Dry Rotted, Cracking Valve Stems

jesse3638

jesse3638

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I have a set of Raceline Monsters on my JKUR and last weekend while airing up I noticed my valve stems have begun to crack. I plan on replacing them to prevent getting a flat. The questions I have are: Can they be replaced with out taking the tire off the rim? Is this something I can do myself? As they are bead locks most shops won't want to unmount then remount the tires. The local shop I inquired with to mount my tires originally wanted $25 a tire to do so and I don't want to spend upwards of $125 to replace my valve stems. Thanks for the help!

Edit: These are traditional rubber valve stems not TPMS stems.
 
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JKWrang

JKWrang

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I am pretty sure you have to break the bead to do so, not take the whole tire off the rim, but at least break the bead.
 
jesse3638

jesse3638

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JKWrang said:
I am pretty sure you have to break the bead to do so, not take the whole tire off the rim, but at least break the bead.
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That's what I'm thinking but I'm hoping not, as thats going to be a time consuming process on beadlocks..haha
 
olram30

olram30

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I bought a big bag of valve stems on Amazon. I also have two valve stem tools. A flexible one, I guess similar to the evo one. They sell them at tractor supply and a solid one. The flexible one is actually pretty handy, has a core remover, deflator and probably easier if you had to do a trail fix. I also have a solid bar one. Both work great. Here is the sold one. And my other one is in my jeep, but here's a Google picture of what it looks like. Probably around 5 bucks each online.
 

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jesse3638

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olram30 said:
I bought a big bag of valve stems on Amazon. I also have two valve stem tools. A flexible one, I guess similar to the evo one. They sell them at tractor supply and a solid one. The flexible one is actually pretty handy, has a core remover, deflator and probably easier if you had to do a trail fix. I also have a solid bar one. Both work great. Here is the sold one. And my other one is in my jeep, but here's a Google picture of what it looks like. Probably around 5 bucks each online.
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My dad has one of these and I used to use it to straighten my valve stem on my bike tubes. I have all his old tools I'm gonna have to go look for it. Hopefully I didn't lose it when I was a kid.

olram30 said:
Oh yeah, here is a handy write up.
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?t=3391
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Yeah I have seen this write up but forgot about it. I also received an email from Raceline and they said I can break the rear bead and replace it that way so I don't have to break down the whole tire. Thanks for the help...:D
 
Looney Tune

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I have a tool that I rigged with co2.. blows the new valve stem right in..never even have to take tire off vehicle. .or break bead...and yes.. I have used it on trail ..a few times..


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Looney Tune

Looney Tune

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Looney Tune said:
I have a tool that I rigged with co2.. blows the new valve stem right in..never even have to take tire off vehicle. .or break bead...and yes.. I have used it on trail ..a few times..


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