tubed tyre- valve collar?
synthasandwich
Posts: 38
Hi All,
Firstly, thanks for reading- I still class myself as new to all this so please help if you can.
I have put my old tubes and tyres on some new rims a few months ago, installing some new tough rim tape- I think the brand was BBB. When I changed over a little plastic collar flirted out from around the Schrder valve and I just wondered what it is called and if it is important ( as I lost it. )
a couple of problems have now arisen:
1) a leak around the valve- I have recently had the tyres off again and I think I got a pinch on but is the lack of this tiny plastic collar an issue as the valve is against the bare metal hole?
2) I seem to have damp underneath the rim tap- had a couple of loose spokes but again, am wondering if it the lack of this collar for a flush fit.
Any advice gladly recieved, too skint to keep knackering tubes. Cheers
Mark
Firstly, thanks for reading- I still class myself as new to all this so please help if you can.
I have put my old tubes and tyres on some new rims a few months ago, installing some new tough rim tape- I think the brand was BBB. When I changed over a little plastic collar flirted out from around the Schrder valve and I just wondered what it is called and if it is important ( as I lost it. )
a couple of problems have now arisen:
1) a leak around the valve- I have recently had the tyres off again and I think I got a pinch on but is the lack of this tiny plastic collar an issue as the valve is against the bare metal hole?
2) I seem to have damp underneath the rim tap- had a couple of loose spokes but again, am wondering if it the lack of this collar for a flush fit.
Any advice gladly recieved, too skint to keep knackering tubes. Cheers
Mark
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The plastic collar reduces the hole down from Schrader (car type) to Presta (thin type).
The leak will most likely be a pinch and the dampness due to water ingress around the valve. The spokes shouldn't be effected.
http://www.spacycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b19s123p1765&rs=gb0 -
Cheers Craig XXL,
Reassuring stuff- Not too much damage done. I'm going to try the talken powder trick from the beginners guide to avoid the next pinch, bloody annoying- I feel a bit amateurish.
Weird thing is that the collar flirted out from the original Schrader tubes on the original tyre. Couldn't understand it because I don't think my new rims could get the collar and the Schrader valves on when inflated, although the valve does sink when the tyre goes flat- I think possibly this is how the water has gotten in, that or the loose spoke.
Thanks for the link though- it does seem to be this part- it was a plastic shape like that.
Mark.0