On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Linnhoff, Eric wrote:
> To all owners of Kosei wheels; When you bought your Kosei wheels (you did
> buy them from the Tirerack, right?) did you receive some neat little
> machined aluminum screw-in style valve stems?
>
> Well I did and I'm kinda confused. What's the advantage to running these
> neat looking, blue anodized valve stems over the common black rubber type
> that you pull through from the inside of the wheel? They look to me to be
> just another opportunity for a leak. They sure aren't any lighter than the
> rubber valve stems and to me it looks like an opportunity for the neato
> machined aluminum nuts to fly around inside of the tire when they loosen
> themselves. And yes, I have heard of Loc-Tite but.......
>
> What sayest the audience?
Metal valve stems have a place in offroad and rally type scenarios where
there is realistic potential for the stem to encounter impact and
potentially be ripped off. For normal road use I'd be hard put to come up
with a substantial benefit of them.
KeS
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