Stem stuck to wheel??
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Stem stuck to wheel??
I took my wheel in for warranty replacement, they said I could either get a better wheel for free right away, or wait a couple weeks for the stock wheel to come in. Of course I took the upgrade. They upgraded me from a WTB Dual Duty to a Bontrager Superstock. I tried researching it and all I've found are Presta versions of this wheel, none say schrader compatible.... so I tried changing my front tire and i can't pull the valve stem out of the rim, i tried pulling fairly hard without tearing the tube, tried hitting it with a hammer to no avail. Do you think they gave me a presta rim and crammed a schrader tube in it? i don't know much about presta valves. Can I fix it by cutting the tube out and punching the stem through the rim the other way? then dremel it out a few mm?
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Originally Posted by mlh122
I took my wheel in for warranty replacement, they said I could either get a better wheel for free right away, or wait a couple weeks for the stock wheel to come in. Of course I took the upgrade. They upgraded me from a WTB Dual Duty to a Bontrager Superstock. I tried researching it and all I've found are Presta versions of this wheel, none say schrader compatible.... so I tried changing my front tire and i can't pull the valve stem out of the rim, i tried pulling fairly hard without tearing the tube, tried hitting it with a hammer to no avail. Do you think they gave me a presta rim and crammed a schrader tube in it? i don't know much about presta valves. Can I fix it by cutting the tube out and punching the stem through the rim the other way? then dremel it out a few mm?
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This may sound stupid, but did you take the retaining nut off of the valve stem on the presta tube before trying to remove it from the rim?





