Presta valve adapter external threads
01-18-14, 03:31 PM
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Presta valve adapter external threads
Wikipedia indicates schrader valves can have imperial or metric external threads. This might explain why my compressor fitting will thread onto a schrader valve, but not onto my presta valve adapter! I can find no reference to 2 types of adapters - any ideas?
01-18-14, 03:35 PM
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I've just used either the schrader Thumb-lock or a press on and open the valve to the air compressor..
If you have Presta Valves , I have a Presta head floor pump. ..
Silca , it's gasket seals around the un threaded band between the cap thread and the ring nut thread.
If you have Presta Valves , I have a Presta head floor pump. ..
Silca , it's gasket seals around the un threaded band between the cap thread and the ring nut thread.
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Schrader valves all have the same thread -- worldwide. What you see is the identical dimensions expressed in both imperial and metric, but they're the same.
Externally threaded adapters, usually have the identical thread, but may not be made to the same tolerance. I suggest you take whatever needs to fit with you when you buy an adapter and confirm the fit.
Externally threaded adapters, usually have the identical thread, but may not be made to the same tolerance. I suggest you take whatever needs to fit with you when you buy an adapter and confirm the fit.
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Do you have one of the relatively uncommon adapter that allows a Presta pump to inflate Schrader tubes? Or one of the much more common that allows a Schrader pump to inflate Presta tubes?
01-18-14, 06:05 PM
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Sry, yes standard one that inflates presta tubes.
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01-18-14, 09:12 PM
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The adapters are a pain and don't always work. I'd either drill the rims for Schrader valves if possible or just get a presta floor pump. Pumping up tires with a floor pump really isn't a chore.
01-19-14, 11:12 AM
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I'd like to use my portable compressor (for car tires) that only has a screw-on attachment at the end.
so, what you would like is not the way things work . buy a floor pump for your P/V tubes.
