> On 10/8/2012 12:43 AM, NotMe wrote:
>> "Janet Wilder" <kelliepoo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:507248b3$0$1287$c3e8da3$eb767761@news.astraweb.com...
>>> As we were coming through Waco this morning, our Tire Minder started
>>> beeping and flashing a red light warning.  We quickly got off the
>>> expressway and pulled over to a wide spot on the feeder road (service
>>> road
>>> for non-Texans).  The left outside dually was flat. Did not appear
>>> damaged, just flat.

>>> Called road service who called back 30 minutes later and said it would
>>> take 2 hours to get someone there on a Sunday.

>>> Picked up my smartphone and found a tire service shop less than half a
>>> mile away.  Got there and  fund out that the stem had failed.

>>> Fixed it for $10 and we were on the road again.

>>> This is the third stem out of 4 on the rear wheels that has failed.  I
>>> believe that the stems used were either defective or crap.  I need to
>>> give
>>> someone a piece of my mind but I don't know who puts the stems on the
>>> tires.  Is it Chevy, who makes the chassis or Coachmen who makes the RV?
>>> Does anyone have any guesses?

>> WAG it was the chassis as I doubt Coachmen would spend money replacing
>> something that worked.

>> Give you've had 3 of 4 fail are you going to the 4th fixed before it too
>> fails or wait for the inevitable.  If you go for a fix might want to
>> replace
>> the stem on the spare as well.

> Don't have a spare. Thinking seriously about getting one.

> +++++++
> Janet,
> Are the valve stems rubber or metal?  If they are rubber you may want to
> replace all of them with metal valve stems which seem to be more rugged
> than the rubber ones.
> Ron
> +++++++