

one of the funniest comments on u tube i have ever laughed at..............thanks,,,,,,,,,,,wish i thought of it........

Anybody using this on an aluminum car rim would be a complete idiot. I think that's a given. But for garden equipment, and steel rims you'd be an idiot not to use it.

@@stonesmith6279 Why not on aluminum?

@@bobbyoshomebuilt2544 pulling the old valve stem out against aluminum with a hard metal hook like that will Nar the aluminum possibly to the point where it won't seal when you put a new one in valve stem that is

@@stonesmith6279 Thanks

I have 37 yrs in the trade, first thing I thought was, nope, can't be done. Yup, learned something new once again 👍👍

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Shane I've been doing tires for 10 years and I've never seen this product!

I gotta try that thing with thee old ladies butt plug!!!!

lmao..im on the floor rolling..lmao!!

so, you're planning on retiring??....🤣

Chicken leg?😂

chicken leg pliers lol. that's what I call channel locks. course im wrong but it's universally accepted round here

You could buy this kit, and it would pay for itself in winning bets in tire shops!🤣

Can also change A/C cores without discharging the system with the correct tool.

I love the Happy Friday, No... It's Thursday correction. Down to Earth 😊. Great Tutorial as well. I'll be looking for more content. Thanks!

I was just going to say,, any corrosion, around valve stem hole,, game over if not removed... and treated. Typically the bead zone of rim also has corrosion. Tire removed, scrub tire bead with wire wheel of embedded rust scale in the rubber of bead, and if present, it will allow slow leak. Cheers

I have never seen a Tire Shop clean the hole when installing new tires

It was just a demonstration. When he takes the "old" stem out, you can see a lot of frsh grease inside the hole and on the "old" stem.

@@THEMOWERMEDIC1 Right, of course not on new wheels. The point is strictly when corrosion is present on steel rims and not removing it first. So those who attempt repair, the cure is simply restore rim fully, the bead zone and stem hole, then recoat with good rust preventive measure. Otherwise if step is skipped, some will simply have an ongoing bad day,, and it's a crisis out on the road. Or your lawn looks like crap, all scalped down to dirt on one side every path with tire leaking. Cheers

@@THEMOWERMEDIC1 but i don't think i have ever seen a tire shop do anything the correct way, they only do it the fast way. most of them dont even know about the red or yellow dot on the tire :( *Always* clean the hole before installing valve stem. i just finished replacing my valve stem because the previous person did not clean the hole and it was leaking around the stem due to corrosion and grime

Think about it and read reviews. May not be in such a hurry to purchase.

@@jimdandy6121 yeah.....lol After learning more about that contraption, I decided strongly against it.

Not after seeing the price

Must have been a hard life, being on the street all that time 😂

I’ve never in my 43 years of life ever seen anyone dress a valve stem hole.

Maybe a wipe down of the hole with a shop towel then a little silicone spray lube on the towel to coat the hole for ease of slide through of valve stem. BUT I personally wouldn't remove any of the holes inner circumference with anything, actually you could be causing more of a chance for a leak there. Just my 2 cents worth , a man can do whatever he wants with his own property though!

I appreciate what you say but I would be more concerned with shards of rubber and possible corrosion on the back side of the hole breaking the seal. It might be an idea to make a small scraper out of an old Allen key that could be inserted through the hole so the back side could be scraped clean before installation.

Now that's experience

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Changed a lot of tires, and done a lot of leak repairs involving replacing the valve stem and having to clean the valve stem hole. More so with aluminum wheels than steel, but sometimes there’s a sharp burr on the steelies that will slice your new stem and reintroduce that leak you just repaired. I’ve even had to drill out the TR 413 style hole for the larger .625 TR 415 style valve stem where rust had eaten the hole edge. While this would be handy in the field, I’d rather break the bead in the shop. You just know someone out there is going to ram that hook through a tube and either push the stem into the wheel or destroy the tube.

Never seen a golf cart or tractor with tpms🤷

@@THEMOWERMEDIC1 If someone searches for "HOW TO REPLACE A VALVE STEM WITHOUT BREAKING THE TIRE BEAD" and this video comes up it doesn't say only for mowers nor does the video. Your name isn't noticed and doesn't mean only mowers. Who reads every comment, and your own now says, "and automotive tires as well this will not work for TPMS equipped vehicles?"

