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Fitting valve caps

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:42 pm
by JemO
have seen some shiny ones to replace the black ones, do they just screw on? or will i need to do any modding?

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:34 pm
by broster
LOL, yes they screw on

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:30 pm
by Adam-D
yes 3cm they screw on.............

they will get pinched thou

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:36 pm
by Joff
They screw on and they screw off. Just hang around outside your local amusement arcades and steal them off the BMX\'s.

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:57 pm
by broster
i did mine up with locktite and pliers, and now i cant get them off to fill my tyres up with air :(

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:59 pm
by Joff
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.

:thumbs:

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:28 am
by Adam-D
gt85

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:57 am
by Joff
GT85 won\'t undo loctite\'d threads. Did you use thread lock locktite (the red stuff) or actual superglue....

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:18 pm
by JemO
[quote=\"Adam-D\"]yes 3cm they screw on.............

they will get pinched thou[/quote]

fcukabout :shock:

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:51 pm
by rick
unless you get some of the new richbrook spinning anti theft ones that is.
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Fitting valve caps

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:50 pm
by Joff
[quote=\"rick\"]unless you get some of the new richbrook spinning anti theft ones that is.
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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.

Fitting valve caps

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:11 pm
by punkheadgray
i think they should make them with a torx safety screw at the top, no one carries that tool around with them

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Fitting valve caps

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:04 pm
by JemO
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