Topeak Joe Blow Max II Track Pump FAULTY GAUGE?

piggy600
piggy600 Posts: 23
edited August 2009 in MTB workshop & tech
Hi all,

i bought a cheap track pump and the gauge was well out so went and bought the above pump from CRC, pump seems great apart from the gauge seems to be useless, a canot see the point of a good track pump with a gauge that reads incorectly.

Incorrectly i mean gauge says 10psi and when i check with couple of different gauges it has 25psi in it, ive had the pump now a couple of weeks, so thought i would ask on here before a try complaining.

cheers in advance stu.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    what are you inflating to only 10psi?

    it is right at the lower end of the scale. and i cant think of any tyre that i would run so low.

    even 25 is low.
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  • piggy600
    piggy600 Posts: 23
    sorry got pressures wrong way round,

    put 25psi into tyre, and then checked with couple of gauges and they read 10psi, i have just pumped up some more tyres with the joe blow reading 35psi, checked with other gauges and they are reading 50psi.