High pressure valve stems
From : partner
Q: i run 80 psi in my rear tires and the only problem i have had in over 60k miles has been flats on both rear tires caused by valve stem problems. both times i was told that it was caused by the stems not being high pressure these were oem ones and the ones they replaced them with were metal. well today i went to buy four new tires and told them i wanted high pressure valve stems put on. their reply was that they only had one valve stem that they put on and it was a high pressure one. since i had already learned that the high pressure stems cost about twice that of the regular stem and why put a high cost stem on a regular 35 psi tire i asked to see the stem. it was a regular all rubber stem. i chose not to get the tires there and left. now my question to the group is this - is there really an high pressure valve stem that is all rubber the tires are load range e 10 ply rating. thanks p.s. and yes i have weighted the vehicle on a cat scale and it needs the 80psi. -- .
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From : big al
i run 80 psi in my rear tires and the only problem i have had in over 60k miles has been flats on both rear tires caused by valve stem problems. both times i was told that it was caused by the stems not being high pressure these were oem ones and the ones they replaced them with were metal. well today i went to buy four new tires and told them i wanted high pressure valve stems put on. their reply was that they only had one valve stem that they put on and it was a high pressure one. since i had already learned that the high pressure stems cost about twice that of the regular stem and why put a high cost stem on a regular 35 psi tire i asked to see the stem. it was a regular all rubber stem. i chose not to get the tires there and left. now my question to the group is this - is there really an high pressure valve stem that is all rubber the tires are load range e 10 ply rating. thanks p.s. and yes i have weighted the vehicle on a cat scale and it needs the 80psi. http//www.google.com/productsq=high+pressure+valve+stems&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozillaen-usofficial&hs=05q&um=1&sa=x&oi=froogle&ct=title .