Corroded Stuck Valve Stem Cap Removal - Don't Break Your TPMS Sensor!!! - How To
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In this video, I show you how to remove corroded, stuck valve stem caps from your vehicle. This happens when you put aluminum valve caps on a brass valve stem. We get these off and I will show you how.
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There should be a class action suit against the companies that sell these things. How absolutely stupid to make something that ceases on so much you can't removed them by hand. How crazy to make something that takes something we all take for granted and make it so you can't access your valve stem to put air in your tire. How crazy is it that you could be on a trip somewhere, thousands of miles from home and have to pay someone to remove your valve step caps because you need to put air in your tires. Absolutely crazy.
Agreed
Yep. One of mine is completely fused on and I was just quoted $220 from the tire shop to remove it. All over a $9 set of valve caps from Amazon.
Mine were put in by the dealer or chevy plant. 320$ to have them fixed. It’s a 2019 impala only driven by me. Bought in 2020. I’m 75 and not able to fix this with a limited budget. I have always gone to the dealership to have air put in my tires. I did live in Michigan but now Texas. What do people who are disabled or old do?
So many of us elderly can’t find help. It just makes me so sad.
This just happened today. Going on a trip and wanted to get the car checked and ready. Hubby just died so everything is up to me.
Agreed! This is ridiculous! I finally started trying to take one off...I cut too deep and started hitting the brass valve itself... the top of the cap ripped off as I was twisting it. I'm gonna take a look at the company I bought this from to see if they have a warning on them about these aluminum caps welding onto the valves! This is beyond ridiculous! 😡😤😡😤😡🤬😠😡😤😡😠🤬
I was all set to blame the caps but, as it happens, the caps were brass as advertised but the valve stems were aluminium with a brass-coloured coating to make them look like brass. I'm going to discuss this with the tyre fitters as they supplied the stems about 12 months ago. It was a hell of a job as the caps and stems were so solid I had to grind every cap off entirely and pick the fragments that were still in the bottom of the threads out with a scalpel - quite a long job that required me to take the wheels off to get them in the workshop.
Went by the the tire store and they wanted me to leave my truck or else make an appointment to come back another time. Took the truck home, found your video, 15 minutes later all taken care of. Thanks a lot man!
That is awesome! Glad I was able to help! :) The shops want crazy prices to remove these too
Very helpful information. Got the Dremel out, spent a few moments on each of the four stuck caps, and replaced them with even cheaper plastic ones!!! Great video!!!
Bro I didn’t have the saw dremel but instead I hand the sander on the dremel and dremeled it down to the thread and clamped it and turned the valve with my gerber had to adapt and overcome, sick vid and advice dude really appreciate it
Thanks for the vid. You literally save me about $400! Worked like a charm.
AWESOME!!! Glad to help! :)
@@ChadWilliamsFixesAllJust sorted my own out yesterday after watching your video. Many thanks. 🇬🇧👍
Watched the video, went to target and spent $40 bucks on the little tool kit that I will be able to keep bc of how useful it is and solved the issue in under 5 minute’s without prior experience! Excellent video thanks!
What’s the kit called because I ain’t doing all that he just did 😂😂
YOOO Thanks! We used the oscillating dremel sander attachment so we wouldn't destroy the stem, just sanded away the aluminum until I saw threads, then used a hacksaw to remove the tip of the cap and make some relief cuts along the cap body, then side cutters rolled the chunks off like butter!
Thanks so much for this video. Didn't have dremel so i cut sand paper into strips of about half inch. Then towel it continously around top of the cap. Stopped once the brass thread is exposed. Walla! I was able to unscrew cap. Took almost 2 hours.
Brilliant! Saved me a lot of $$ by avoiding the tire shop. Thank you!
so any mechanic (certified or shade tree) should tell people to remove any aluminum or steel valve caps right away. If they don't inform their customer or friends, then they should be strung up by their boots
If they did that they wouldnt be able to sell tire sensor replacement for $100 a tire
Thanks for the advice man.👍😄
Your video helped me to remove these nasty caps form my wheels.
excellent video guy, saw a story bout a month ago with a Lady having same problem, she took hers to the shop who said only way was to replace whole stem needless to say since hers had that auto tire gauge thingy costs her a fortune to replace all 4, when in fact they could have done what you've shown, well done lad
Thank you - your video certainly helped, and persuaded me that I did not need to go to an expensive tyre (tire) shop! I bought an Afantti Mini Rotary Tool Electric Corded Multi Micro Sander Grinder Drill from Amazon (£21); the grinder worked perfectly and very quickly; once the brass of the valve stem started to be exposed, the caps unscrewed easily (one pair pliers on the valve stem, the other to unscrew the cap, as per your video). Btw, I have no connection with or commercial interest in either Amazon or Afantti. Hope all of this helps.
