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Old 10-27-2008, 09:55 PM
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Everyone check your rubber valve stems for cracking:

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?se...lls&id=6321302
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:58 PM
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Yup, Got a letter in the mail from Discount Tire about that today.
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Originally Posted by http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/consumer/recalls&id=6321302
The valves in question were made in China by Tech International for an American company called Dill.
Non Occidental products... nuff said
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Well this is explains while my tires slowly leak air on the left side....
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Good to know.

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Yeah, I replaced mine before I left for deployment.
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