I’ve had good luck with some soapy water and two of these tire irons for mounting/unmounting tires after the bead has been broken (at this point I know the post is going in the spam queue, so one more link) Make sure you remove the internal part of the valve stem first before doing that.Īlso, HaD missed the other great tire hack, Using Airsoft beads to balance tires instead of wheel weights or expensive proprietary balance beads (at the expense of slightly more road noise for the latter) You could use a car’s weight as the fulcrum or use a $1 hardware store hinge and bolt the 2×4 to the wall as a fulcrum.īut HaD missed the real tire hack, using starting fluid to mount tires in an emergency: I’ve done this before with a lever made by 2x4s too. Posted in Repair Hacks, Transportation Hacks Tagged replacing a tire valve stem, tire, tire valve stem Post navigation As always though, we’d love to hear what you guys think in the comments! Stick around for the video to see process. It’s pretty much the same method shops use, they just have a machine to do it for them - because of this, so we don’t think this would hurt your tire. The weight of the car easily compresses the tire leaving you just enough room to pull the tire valve stem out, and put a new one in. Hitting it with a sledge hammer… Jumping on it… throwing it against the ground… In the end, he realized leverage would be his friend! He’s constructed a tool out of a few pieces of wood - simply place it on the tire near the valve stem, and then drive up the wood with your car. Not wanting to take his car to the shop, tried several ways of knocking the tire off its bead. Your car’s tire is losing air from the valve stem - what do you do? Well you could take it to the mechanic and pay upwards of $30 to replace it… or you could try this MacGyver style approach!

Trolling tire valve stem remover