Thread started to avoid going to shop, any shop.
Tyre valve stem leak
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Or even one that spent the last 25 years of his working life training students in (amongst other things) tyre repair and replacement to BS AU159 and City and Guild standards in an accredited City and Guilds assessment centre…..
Those kids in the photo know more about tyre repair and replacement than the person that started this thread will ever know.
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Are you any good though? You seem like a trainee.
Here was another spent that I thought money wasted. But, turned out perfect for this project. These are screwfix clamps with unsatisfactorily shallow 80mm throat. These can be used for clamping on the tyre to position the bead at the opposite end of levering. Other people would stand on the tyre to control the bead position. I don't need to. I can work comfortably with the tyre on a portable workbench. A clamp can also be used for opening a gap on the lever end to allow insertion of a tyre iron without force.
This project is getting expensive, but super cheap if it succeeds.
This project is getting expensive, but super cheap if it succeeds.
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There’s a very easy way to position the bead into the well of the rim. I’m not telling you though, find out for yourself but it is very, very easy and guess what, it’s not even needed to do what the OP needs to do if doing it himself. <snigger>
Really? Threads been going 4 days with no solution as yet. Keep going son, you’ll get to ten pages eventually and we still won’t be seeing any results.
As I wouldn't give you the steam from my pizz for your labour, you're correct : all of your faffing will work out "super cheap"
If this thread frustrates you then stop reading it. No need to work up a steam. No faffing where I am. Mostly waiting. I have time. Looks like you don't.As I wouldn't give you the steam from my pizz for your labour, you're correct : all of your faffing will work out "super cheap"
They can't stop reading and replying, they're obsessed with trolling you even when they have nothing useful to add. Especially Mottie.
Don't think they are trolling him ( although not really sure what that means )
Just worried about his sanity and wondering if he should be allowed out in a car
Mottie and trade associates could be trying hard to defend their "industries". They know what it means if the thread succeeds. My suggestion is: don't panic, it may not succeed. All I have is a mental picture of how things might work. This may not translate into physical reality. But, there is only one way to find out and that is to do it. The potential "profit" is just too attractive for me to not pursue. Just imagine: a life time of no leaks for me and anyone I gift to. That would be pure bliss.
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And you. Don’t forget yourself. Difference between us though is that I have offered genuine advice because, if I say so myself, I am an expert when it comes to fitting and repairing tyres.
He confirmed changing of valves when changing tyres. That makes him a more experienced expert than you.
