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How to open the nozzle?

  • 20-05-2010 1:51pm
    #1
    shotgunmcos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    It may be me being brain dead with the warm weather but I am having trouble getting pressure into my tyres.

    Wheels: DA 50MM clinchers
    valve extension on the nozzle which is inside the rim (pic attached)

    Problem is the nozzle is closed and I cannot get it open to pump some pressure in. The tyres are probably at 80PSI max hence I can't wedge them off with levels and they are too soft for a race I have this weekend

    So A: What are the suggestions to get the tyre off and nozzle open?
    B: when I do, do I leave it open and put the extension back on?

    I take it I'm probably better off just putting on long valve tubes but I haven't time to get those between now and Sat morning, and I still need to get the tyres off anyway!

    Thanks in advance and apologies if the solution is blatantly obvious :o


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  • #2
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,573 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    needlenose.jpg

    needle nosed pliers ?

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #3
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    ednwireland wrote: »
    needle nosed pliers ?

    If that doesn't work just puncture the tube, get the tyre off, patch the tube, then reinflate.


  • #4
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    You are doing it wrong.

    - Unscrew the valve core from the original tube
    - Screw the valve extension into the original tube in place of the valve core
    - Screw the valve core into the extension
    - You now have a normal valve protruding from your rims

    You can use a needle-nosed pliers to do all this screwing or may have luck with a spoke key or tyre lever. Continental include a small bit of plastic with their extensions that will both remove the valve core and screw in the extension, very handy.


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