1/2 galv steel gun

inonickname · Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:28 am

Yep, theres a bunch of ways to deal with schraders. As JSR said, just cut off as much rubber as you can with scissors then chuck it in a drill (with the cap on) so you don't damage threads and maul it with a file or rasp. Or you can get threaded ones such as for tractor tyres, or buy ones with common threads from say..mcmaster.

jimmy101 · Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:00 pm

Or, visit the local tire store and get a metal one with an inner shoulder and gasket and outer nut. Shouldn't cost more than a buck or two. My local tire store will usually give me a couple used ones for free since the stems are supposed to be replaced everytime a tire is replaced. Something like this should be available at pretty much any tire store.

If you still have the leaking valve you can probably swap the stem from an unmodified valve for the damaged one. I believe the gasket is on the moveable piston part, the seat in the valve stem itself is metal. Do you have a stem wrench ("valve stem tool" in the image below)?

ramses · Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:37 pm

inonickname wrote:or buy ones with common threads from say..mcmaster.

the ace near me sells 1/8" schraders by the air fittings for around $2.50 USD

POLAND_SPUD · Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:39 pm

buy a quick connect fittings and you will never have to worry about it again

Clutch · Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:09 am

Hmm, Thanks for all the help.

And it IS seamed pipe. But it should still hold a lot.