Pimpin' valve caps

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Pimpin' valve caps

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I just bought some valve caps off the 'bay with Citroen logos on. Trouble is, one of the previous ones (which came from the pound shop) is stuck on and when I try and free it with a socket, the whole valve spins round! Any tips? Bracing it with a Mole wrench didn't work...
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Post by Timmo »

thats the trouble with cheap alloy valve caps! they have a habbit of sticking ont he threads!!! you can use a set of maul wrenches on them but advisable to get a bit of cloth around the grips and not to do them too tight!
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Post by csg100 »

You could always take the car round your local tyre company and get them to put a new valve in. Go to a friendly place and they'll do it for nowt!
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Post by djoptix »

Good point CSG :) Though this means I shouldn't have got rid of the alloys I just sold! Aargh! Oh well...

I bought some of the same valve caps for my girlfriend and one of hers is stuck on as well :? This has done nothing for my mechanically-minded-man image, I can tell you...
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Hi,

Well i'd get a junior hacksaw blade and saw the cap longitudinally, taking care when you get down to the 'crest' of the valve thread.

When using cheap ally caps they have a tendancy to oxidise in position, so allways apply grease to the valve before fitting.

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Yeah, good idea too. Might saw it part way to create a fault line and then crush it in a Mole wrench, and see if it "peels" off.
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Might saw it part way to create a fault line and then crush it in a Mole wrench, and see if it "peels" off.
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paint the black ones if you want something different. I have done it in the past. they only end up covered in crap and brake dust quickly anyway.
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two pairs of plier in opposite directions should stop the spinning
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