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Tacorossa
12-15-2009, 08:39 PM
Does anyone know of a place locally where I can find a flexible valve stem extender?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o134/tacorossa/Z327.jpg

Get-a-Gauge (https://getagauge.com/accessories.cfm)out of the U.S. sells them, but they do not ship to Canada.

I would love to get one for my spare tire and route it up by the trailer hitch or tailgate. This would make checking and inflating the spare a whole lot easer on cold winter days.

I've checked all the usual places, Canadian Tire, Auto Value and Princess Auto but with no success.

It would seem to me that something like this would be easy to find in Calgary? I'm at a loss...

jreid
12-15-2009, 09:01 PM
Interesting idea. For me, I've found that flipping the spare so that the stem faces down has been enough. Still, you do need to kneel/crawl a bit to reach the stem. With TPMS, I usually rest easy, knowing the spare is likely inflated fine.

Personally I'd be worried the extender would leak and cause my spare to go flat!

This is a neat idea though. Props on the originality

Tacorossa
12-16-2009, 08:14 PM
Interesting idea. For me, I've found that flipping the spare so that the stem faces down has been enough. Still, you do need to kneel/crawl a bit to reach the stem. With TPMS, I usually rest easy, knowing the spare is likely inflated fine.

Personally I'd be worried the extender would leak and cause my spare to go flat!

This is a neat idea though. Props on the originality

Yeah, I've flipped my spare tire over too, but it only seems that my TPMS kicks on when I'm in dress pants and shoes for work. Not good for checking the tire pressure especially when it's -25C outside.