Valve extensions caused flat
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Valve extensions caused flat
Sunday morning I back my truck up to my trailer to head out to the track. I look down and see that the passenger side outside dual wheel is flat. I pull the wheel cover and put air in the tire. I air it to 80 psi and I hear or see no leaks. All of the rear wheels had small plastic valve extensions from from the factory. They look pretty cheesy to me. I left the extension off, grabbed my air tank and headed to NTB.
When I get there, the tire still had 80psi. The guy removed the wheel and put it in the water tub and we could find no leaks. I then thought and said wait just a second, lets try one more thing. I got the valve extension and put it on the wheel. We put it under water and that is where the leak was. We removed them from all 4 rear wheels and put regular valve caps on them. I have never been fond of those junky plastic extensions and I cant beleive the truck came with those on it.
Anyway, the truck is all finished and I get ready to pay. The guy says I don't have to pay anything because they didn't have to fix anything. I would have payed double to get a flat fixed on a sunday morning. I thanked them for their help. This is why I buy my tires here and I will continue to do so.
When I get there, the tire still had 80psi. The guy removed the wheel and put it in the water tub and we could find no leaks. I then thought and said wait just a second, lets try one more thing. I got the valve extension and put it on the wheel. We put it under water and that is where the leak was. We removed them from all 4 rear wheels and put regular valve caps on them. I have never been fond of those junky plastic extensions and I cant beleive the truck came with those on it.
Anyway, the truck is all finished and I get ready to pay. The guy says I don't have to pay anything because they didn't have to fix anything. I would have payed double to get a flat fixed on a sunday morning. I thanked them for their help. This is why I buy my tires here and I will continue to do so.
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The same thing happen to me but I was not as lucky as you . It was on my motor home and it went flat well I was driving and I didn't feel it until it blew an tore a nice hole in the bottom of my rig . I had just put them on before I left so I could check tire pressure easer and checked it later and found it to be the cause . I had to change the tire on the four lane with trucks rocking the whole rig as they went bye . Try jacking up a motor home with the jack they supply , a real nightmare . My leveling jacks on the motor home took a dump the week before and the new motor did not come in before the trip so they were no help . My German Shepard (Joe) likes to lay right beside me while I am driving and the switch is right there and he hit it and we had a melt down , love that dog . A few thing that will never happen again , no more cheap valve stem extension , a good jack is now in the motor home and the switch got more protection from Joe .
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Had the same thing with my daughter's Neon. Anything can get stuck in the valve's seat at any time, using anyone's product. Lesson: Visually check your tires every day. I park my truck at work backwards from the way I park it at home, forcing me to look at both sides of the truck at least once a day.
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