So I got home from work tonight and decided to clean up my bike. I was cleaning my rear wheel and bumped the valve stem, it brokeandimmediately started spewing air. I'm no mechanic, but have a friend who's pretty good at fixing about anything and he's helped me w/my bike before.

My question is this: what will be involved in fixing this? What will I need to buy and where should I look for it? I was planning on replacing my chain & sprockets soon w/ the help of my friend so I guess we'll do it all at the same time. Just looking for any tips or advice anybody may have.

Thanks!

KinzR

 

you will have to take the wheel off, break the bead of the tire loose and demount one side....then you can reach in with a new valve stem...insert it in the hole and pull it through (a pliers woudl work, but there is a tool for this).

If you carry your wheel in, a shop might chanrge you $20....without the right tools, you can screw upthe sealing bead of the tire.

If you want to try to do it yourself....Valve stems come in a couple different sizes...measure the hole to make sure you buy the right one.

 

Thanks, how hard is it to get the rear wheel off? I feel like I should be able to do it but I'm afraid I'll get started and get stuck. Any advice?