Bolt in metal valve stems on front wheels/F3T

[Buckskin]

147515I am running FOBO's on my F3T and I found the stubby rubber valve stems on the front wheels/2016 were somewhat recessed and did not allow a lot of room to screw on the FOBO's. So I got hold of a 1" straight stem and mounted it in the recessed stem hole. I ran into a bit of a problem as I have pictures below to show. The base of the new stem was a little bit bigger than the recessed hole. So I simply ground/rotated it on the grinder and just a bit of material came off and I then fit it into the recessed hole. I bolted them in and now have a bit more extending out and they are ridged and do not flex or move.

Next I have pictures showing the mounting of the FOBO on the new stem. Then I played around with a screw on T-valve to show how that was mounted to the straight stem. All of this clears the brake caliper for sure. Being that I have new Kendra tires, I left the weights on (one side had a bunch and the other not too bad) I am running Centramatic balancers and those will balance the wheels and counter the mess of weights for the Kendras. Once I replace the Kendras, I will be running only the Centramatics. So for any of you considering this, and you have aftermarket tires pull the weights off and let the Centramatics do their thing.
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[Bensonoid]

I put that same valve stem in the rear wheel of my RT and had to grind off just a tiny bit too.

[Buckskin]

This is what you need. This is going on next in the near future.
Buckskin147568


I put that same valve stem in the rear wheel of my RT and had to grind off just a tiny bit too.

[HayRog]

This is what you need. This is going on next in the near future.
Buckskin147568

Where do I buy some of those ??

Edit --- found them.

http://www.tpms.ca/t-valves.html

or

http://cyclemax.com/inc/sdetail/chrome_t_valve_stems/4102/261164

[Buckskin]

Houston, we have a problem.....These units are using a 14mm nut. This will most likely not fit in the recessed hole on the inside of the wheel. The ones you need are using a 12mm nut. How do I know? That picture you see there is a GL1800 wheel and I supply them with the T-valve. Have run into that issue on that wheel. The hole in most wheels (car/truck/motorcycle is .453 or .629) The recess is such that to use anything other than the 12mm nut will not allow you to get a socket wrench in there to tighten it.
If you really want some of those, get hold of Lamont and he knows where to get them if enough want them. Most will need them on the rear wheel as it make putting air with a FOBO sensor a lot easier.
Buckskin

Hope you didn't already order them, as you will find out the above.


Where do I buy some of those ??

Edit --- found them.

http://www.tpms.ca/t-valves.html

or

http://cyclemax.com/inc/sdetail/chrome_t_valve_stems/4102/261164