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Originally Posted by Charlesaf3
stick to the valve stem? Meaning it broke? How big a deal/expensive was it to fix the flat?
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It is possible to do it yourself at least on the fronts. A few tire tools is all you need. You can do rears too but I consider that a two man job. Even on the fronts it can be tricky to get the bead to seat if you had to remove the whole tire to replace the whole valve stem from the inside. On at least one occasion I had to use cargo straps around the tire to get the bead to seat.
On another occasion I could not get the new valve stem to seat properly. It had a slow leak around the edge. Finally gave up and took it to a tire store. When I asked them if they could fix a tractor tire he looked at me funny and told me just to buy a new one at Lowes or Walmart.....he thought I meant lawn tractor. They fixed it for $20.