Was it a Dealer or workshop who pulled the wheel off your Spyder & stripped the drive sprocket etc ready for the tire to be replaced, and then re-assembled it all & replaced the wheel on your Spyder Gianfri? :dontknow:
Any chance that when the wheel assy was removed from the Spyder & being stripped of the drive sprocket & cush pads, the sprocket's position wasn't marked or taken note of, so that once it came time to fit that back on, it could be put back on in the same position? If the sprocket is 'clocked' just a little, & then replaced on the wheel assembly in the wrong position so that one of its spokes is now hiding the valve stem, you probably won't be able to check the tire pressure once it's on the Spyder again?? It's certainly possible to do that, and once the wheel is back on the Spyder, if one of the drive sprocket spokes is located such that it hides the valve stem, it is damn near impossible to get to even WITH any of the handy devices mentioned above!!pps:
If that's what's happened, the rear wheel assy will need to come off the Spyder again to fix it, but at least the tire doesn't need to be de-mounted - just the sprocket & cush pads. Once the wheel is off the bike, you'll hafta pull the sprocket off and clock it correctly so that there isn't a spoke in the way of getting at the valve stem. Not massively hard, but certainly annoying to hafta do it. That's why I asked who did the wheel & sprocket remove & refit job?!? That someone is likely going to need to fix it! :sour:
Ah! This is EXACTLY what happened! The valve is right behind a spoke. I can touch it, but there is no space to insert even a flexible extension tube. Back to the shop. Thank you!