Well that's kinda obvious but I worked in the tire industry for years lol

@@jackjones5314 that's your responsibility, youll know if your car has tpms or not if you're so inclined to fix something on your vehicle. Chillax

@@georgecroney6168 The author wrote, "will not work for TPMS equipped vehicles that have the sensor in the valve stem hole" but I am the one you comment on. Ask 3 strangers if they have TPMS on their car and without description you might be surprised who doesn't know.

The seated bead on an ages old Mower tire and rusty old rim can be a daunting challenge and in most cases the mower tires are cheapo nylon so if U try to break the bead the tires rip and tear. In most cases a real shop vs a home owner consumer... A shop will put a tube in the tire we don't want the thing coming back in 2 weeks. Also that is to say how many times a shop will replace a leaking stem and then the tire starts leaking someplace else. 43 years of hind sight is crystal clear.

I'm an ex tyre fitter, at home I have two tyre levers and a bead breaker lever ( claw shaped ) Dunlop brand I believe? I got it in the early eighties ,any way, you clatter the claw lever with a club hammer at the top of the "claw" around the bead moving it around til the bead breaks down, then you'd take one tyre edge off using the levers to change the valve,----- you have to work for it,and you'll sweat , but you don't need fancy machines.

@ianhill4585 i have one

Only would work on cars without tpms sensors

Rough on the bead to break and spin off to access the stem from behind. The only drawback I could see is if the reason the stem was leaking in the first place is if there was rust/corrosion in the sealing face of the stem bulb.

Not everyone works in a tire shop...

That’s why you put bead sealer on the stem when you shove it in

This is the only thing I could see that this would be useful for. But the only liquid filled tractor tires that I ran into had tubes, not valve stems. Maybe heavy equipment with a flat that starting to unseat the bead would cause it to drop more.

Yeah thats question I want to ask him. How do you use that tool with a tire that has a tire pressure sensor.

​@@chestercampbell2733you break the bead and install it the regular way lol

They do make a truck version, I got one about 30 years ago with both truck and car tubes in the kit. It was an old LYLE tool.

LIe

@@alexhuevera939 what’s LLE $?

I've seen a leaky tire get aired up so much that the valve stem eventually gets damaged.

@@LemonySnicket-EUC SMH

not everyone has a tire machine setting around to play with

Yup. This is a great time of year to buy stuff for my "stocking."

how old are you?

@@fransmith8992Ha ha! Since before cars were invented.

Make a video and post it here. I’d love to see it done!

Pilling the valve stem is cake

@@XA-JJKILLERs I’ve never heard of that what is that?

All you need is a valve tool or a pair of side cutters and you can pull the stem out

That tool makes the hook not needed and will pull even the high pressure valves

It's not that hard dude

@@mikehd3904 then try it on a stiff sidewall performance tire...have fun without a hydraulic machine!

@@TheGuruStud I worked tires for years bud, you just need the right tools for the right job

@@TheGuruStud You just stick a tyre lever in the wheel and lever the sidewall down. Its all a matter of technique.

@@roberttill3787 rookies hey🤷🏽‍♂️

Wire brush it once the stem is out. Usually the flaking from corrosion causes the leak, so use a round wire brush to scrub the hole and knock the flakes off. Get some clear coat, the stuff used for paint touch up with a brush and slather some on and let dry then install the new stem.

I usually clean off the corrosion, and then use bead sealer on the valve stem. Works like a charm.

@@VitoVeccia Hard to get bead sealer to stick with a valve slathered with silicone grease!

@@roberttill3787 I never made any mention of using silicone grease when I install them.

@@VitoVeccia The Video clearly mentions it at 3.23

30 bucks for two valve stems? No thanks

It came out easy. Yes I installed the stem several times playing with the tool to get the technique mastered

A well lubed stem is important.

Of course it worked on the old crusty one that was in there

push the old one in the tire never hurts a thing leave it in there

@@realtruth172 incorrect.

@@realtruth172 That's a dumb thing to do.

@@THEMOWERMEDIC1 Thanks. I’ve had them fall completely apart on me ,then you didn’t show taking old one so of course I wondered.

You can just pull the old stem out or off or cut the old stem off and leave the inside part in there. It doesn't weigh much so not really a balance issue, and it's rubber so it won't hurt anything bouncing in there. Then check and smooth out the hole with a rat tail file if necessary.

Stop overthinking things.

@@THEMOWERMEDIC1 use plenty of lube though

I covered this already but thanks for the refresher course

Huh?