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05-29-23, 06:28 AM
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New to me
I was doing some housekeeping on my tube stash for the bikes I work on for people without housing and ran across this schrader stem. What is the purpose of this type?
05-29-23, 06:40 AM
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Looks like a valve core and a cap with a core tool on its end.
05-29-23, 07:25 AM
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That's an older type of schrader valve core which I have been told works better as there is more distributed spring tension?
And the tire cap is also a tool to remove the core. Quite difficult to use to remove a core, better being used to install one.
And the tire cap is also a tool to remove the core. Quite difficult to use to remove a core, better being used to install one.
05-29-23, 11:09 AM
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Thanks! I hadn't had enough coffee when I posted this question earlier. I am familiar with the stem removing cap, but I have never seen the Schrader core with this long of a spring.
05-29-23, 11:20 AM
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a "pull in" rubber valve stem will work too.
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