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That's kinda nice regardless of which stems you have... thanks for the info.
Got it, thanks Tom...
They look heavy duty... just curious... was the hair part of the deal.. LOL
They come with some green colored thread lock of some type on them.
Most of these valve stems have a nut that goes on the stem from inside the rim. So, in theory, you could use a C-clamp to break the bead all they way 'round', squeeze the beads together and hold them there w/ zip ties, replace the valve stem and cut the zip tie and inflate the tire. I said 'in theory' because access to the wheel is very limited, you will probably knock the bike over in the process, and it would be faster to just remove the wheel and use a tire machine w/ a bead breaker to get access to the valve stem hole.
Looks to me like your standard tire valve stem. However. Valve stems are designed for a specific size hole. Having seen my auto mechanic pull the valve stems into a wheel, the fit is quite tight. If yours popped out, it might be for a smaller hole in the rim. I do know that the usual right angled vavle stems (or T shaped ones for air and a TPMS) either come in two sizes or have two sizes of rubber gaskets. A mismatch of sizes would cause your problem.
The valve has lasted though for 5500 miles so it's hard to know if it was the wrong size, the bike was just sitting in the shed, haven't been using her much lately and just noticed it flat yesterday, don't know why the valve would just go like that without being disturbed , anyway looking at youtube videos I'm going to have to take the wheel off and go and get a new valve fitted, the tyre still has a few thousand miles left yet.
