Thread: What size nut goes onto a typical US passenger tire Schrader valve?
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Old December 7th 16, 02:59 PM posted to rec.autos.tech,alt.home.repair
Ralph Mowery
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Default What size nut goes onto a typical US passenger tire Schrader valve?
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> RonNNN wrote on Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:39:37 -0600:
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> > 4-way valve stem tools cost less than $2. It amazes me why some people
> > want to reinvent some things.
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> Assuming the tire is off the rim, can I both remove an old valve and
> replace it with a new valve using that cheap 4-way tool?

Yes, just lube it with something.

They do make valve stems that instead of a friction fit that have a nut
on the outside so the valve stem fits on like a bolt.
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