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Re: [VAL] Questions?
From: "Barbara Barr" <Barbara@BarbaraBarr.com>
Subject: [VAL] Questions?
> 2. The man I bought my A/S from gave me tons of stuff that
. I have 4 shinny metal rims to put around the hubcaps.
they would slip around and almost cut off the air stem for the tire.
> Is there a way to prevent this happening while pulling down the road? I
> don't even want to think of having a flat tire along some road by my self.
Yes, here's the fix. Remove and replace those rubber tire-stems with STEEL
tire stems. Rubber tire-stems have a maximum pressure of 65 psi - Airstream
even installs them *now* on new Bambi's. A word to the wise ....