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50 thoughts on “How to remove a stuck corroded valve stem cap”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars codeeightythree says:

    Thank you for this video. It helped me out. I do not have grinder wheel but I did use an orbit sander with medium grit paper, and it did the trick. Spent about 10 min on each of them. Thanks! ✌🏼

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars madmaxsaturn says:

    This just happened to me. Stupid NJ. Driving on the beach doesn't help They were only on for 5 months.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 820hurleyj says:

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 2 Bird dogs and a Wolfdog says:

    Ah loom in num… not ah loo minium 😖

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tsilveira says:

    I used a hacksaw blade to cut the valve stem cap lengthwise. When I saw that the blade was just starting to go all the way through I stopped and used a scredriver to pry the cap open and then unscrew it from the stem.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sergiy Salamandyk says:

    Dealer installed them for me, because they have misplaced mine. Now I have to use your tip and try to remove them. Thank you.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ADK_46ER says:

    Thanks for being a life saver on this. 👍. Cut off wheel does the trick.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars AirborneRanger - Ret says:

    Tried the pliers, tried the lighter, tried the grinder. All good. Thx 🙂

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Gregoire says:

    Great tip. I used a file instead and it worked same way. Just be careful to occasionally check how deep you’ve gone. I went a bit too far and caught threads on stem.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Sharp says:

    Oh okay, so grab a tool that nobody has, fuckin moron

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Max q says:

    You just saved my day.
    Worked like a charm!

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Peter Jones says:

    Magic, thanks for this!

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DUB_U_NT says:

    APPRECIATE YOU FOR THIS INFO 🤘🏽 IT WORKED ON MY RAM 🐏 TY MY FRIEND

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dione Marshall says:

    Worked like a charm on my Camaro. Even got a refund on the Dremel I used. Dealership was going to charge $150.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars dkosov says:

    oh that helps ! have 4 of those stuck! thanks !

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars UkuleleRocks! says:

    Just rescued my wifes car with this problem using this method – thanks a lot! Appreciated.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pradeepa Vasudevan says:

    Thanks uncle

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars KwadKen says:

    Shit if i saw this .. It would help save 100.00. I freaking broke the damn stem auugugggh

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars IcySpicy says:

    the valve's been stuck corroded by the money

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alistair McClure says:

    Thanks for making and posting this. 100% accurate, heat and leverage as recommended by others do NOT work. Grinding away the side of the cap works really quickly and well as demonstrated. Also excellent tip cleaning up the threads after. Great stuff. Unlike the aluminium caps which are an abomination!

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ozzy Dotson says:

    You’re pronouncing aluminum incorrectly lol not hating though

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars P Cal says:

    THANK YOU!!!! Worked brilliantly!!!

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tim uebbing says:

    What is the name of that air compressor tool you are using? I'm knew to the compressor world.

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mindburner says:

    nice

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brown's Appliance Services says:

    Hell yeah!!!! Worked great for me. Thank you!!!

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gavin Creber says:

    Borrowed a Dremel and in 10 minutes problem solved on all 4 tyres…saved me ££ here in the UK. Thank you.

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Batking28 says:

    Still will never understand blingy dust caps beyond kids with their bikes. cheap black plastic ones anyway, $0.10 a cap, don't corrode, don't add weight to your wheel, better for sealing out water and dirt, no one wants to steal them and most importantly don't get stuck to your valve, imagine getting a flat, going for a quick plug repair to carry on your journey and then not being able to remove the cap to blow up the tyre.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paka K says:

    Great tip! I had to grind both sides of the valve and cut a slot in the top, pried with flat screwdriver – cap broke in pieces – no thread damage.

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Voidhowler says:

    Took 4 years but they finally got me

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Terence Jay says:

    Had exactly the same thing. Stuck solid on two of four. Twisted one with pliers, valve stem snapped off, instant flat tyre.

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Morales says:

    PB BLASTER PENETRANT – The best product to use to loosen stubborn, seize bolts and fitting !!! Spray, let it soak for 3-5 minutes and then use 2 pliers, 1 to hold the stem and another to twist off the cap.

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars macgruff69 says:

    Thank you. I have been trying for days to get the aluminum caps off with no luck. I should have known better. They locked in place two years ago and I got lucky and got them off. I sprayed them with liquid wrench and put them back on and the would check them every few months. That worked fine until just now when I found two of them a locked on. I used the grinder and got them off. I’m using plain plastic ones from now on.

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Likha Tale says:

    Thanks u

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bikerbro2007 says:

    Great tip!!! I used this method and it worked like a gem. I will never buy aluminum valve stem caps again.

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Anthony says:

    Exactly what I was thinking, to Dremel it off. This was my verification so thank you.
    Discount Tire would not replace the stem because the tire was like a month over the “needs to be 10 years or newer” policy. Even after purchasing a tire.

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Raieed Malik says:

    Thank you! This was super helpful taking out rusty after market vavle stem caps on my 18 wrx.

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kevin Kennedy says:

    The way you speak is fun.. like Ga-van-ized, Allumninnyum and some others..lol

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars anddtayl1 says:

    Already a subscriber, Googled this issue (Ford + Alum caps) and got this video. That's just how great you are 😉

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alexander Jansing says:

    I'm in Utica and did this >.< if you were closer, I would have taken my car over to you!

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Wheeler says:

    Your valve stem tool looks an awful lot like the one I bought 50 years ago.

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars williemac0420 says:

    Oh, you'll get the cap off… but you'll take part of the valve stem with it… Did it tonight 🙁

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Gold says:

    if you ever move your shop to Charlotte, North Carolina you would have SO much more free shop time! Almost no problems with rust and corrosion down here compared to THE RUST BELT. You could spend your considerable mechanical skills on many more rewarding and technically challenging problems.

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JBRAZ says:

    I literally just put mine on two months ago and can't get them off ,, hand tight!!

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kingdom1 says:

    AL-U-MINI-UM

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark J. says:

    I got mine off by pouring a kettle full of boiling water on to them on a cold day, towel round base of rubber to protect rims and tightened mole grips as tight as possible on the hex end. Took a bit of convincing but got the feckers off. Learned a lesson that plastic wins sometimes!

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Beej J says:

    Did mine today using; matches, pliers, a tiny flat -edged screwdriver, a
    small, quality serrated steak knife and some cloth tape. Protected the
    area of the wheel around the valve with the tape. Heated up the valve
    cap….still wouldn't budge using pliers . Prized part of cap away with
    the screwdriver… but still mainly stuck fast! Heated again with match
    flame, got the pliers grabbing the valve and started sawing across the cap
    with the steak knife. Came apart in one minute! 15 min trial and error
    in total but job done, only light thread damage but a load of money
    saved. WD40 the rest of the caps and had a plastic spare! Cheer$ : )

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andrew Ramsammy says:

    You absolutely gorgeous man! I finally managed to get the little b**tards off! 👍

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dudley of Yesterzine says:

    Well there's my excuse to finally buy a dremel.

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Watkins says:

    How bout a very little bit of never seize… bingo no corrosion ?

  50. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars NRCustom says:

    Never knew that tool has a thread chaser on it.

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