We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The valve stem that protrudes outside of a wheel does not last forever and requires periodic replacement. The tire valve stem houses the valve ...
They don't get as much attention as high-tech, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), but many people actually consider tires to be the most important safety feature on your car. After all, those ...
We’ve all seen a bushel of articles on repairing a tire puncture: clean out the puncture, plug it (with maybe more than one plug), and then fill it back up with air. However, what if you damage or ...
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! Not ...
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! Not ...
Tire tread is really the only contact to terra firma that we have in our vehicles, so choice of rubber compound, carcass design and tread pattern play a big part in off-road performance. However, it’s ...
Question: I was changing the tire pressure sensor caps on my motor home and found that one of the rear tire valves had become bent and doesn’t interact with the sensor. My questions are: Can I simply ...
Having spent the better part of a year installing tires at the Pep Boys in Fredericksburg, Va., I thought I knew a thing or two about how a tire is mounted to a rim. It was my first job after ...
WASHINGTON—Millions of tire valve stems manufactured in China could cause cracking and air loss in tires—a situation with the potential for major repercussions in the tire industry. The biggest ...