If you can make air come out with a screwdriver and not with the stem, the stem isn't getting far enough into the chuck. You'll have to put some extra pressure on the chuck with your thumb and wiggle it around to get that stem inside the chuck,.
If you have access to another air chuck I'd try it. I've had a hand full I've thrown out over the years out of frustration. Right now in my tool box I have 3 chucks and those are just the ones that have survived. I don't waste a lot of time trying to get one to work. ----- Original Message ----- From: john schwery To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] trouble airing a tire Bob, I don't hear any air escape. When I press a Phillips screw driver into the chuck, air comes out. earlier, Bob Kennedy, wrote: > > >If 1 tire filled and the other didn't, there can only be a couple >problems. When you try to put air in and get nowhere, are you at >least hearing air escape from the chuck? Chuck being the part on the >hose that goes over the valve stem on the tire. > >Being a new compressor, you might have to wiggle the chuck around a >bit to make it seat on the stem. > >If you are hearing air escape in short bursts, there is most likely >a problem with the Schrader valve inside the stem itself. Try >putting a small tipped screw driver or even a nail on the end of the >Schrader valve and see if any air comes out. You may have to break it loose. > >If you are putting pressure on the chuck and not hearing any air >escape at all, my best advice would be to try another chuck and see >if it works any better. Even if the Schrader valve is stuck you >should be able to depress the spring in the chuck that lets the air out. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: john schwery >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:21 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] trouble airing a tire > >I just bought a new compressor, a 3 gallon, pancake style from Harbor >Freight, on sale for $60. If anyone wants one, they will be on sale >through August 10. I wanted to air up the tires on our wheel >barrow. I aired up one ok but the other tire will not air up. I >push on the air chuck and nothing happens. Any ideas? > >John > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
