Fitting valve caps

JemO · Post by **JemO** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:42 pm

have seen some shiny ones to replace the black ones, do they just screw on? or will i need to do any modding?

broster · Post by **broster** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:34 pm

LOL, yes they screw on

Post by **Adam-D** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:30 pm

yes 3cm they screw on.............

they will get pinched thou

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:36 pm

They screw on and they screw off. Just hang around outside your local amusement arcades and steal them off the BMX\'s.

broster · Post by **broster** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:57 pm

i did mine up with locktite and pliers, and now i cant get them off to fill my tyres up with air

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:59 pm

No biggie - just tap a small hole in with a nail and quickly pull it out and shove an air line in.
When it\'s pumped up, just pop rivet the hole up.

Post by **Adam-D** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:28 am

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:57 am

GT85 won\'t undo loctite\'d threads. Did you use thread lock locktite (the red stuff) or actual superglue....

JemO · Post by **JemO** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:18 pm

[quote=\"Adam-D\"]yes 3cm they screw on.............

they will get pinched thou[/quote]

fcukabout

rick · Post by **rick** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:51 pm

unless you get some of the new richbrook spinning anti theft ones that is.

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:50 pm

[quote=\"rick\"]unless you get some of the new richbrook spinning anti theft ones that is.

[/quote]

On a similar style, the spinner section fails and you\'re then not able to get a grip on the cap at all! Not sure if Richbrook\'s ones are the same.

Stick with black plastic valve caps.

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:11 pm

i think they should make them with a torx safety screw at the top, no one carries that tool around with them

JemO · Post by **JemO** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:04 pm

done it

took 3days from start to finish, i didn\'t know where to keep the air i removed from the tyre so had to rig up a device to catch the air so i could re-use it

it was offical yokohoma air i think, came with tyres