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Originally Posted by ront49
Thanks spdbrake ... the TR413 type stem is what they installed and they seem to be holding. The stems they pulled out were something like that however, they pulled them out and chunked them before I got a look at them. I'd really like to go with an all metal stem. I'm affraid that if some soapy water gets down into the valve stem hole they might have a tendency to slide out. Probably not but I'd feel better knowing that the all metal won't come out. Thanks for your input, Ron
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That's why they chuck em out, they are meant to be one use only, and not worth the risk versus the effort to replace one.
I have only seen once where a customer pushed a valve stem with a tyre inflator back into the rim.
Possibly had tyre shine or some other product on the valve stem.