ultrarunner
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I've been around tires my entire life... the last 5 years I have a couple of stems go bad each year and all on bought with new tires with new stems at different shops.
Last year I had two new premium tires put on my Utility trailer... got a flat yesterday and couldn't find a puncture... sure enough, the valve stem is split.
This year got a flat on a two year old tire on the BMW and it was also a bad valve stem... and a month later the another one let go on the same car... so I had the two remaining changed.
Going back about 5 years there are several more... always rubber stems a year or two old...
I was thinking of going to metal but those are not foolproof either.
Is this just the way it is today... $200 tires taken out by a $2 rubber stem?
Last year I had two new premium tires put on my Utility trailer... got a flat yesterday and couldn't find a puncture... sure enough, the valve stem is split.
This year got a flat on a two year old tire on the BMW and it was also a bad valve stem... and a month later the another one let go on the same car... so I had the two remaining changed.
Going back about 5 years there are several more... always rubber stems a year or two old...
I was thinking of going to metal but those are not foolproof either.
Is this just the way it is today... $200 tires taken out by a $2 rubber stem?