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I have a hard time airing up my inside dullys. I have a Class A on a Freightliner chassis with 22.5 tires. Was considering putting extenders on but don’t really want to add a place where they can leak air. Looking into longer valve stems. Loves tire shop said they can add longer valve stems for $40 each side but I have to provide the stems. Anyone have any recommendations for purchasing long valve stems for an inside dully tire, online or store front? Thanks in advance. 

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The 2" straight extensions on the page TexasPSDX linked to look like they have a center pin that opens the valve on the stock valve stem when you press on the end of the extension.  This eliminates any chance of a leak as the extension is only pressurized when you're actually using it.

I couldn't tell from the pictures if the 6" extension works the same way.

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WHY are the valve stems pointed in on the outside tire and out on the inside one? Why not have both point out? I ask myself that question every time I check the tire pressures.

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4 hours ago, kb0zke said:

WHY are the valve stems pointed in on the outside tire and out on the inside one? Why not have both point out? I ask myself that question every time I check the tire pressures.

So the wheels will be position independent. Using an appropriate truck tire gauge makes reading the pressures reasonably easy.

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13 hours ago, Twotoes said:

Thanks, but as I said in my post, I don’t want to use extenders. I want to use a longer valve stem. 

I bought a 6" metal extension at a local auto  supply store. It's only used when adding air is necessary; otherwise it is in my toolbox for the air compressor in the MH.

 

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That is a pretty common problem with inside duals. On our class A's I did use extenders as I believed that tire pressures were something that should be checked every day of travel.  When I replaced the tires I had the new ones mounted in a truck shop that put custom shaped valve stems on both inside duals so that I didn't need the extenders any longer. If you have a tire pressure monitor system, that will keep you aware of any loss of tire pressure. 

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Thanks Dutch. I do have a truck tire pressure gage. The problem is that when I need to check or add add air I have to remove the TST monitor and it is difficult for me to do on the two inside dullys. And yes Kirk, when I hade new tires put on, at a semi truck tire shop, I asked them to put longer stems on but they were out of stock, so I am trying to do it now. Loves said they would do the labor but they need me to bring them the stems. 

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Thanks Joe. I did check with another Loves location and was told the same thing. They will do the labor but don’t stock the park. You would think that a semi truck place would have the part!

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6 hours ago, Twotoes said:

Thanks Joe. I did check with another Loves location and was told the same thing. They will do the labor but don’t stock the park. You would think that a semi truck place would have the part!

I agree, especially when they sell new tires and repair tires.

 

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