jontoad
Founding Member
Location: Naperville, IL
Posts: 3436
 |  Subject: Re: Tire Pressure Sensor Question  1st June 2010, 8:29 pm | |
| | Illinois Chaos wrote: | | cjresto wrote: | | ChargerSRT wrote: | Today I went out to my car and it said that one of tires was low and I went to fill it but the part that the cap screws onto broke.
Does anybody know where I can get this fixed cheap? |
Same thing happened to me last year. If you put chrome or aluminum caps on these they will corode and fuse to the valve stem and cause it to snap off when you try to remove it. Discount tire the best way to go they always have the best prices. |
When Jon did my tires he told me about my SRT caps that I have on there. I give them a cycle everytime I detail the car. Jon says it prevents the caps from having that chemical reaction that welds them to the valve stem. |
well. it doesn't fully prevent corrosion but it doesn't allow it enough time to fully sieze on. if you turn em back and forth a bit once in a while it prevents the full siezeure. some white powder corrosion can still form though. if you want to prevent that pull them fully off and wipe some wd40 on the threads once in a while._________________  2006 black /SRT//8/12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time) 2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM |
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ttruckinon
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Location: Adairsville Ga
Posts: 614
| | Subject: Re: Tire Pressure Sensor Question 11th July 2010, 7:50 am | |
| | jontoad wrote: | | Illinois Chaos wrote: | | cjresto wrote: | | ChargerSRT wrote: | Today I went out to my car and it said that one of tires was low and I went to fill it but the part that the cap screws onto broke.
Does anybody know where I can get this fixed cheap? |
Same thing happened to me last year. If you put chrome or aluminum caps on these they will corode and fuse to the valve stem and cause it to snap off when you try to remove it. Discount tire the best way to go they always have the best prices. |
When Jon did my tires he told me about my SRT caps that I have on there. I give them a cycle everytime I detail the car. Jon says it prevents the caps from having that chemical reaction that welds them to the valve stem. |
well. it doesn't fully prevent corrosion but it doesn't allow it enough time to fully sieze on. if you turn em back and forth a bit once in a while it prevents the full siezeure. some white powder corrosion can still form though. if you want to prevent that pull them fully off and wipe some wd40 on the threads once in a while. |
Try using white Lithium Grease instead. It also is good for wheel studs and around the center of wheels to keep them from "Bonding". |
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RT!st!C
CAMM Pro
Location: Mchenry
Posts: 902
| | Subject: Re: Tire Pressure Sensor Question 11th July 2010, 10:33 pm | |
| | eviltrycycle wrote: | | jontoad wrote: | | holy shit. no wonder NTB's are going out of business and we are taking over there old stores. |
NO LIE!!! Geesh. |
sounds like the place he went to is in a hard place and about to go under, and that was a last ditch effort, lol. |
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