Air valve question

[007]

Six months ago I purchased 4 new tires from Pep Boys for my 86 T Type and they were mounted on GNX style Riken America rims. Today I noticed that my vehicle which has new Bilstein shocks was riding quite hard. When I went to check the tire pressure for the first time as I do not use the vehicle much I noticed that I cannot get an air pressure reading from the valves on any tire. I checked the air pressure gauge on another cars tire and it worked fine and even used a different style gauge with the same results. What gives? The valves are the original hard chromed ones to match the rims not rubber.
Are Bilstein shocks temperature sensitive? I am not liking the ride.

 

[eljefino]

You might want to get a valve core removal tool to tweak them conterclockwise then home again. Sounds like they got stuck with a little corrosion.

 

[007]

Going to do that that later but thought is was odd that 4 tires have the same issue at the same time.

 

[gaijinnv]

Can you post pics of one of the valve stems?

Sounds like you might have a hard chrome cover on top of the rubber valve stem that might be interfering with your pressure gauge.

HTH

 

[eljefino]

Maybe you have incompatible metals between the valve core and stem. The funky chrome stems are a clue.

 

[007]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Maybe you have incompatible metals between the valve core and stem. The funky chrome stems are a clue.


Stems are the ones that came with the rims. No issue prior to new tires.

 

[eljefino]

because maybe they put the wrong valve cores in when they did the tires!

Jeez, it's an answer, and even a plausible explanation! Get off the computer and give 'em a tweak!

 

[007]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
because maybe they put the wrong valve cores in when they did the tires!

Jeez, it's an answer, and even a plausible explanation! Get off the computer and give 'em a tweak!


Its the 4th, they are closed and that was my original thought. I will call them tomorrow.
At 29319 post I think you might be on the computer a little more than me!
Have a nice day anyway!

 

[eljefino]

Do let us know! It's a mystery how the same phenomena clobbered all four!

 

[gaijinnv]

Originally Posted By: 007

Have a nice day anyway!


By all means get back to us when you figure out how to use your tire pressure gauge ...

 

[007]

Ironically the issue was that the small O rings from the valve caps became logged inside each and every valve stem! First time for everything!!