Metal Valve Caps - A cautionary tale

[Dabs]

How about putting a little grease on the threads

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.(This is why I have this as my signature)

Live n learn bud!!

Dabs

[helen&tony]

Hi
Do we have to check tyre pressures often anyway?....I haven't checked mine for a couple of years or more...the nice man at the gas station tells me if the tyres look flat
Cheers
Helen

[mikexgough]

Hi
Do we have to check tyre pressures often anyway?....I haven't checked mine for a couple of years or more...the nice man at the gas station tells me if the tyres look flat
Cheers
Helen

I had new Tyres last Wednesday.......... still checked them on Friday when I filled up...... it's a Habit.... Checking Tyres between 2 and 4 weeks.... so 2nd Friday and 4th Friday are my days..... force of habit.... Not Obsessive Compulsive Disorder....

[vanvliet]

I have reverted to steel wheels all round - No locking wheel nuts or fancy dust caps needed.

But the plastic wheel covers look,well, basic spec - - - -

[mister munkey]

Along the same lines..........also check any locking wheelnuts that you may have,these too have a tendancy to do the same and weld tight,

A dob of copperslip should be on the wheel nuts as a matter of course, maybe that would help on the dustcaps too . . . .

[Diplomat]

lobb them before they cause u more grief than they r worth.

That's just how I feel about alloy wheels!

So when I read

I have reverted to steel wheels all round - No locking wheel nuts or fancy dust caps needed.

I just had to agree!

Frank

[daveblueozzie]

Part of the problem is the bongo is not my main transport, it can sometimes be weeks before i actually use the bongo, and i don't always check the tyre pressure if its just a local trip, must have been quite a few weeks for me to not check the tyres and realise the caps were welded to the valves.
As for grease ,not recommended it attracts dust and dirt and could cause problems as well.
Just have to be more careful, but back to plastic dust caps for me from now on.

[helen&tony]

Hi
I must say, I've had the problem with wheel nuts...we unwind them with an air wrench, and tighten by hand...and keep one of those extending wrenches in the vehicle.
Cheers
Helen