Very helpful video. I got the exactly same problem and solved it with this suggestion, successfully. Four tires, it would take about 10 minutes for each tire. One tip: to cut the caps until the brass valve stem shows up. A little bit of cuting on the stem would not hurt anything.
Thanks fore the video! Showing how much you ended up removing was a great guide! Just removed 4 seized caps and saved me a ton of money.
Dremel for the win AGAIN. Thank you for the help!
Just did this . Took my time & had it off in 10 mins . Thanx .
Thank you I pass 2 hours try to remove mine... still there... I don't have this tool but at least now I know how to remove it Thank you SO MUCH
Tried the pliers, tried the lighter, tried the grinder. All good. Thx :)
Great to hear! What an annoying issue this is!
I'll admit that I was skeptical that it would be that easy...but it was. Thanks!
Dremel worked perfect for me on my s3 8p, thanks for the video. I suppose copper grease on the valve thread before fitting could help, but for me it's lesson learned and I won't be using anything but the standard plastic caps in the future.
Also happened on my 8v lol did you have the red 4 rings caps?
@@brandonlathe7732 yes I think that's tho ones. Was given them as a gift so used them but regretted it lol. Easy enough job with the dremel tho. We live and learn
@@accelerate3538 didn't want to have to break the ole dremel out but sounds like thats the best move, agreed tho won't be using metal ones again lol
Copper ease would work if you really like the look
Thank you for your help!!! Your video saved me a bunch of money. Perfect instructions
Awesome! So glad to help and glad it saved you tons of money!
I’m about to do this on my car! Thanks a bunch! Saved me a lot of moola!
I'm having this problem right now. My valve caps are aluminum I think. I live in NJ and I think with the snow and salt they are stuck! I went to the tire shop and they quoted me 900$ lol...Said they need to replace everything, even the tires...smh...Thank you so much for this video you saved me ALOT of headache ❤
Thanks had tried a couple of things… thought of a dremel but wasn’t confident how to tackle it … but slow and careful did the job 😊
Just bought all the tools will try today
You got this! Just go slow :)
What a great vid! Thank you for saving me so much money!
Thanks This is awesome. $80/each new sensors plus at the tire center and more at Honda dealer (said i would need to replace my tires!)
I got a hyundai this last summer. The tire pressure was low. The manufacture added these god for saken caps. Now it seems like a big mess. The companies should be paying for the replacement cost snd labor involved in fixing this. Cheap manufactures should get slapped with lawsuits. I am elderly on a fixed income. Let's face it nothing is made to last anymore.
I guess I got lucky, after seeing this, I tapped on the top of the aluminum valve cap with a hammer, applied the vice at the top of the stem near the cap like you showed, and used a 10mm socket and ratchet on the valve cap itself. Which I guess was lucky enough again that the caps were hexagon style. Worked great. Thanks for getting me most of the way there. Might have also helped that those aluminum caps were only on for 3 months. Ottawa, Canada.
You think I could get away with using two sets of pliers instead of a vice grip? I don’t have vice grips.
@@Father_Brother_Son It's gonna be rough. The trick with the vice grips is to get it locked on at the top of the stem/start of the thread just right with just the right pressure without tearing up the rubber around the stem. And if the cap is really good and corroded on to the valve thread, no amount of pressure in the world will help you and you will have to do the dremel cut method as he shows in the video.
@@ThePunOne I understand. I’m pretty sure my caps are plastic, though. Not metal. They’re still really stuck on there, though. I even tried putting on gloves and the valve will twist, but not the cap. With them being plastic, you think that will make pliers more feasible?
@@Father_Brother_Son Yes if indeed plastic caps you should have an easier time then the rest of us. Keep in mind you want to pinch right at the top where the thread starts so as not to rip up the rubber around the stem which would just slip and slide anyway. And no doubt you will be throwing away those plastic caps when you are done. And likely easier with the wheels off the car on a horizontal surface if you can.
@@ThePunOne Good to know! I’ll see about removing the tires to make it easier and try not to screw up the valves. Thanks a lot! Hopefully I can still save the caps despite the pliers! Lol. God bless!
Thanks! I ground down a portion, the. Cut the end to expose the rubber washer. Shot some WD40 in there. Let set. Came off with a socket without the stem turning.
Ughhh Thanks a Million. Just removed four seized caps. Saved me time and $.
Well that sucked! Scary as hell having a grinder that close to the wheel. Lesson learned. I will never use metal valve stem caps again. Thanks for the tip.
So scary! Never using aluminum valve stems ever again either!
If you do , put some grease or fluid film in prior . Brass on aluminum always has corrosion
Just did it worked perfectly 🔥
thank u thats helped out alot happy hpildays to u and your family and besafe always
Great video. Obviously, you can guess why I am here. I don’t have a portable Dremel. I’m thinking about carefully taking a hacksaw and removing the cap so that I can get a penetrant to do the rest of the work.
