Thread: Screw on valve covers, important?
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Old 04-06-08 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by curbtender
Next time your at the gas station go look by the air pump, usually 2 or 3 sitting around...
Or any mall parking lot...I bet there are thousands of them

FWIW the only time I haven't run valve caps was when I was running tubulars, if one came unglued and rolled you didn't want the valve cap to cause it to hang up coming off the rim. The caps do an excellent job of protecting the valve assemble from mud, and grit.

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