Posted on 04/22/2010 5:20:46 PM PDT by WestSylvanian
A warning to any Freepers who may have had rubber valve stems installed in their tires between August 2006 and May 2008 at Sears or elsewhere. They are potentially some of the 6 million that were sold in the U.S. by Dill Air Control products and others. They may crack and fail allowing slow leaks and a crash hazard. This happened to me on April 11.
Oops wrong video! The link shows a special valve stem funnel for installing valve stems into a wheels without dismounting the tire.
Not a joke. I was with him. If I knew how to post a picture, I could show you how to fix a leaky stem valve with dental floss.
I had Sears install four new tires on a Land Rover Discovery in October of 2006. To date, three of the stems have failed. The fourth didn’t have a chance to fail because that tire was punctured and had to be repaired. I suspected foul play until I did a web search for ‘Sears defective valve stems’ just today. Sears never alerted me as to the problem.
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