<near WOB> Valve stem caps

[mchiang@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Chiang)]

Bubba Duane warns;

>Mike,

>Don't buy these unless you are prepared to
>routinely lube the valve stem threads with anti-seize.
>While they look trick, they WILL seize on the valve
>stems over time and if they do you'll need a pair of
>vice grips to get them off.   I believe they are made
>of aluminum or some alloy.   Not very handy for
>checking the air in the tires when you can't get
>them off !

Hmm... not handy at all.  Thanks for the tip.

The ones I saw were about the same size as your run-of-the-mill plastic 
caps.  (The ones everyone is thinking of are the big hex shaped ones, 
right?)  They even looked entirely plastic... just had a smooth flat head 
with a tiny little roundel on it.  Very OE looking.  Of course, I was 
pretty soused on sake at the time, and could have been imagining the whole 
thing. ;-)

Anyway.... I don't wanna take up more bandwidth on valve stem caps, if I 
come across the little plastic ones I'm looking for, I'll post my 
discovery.


Mike Chiang
'95 ///M3  <-- compressing normally
See you at the Rolex 24

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