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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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Anyone have any idea why it would be difficult to put air in a tire? I seem to have to push extremely hard on the tire stem to get the air to go in. They did not use to be this way; although I did have tires replaced
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Anyone have any idea why it would be difficult to put air in a tire? I seem to have to push extremely hard on the tire stem to get the air to go in. They did not use to be this way; although I did have tires replaced
back in September.
There's a "square" o-ring in the valve stem cap that sometimes remains on the valve stem when you remove the cap. If that's what happened, it will be very difficult to push the air chuck on far enough to get air in. The o-ring may also be stuck in the air chuck. Those are the easy things to check for so we'll get them out of the way first...check back if that's not it.
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Thanks; I will definitely check that as soon as I arrive home.
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There's a "square" o-ring in the valve stem cap that sometimes remains on the valve stem when you remove the cap. If that's what happened, it will be very difficult to push the air chuck on far enough to get air in. The o-ring may also be stuck in the air chuck. Those are the easy things to check for so we'll get them out of the way first...check back if that's not it.
Just got around to checking air stems and all the o-rings are present and accounted for.
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My guess would be a damaged valve stem core which is easy to screw out and replace. Had this happen on a tire of mine once.
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all 4 tires are difficult to fill?
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My guess would be a damaged valve stem core which is easy to screw out and replace. Had this happen on a tire of mine once.
I will try this next.
Thanks for the advice. Are they just regular stems?
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all 4 tires are difficult to fill?
No just 2 of them.
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