I have a relatively continuous need for valve stems. With all the boats and jetskis I work on, trailers get neglected badly, and the valve stems tend to rot right off of the wheels.

Most trailers get used once or twice a year, and only from a launch ramp to a storage unit a mile at most down the road.

It's a lot of time to take wheels off and haul them into my local tire shop, carrying a small air compressor and airing the tire up and getting the trailer moved before a tire goes flat is common practice.

I was sceptical about this thing. It's cheap enough, I paid about 25 bucks, and got a bag of 100 valve stems for about the same. If it works once to get a customers trailer usable without having to remove the tire, break the bead, or take it to a tire shop while I'm out working, the time it saves in wasted trips more than pays for it in my mind.

Key things in video:
0:00 Intro
0:22 The Product
0:47 How the thing supposedly works
1:21 Attempt #1
1:52 Attempt #2
2:03 Attempt #3
2:23 Try the other rim
3:06 Chamfering the hole ever so slightly with a countersink on a drill
3:22 try with chamfered edge
3:50 Success #1
4:19 Theory as to why it didn't work before chamfering the edge
4:43 Chamfering first wheel
4:52 Trying first wheel with chamfered edge
5:22 Bead leaking on first wheel where tire had popped off rim from valve stem breaking while moving trailer
6:01 Camera goes out of focus for some weird reason.


Here are some links to products we used in this video on amazon in case you want to try this:

AME 51025 Quick Valve Change Tool: [ Ссылка ]
Bag of 100 Valve stems: [ Ссылка ]
Similar tool (Laser LAS5540 5540): [ Ссылка ]
Morton AK-105 Knob to replace the flimsy plastic one: [ Ссылка ]


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