Thank you! I tried Liquid Wrench and a commercial heat gun and could not get the cap to bulge. Will be using my Dremel on it tomorrow and trashing those caps that matched my cars paint and are now a headache!
Make sure you use copper grease before putting metal dust caps on your wheels
Great stuff! Just saved me a ton of cash worked perfectly! Thanks!!!!
Awesome! Glad I was able to help and save you some money!
Worked like a 🧿!!! You rock man
Okay.... I hated the idea of this. I went to harbor fright. bought a drimmle thing. and it worked... about 10 mintues later. i saved 300$..... Thank you so much. The service place refused to do it. they said theyd cut the entire valve stem off
Just recommend peeps use anti seize compound on the valve stem threads when putting on an aluminum valve stem cap. But if you didn't do that occasionally, you end up with this video. I will say using the vice grips is a 50/50 proposition too much squeeze and you ruined the valve stem schrader valve assy anyway. Additionally use a 10mm or so wrench 6 flat wrench "not 12" , on the cap to remove after using the Dremel. You still have 5 flats left on the cap to use. And more torque. and control as well. This idea of using channel locks is back yardish mechanics. But sometimes its your only choice. It shouldn't be your first choice.
Worked great, have my like.
worked perfect..thanks!
Probably the heat from the grinding process that expands the cap and breaks the bond.
Thanks I have exactly the same issue I’ll give that a go ..
How’d it go I got the same problem
Thanks for this. Ironically my issue is on my Veloster as well.
Them darn Veloster's LOL I hope you got yours off!
Thank you. I will give that a try!
Your video helped alot.
There's about a 50/50 chance, at best, of success in doing this. But there aren't many options either. Once the caps are seized up, they're usually not going anywhere. The concern here, and again, it's worth a try, is the entire stem just cracking off. They are incredibly fragile, especially the TPMS stems.
Of course the dremmel kit I borrowed don’t have the accessory needed for the blade but lucky I watched your video cuz I had the dremmel idea just wrong execution
Problem is I don't have that grinder thing :(
Autozone or homedepot 30-50$
Worked for me! Great Vid!
That is awesome! Glad to help! :)
What tool did you use exactly? I know its a dremel but with what kind of cutting thingy..lol...not tool savy..
My cap was stuck so I got out a pair of pliers and gave it a little more torque. And half the threads broke off. I’m not sure if holding the collar nut would have helped. Ok, would it help to put vaseline on the threads before and/or screwing on the cap? Come to think of it, the cap was plastic so wt*?
Can you do this in the rain ?
I got lucky today with the (2) front wheels. I only use one pliers . You don't have much options on valve caps for OEM AMG's wheels.
Oh nice! Pliers wouldn't work on mine, I tried lol Thank you for watching!
Any particular vice grip or tool brands you like? I'll order vice grips and give this a shot thanks
OMG. If I do a job for 1 hr its nothing But A mechanic doing A hr job is AAA BIG job 🙃
Yeah, let me just whip out my grinder… Awesome
i should have done this first now i gotta pay a service cuz some else suggested a torch and that ended poorly
unfortunately this didnt help me i guess mine was corroded so bad i can see my deremal already eat into the valve body and yet still not able to get out did I cut off too much?
If this works for me, I'll definitely sub bro
So did I get that sub??? :) Hope it turned out well! Thanks for watching
@@ChadWilliamsFixesAll yessir, didn't use your method exactly, didn't have my Dremmel so I used a very thin file, sliced it and separated by inserting a flathead and you could see it pop then I just spun it off,, I just needed to know it was possible. It was, thnx, new sub
That is great to hear! Luckily aluminum is easy to file :) really appreciate it!
Would this work with ones that have like almost a flower pot shape to them?
Nice👍
Thanks for the video. I used a small hacksaw blade as i dont own a dremel Took a little longer but same result!!
What advantage is there to a metal valve cap over a plastic cap?
Zero
I’d just replace the stems cheap fix. I paid 10 bucks a tire for stem replacements.
That shit helped a lot thanks
The whole thing came off :o how do I repair?
You will probably need to go to a tire shop to get it repaired.
If anyone decides to use this style cap again put anti seize on the threads
You can use a hair dryer and then use pliers
Hmm, I will have to try that next time I deal with this type of issue.
Good luck. I tried heating mine very carefully with a small torch and only got 1 out of 4 off.
Does this work on any vehicle?
Sure does! Just be careful and take your time
@@ChadWilliamsFixesAll I need to do all four and mechanics around my area are charging to much and telling me i need to replace the whole thing that there is no way of doing it by watching your video seems pretty easy.. I'll try and get back with results thanks!!
Yeah, I had to do all 4 too, just take your time and do it on a day you don’t have to have your car, in case you make a mistake and need to get it repaired.
Instructions should tell you use anti seize it's why they are plastic oem.
i ripped the rubber thats on the neck of the stem trying to do this.