Heck, I've seen and used plenty of tires that didn't have any caps at all. And if the Shrader fails, those caps don't hol air (at least none of the ones I've had on leaky valves). It might slow it down a bit, but the Schrader is the one and only real valve as far as I'm concerned....
Levi (: On 12/15/05, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From memory, the Schrader valve is not the primary seal. > > The screw on cap is the primary seal. > > Seems to me that is backwards. Some of those caps are nasty cheap > squishy plastic things. (Assuming that 'primary' means first-in-line. > The Schrader certainly is as to facing pressure.) > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. -Dale Carnegie
