Corroded Stuck Valve Stem Cap Removal - Don't Break Your TPMS Sensor!!!

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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@ChadWilliamsFixesAll Жыл бұрын

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@bambamnj 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@PandaMan20210 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@dan22482 Жыл бұрын

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.

@barbaramyers8476 Жыл бұрын

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.

@djcrobo2877 Жыл бұрын

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! 😡😤😡😤😡🤬😠😡😤😡😠🤬

@ColinMill1 4 ай бұрын

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.

@kevinhermes 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Glad I was able to help! :) The shops want crazy prices to remove these too

@tommatta7198 Жыл бұрын

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!!!

@tomcando 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@dariuszlozny9849 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Saved me a lot of $$ by avoiding the tire shop. Thank you!

@Realistx101 7 ай бұрын

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

@long_view 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@YesSummerHot 11 ай бұрын

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.

@lensjocky Жыл бұрын

Ughhh Thanks a Million. Just removed four seized caps. Saved me time and $.

@michaelketit Жыл бұрын

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.

@adamfrasca8793 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid. You literally save me about $400! Worked like a charm.

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!! Glad to help! :)

@ononewheellad 10 ай бұрын

@@ChadWilliamsFixesAllJust sorted my own out yesterday after watching your video. Many thanks. 🇬🇧👍

@willcoleman5820 Жыл бұрын

Just did this . Took my time & had it off in 10 mins . Thanx .

@flatcapjon Жыл бұрын

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 😊

@51249ca 3 жыл бұрын

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

@maximocabrera4257 3 ай бұрын

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!

@Racerx215 3 ай бұрын

What’s the kit called because I ain’t doing all that he just did 😂😂

@yomoms16 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I used a small hacksaw blade as i dont own a dremel Took a little longer but same result!!

@jessicachristianson3446 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your help!!! Your video saved me a bunch of money. Perfect instructions

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! So glad to help and glad it saved you tons of money!

@DogMad1200 10 ай бұрын

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

@Mattribute 4 ай бұрын

Dremel for the win AGAIN. Thank you for the help!

@alexandriawest7830 2 жыл бұрын

I’m about to do this on my car! Thanks a bunch! Saved me a lot of moola!

@AlmirTaranis Ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice man.👍😄 Your video helped me to remove these nasty caps form my wheels.

@fiosfios44 Жыл бұрын

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!)

@airborneranger-ret 2 жыл бұрын

Tried the pliers, tried the lighter, tried the grinder. All good. Thx :)

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! What an annoying issue this is!

@Helloitskovo 3 жыл бұрын

Worked like a 🧿!!! You rock man

@why-five 7 ай бұрын

What a great vid! Thank you for saving me so much money!

@dabernathy15000 Жыл бұрын

I'll admit that I was skeptical that it would be that easy...but it was. Thanks!

@richardgillis9029 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Just saved me a ton of cash worked perfectly! Thanks!!!!

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad I was able to help and save you some money!

@matteoorion2719 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will give that a try!

@michaelwalsh5423 Жыл бұрын

Worked great, have my like.

@redhead6351 Жыл бұрын

thank u thats helped out alot happy hpildays to u and your family and besafe always

@tiaraford516 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought all the tools will try today

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

You got this! Just go slow :)

@d1jordann360 10 ай бұрын

Just did it worked perfectly 🔥

@accelerate3538 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@brandonlathe7732 Жыл бұрын

Also happened on my 8v lol did you have the red 4 rings caps?

@accelerate3538 Жыл бұрын

@@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

@brandonlathe7732 Жыл бұрын

@@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

@boogboog8097 Жыл бұрын

Copper ease would work if you really like the look

@tina4marie4 3 ай бұрын

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 ❤

@alfonsoblanco2529 3 жыл бұрын

Your video helped alot.

@jacobaccurso 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@stanleylapinski445 11 ай бұрын

worked perfect..thanks!

@jmiah215_ 2 жыл бұрын

Worked for me! Great Vid!

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Glad to help! :)

@ashleyskelly9126 3 жыл бұрын

Would this work with ones that have like almost a flower pot shape to them?

@bpurly7775 Жыл бұрын

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.

@michaeldandrea1725 6 ай бұрын

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!

@ThePunOne 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Father_Brother_Son 2 жыл бұрын

You think I could get away with using two sets of pliers instead of a vice grip? I don’t have vice grips.

@ThePunOne 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Father_Brother_Son 2 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@ThePunOne 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Father_Brother_Son 2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@essray 10 ай бұрын

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.

@delfell6678 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I have exactly the same issue I’ll give that a go ..

@danielprior9969 3 жыл бұрын

How’d it go I got the same problem

@calciuminfernovideos9484 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Ironically my issue is on my Veloster as well.

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

Them darn Veloster's LOL I hope you got yours off!

@josephdimasso4086 2 жыл бұрын

Any particular vice grip or tool brands you like? I'll order vice grips and give this a shot thanks

@michelebinder8074 Жыл бұрын

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*?

@tina4marie4 3 ай бұрын

What tool did you use exactly? I know its a dremel but with what kind of cutting thingy..lol...not tool savy..

@TheRealCalCal 6 ай бұрын

Can you do this in the rain ?

@jonnett9848 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

So scary! Never using aluminum valve stems ever again either!

@MrDoeboy742 2 жыл бұрын

If you do , put some grease or fluid film in prior . Brass on aluminum always has corrosion

@Luke-rj6bw 2 жыл бұрын

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

@beerstein7137 Жыл бұрын

Probably the heat from the grinding process that expands the cap and breaks the bond.

@truesteve57 3 жыл бұрын

That shit helped a lot thanks

@neopod 11 ай бұрын

Make sure you use copper grease before putting metal dust caps on your wheels

@emyhR Жыл бұрын

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

@hppatel-rb9wk 9 ай бұрын

Nice👍

@caboy808 Жыл бұрын

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?

@A.Musa76 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

Oh nice! Pliers wouldn't work on mine, I tried lol Thank you for watching!

@dredarkgaming 2 жыл бұрын

If this works for me, I'll definitely sub bro

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

So did I get that sub??? :) Hope it turned out well! Thanks for watching

@dredarkgaming 2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

That is great to hear! Luckily aluminum is easy to file :) really appreciate it!

@rogerg4916 Жыл бұрын

What advantage is there to a metal valve cap over a plastic cap?

@TrulyGeenius Жыл бұрын

Zero

@Jmp64-ns8zl Ай бұрын

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.

@nobletruthshealingandascen183 2 жыл бұрын

The whole thing came off :o how do I repair?

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

You will probably need to go to a tire shop to get it repaired.

@CallMeWoodstock Жыл бұрын

i should have done this first now i gotta pay a service cuz some else suggested a torch and that ended poorly

@simplysaycheese 2 жыл бұрын

Problem is I don't have that grinder thing :(

@wendytestaburger7795 2 ай бұрын

Autozone or homedepot 30-50$

@healdog69 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, let me just whip out my grinder… Awesome

@NorthernsoulBoy63 Жыл бұрын

OMG. If I do a job for 1 hr its nothing But A mechanic doing A hr job is AAA BIG job 🙃

@moisesacevedo4382 2 жыл бұрын

Does this work on any vehicle?

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

Sure does! Just be careful and take your time

@moisesacevedo4382 2 жыл бұрын

@@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!!

@ChadWilliamsFixesAll 2 жыл бұрын

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.