{"id":18100,"date":"2015-03-17T19:28:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=18100"},"modified":"2020-11-16T08:10:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T13:10:47","slug":"sunringle-mulefut-leaky-valve-stem-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2015\/03\/17\/sunringle-mulefut-leaky-valve-stem-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNringl\u00e9 M\u00fcleF\u00fct Leaky Valve Stem Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/acquired_stuff\/salsa_mukluk_2\/IMG_8501.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Plastic washer from some Velocity valve stems added to WTB valve stems so they can be sufficiently tightened on a SUNringl\u00e9 M\u00fcleF\u00fct rim.\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/108190-3\/IMG_8501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My <a title=\"Salsa Mukluk 2\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/30\/salsa-mukluk-2\/\">2012&nbsp;Salsa Mukluk 2<\/a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sun-ringle.com\/mtb\/rims\/mulefut-80sl\/\">SUNringl\u00e9 M\u00fcleF\u00fct<\/a>&nbsp;rims on it, but I&#8217;ve been having intermittent leaking around the valve stem since receiving them last summer. It turns out this is because the single rim wall keeps the the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtb.com\/products\/tcs-valves\">WTB TCS Valve<\/a>&nbsp;stem from being tightened down far enough to make a good seal. By adding the white nylon washer seen above &#8212; spares from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velocityusa.com\/product\/accessories\/velotape\">Velocity Velotape<\/a>&nbsp;set &#8212; I can tighten it down enough to make a great seal.<\/p>\n<p>With some <a href=\"http:\/\/45nrth.com\/products\/tires\/husker_du\">45NRTH H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<\/a> tires put back on the bike, set up tubeless, it&#8217;s&nbsp;now ready for spring time. If only the trails were as well&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 2012&nbsp;Salsa Mukluk 2&nbsp;has&nbsp;SUNringl\u00e9 M\u00fcleF\u00fct&nbsp;rims on it, but I&#8217;ve been having intermittent leaking around the valve stem since receiving them last summer. It turns out&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2015\/03\/17\/sunringle-mulefut-leaky-valve-stem-fix\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUNringl\u00e9 M\u00fcleF\u00fct Leaky Valve Stem Fix<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18100"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19201,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18100\/revisions\/19201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}