Tyre and tread depth gauge

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Wed 19 Nov 2008 20:08
Tyre and tread depth gauge - gmac
What brought this about was my wife being about to jump into the car yesterday with the nippers in the back and I noticed the front right tyre looked a bit soft - 12psi !!!!

Put the "space saver" doughnut on the back, took the rear tyre and put it on the front (FWD car) and took the offending tyre off. Couldn't find any obvious problems so advised SWMBO to take the car back to the place where we bought the winter tyres suspecting a duff valve.

The problem was the centre of the valve was loose. Quick tighten up and all is good.

I remember my Dad had a Dunlop set from 10AD from which the end of the tyre pressure gauge unscrewed and could be used to retighten the valve centre.

Are these still available ? I would like to get the set again as my Dad swore by his.

Edited by gmac on 19/11/2008 at 20:09

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Wed 19 Nov 2008 22:31
Tyre and tread depth gauge - FotheringtonThomas
You can get valve caps to do this.
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Wed 19 Nov 2008 23:45
Tyre and tread depth gauge - henry k
www.justoffbase.co.uk/TSTPG8-SEALEY

www.northerntooluk.com/products.asp?partno=1805148E
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Thu 20 Nov 2008 08:20
Tyre and tread depth gauge - gmac
Thank you both for your replies and links.
I'll have to keep an eye out for the dust caps, can't ever remember seeing any with the valve core removal included.
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Thu 20 Nov 2008 08:25
Tyre and tread depth gauge - jc2
Dust caps with core tool are available at most accessory shops+Halfords but a better device is the four way tool from same places-besides core remover,it also cleans internal/external threads and can remove damaged cores.
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