Pressure Sensing Valves - take care

More feedback on these 'wonderful' pressure sensing valves.

The metal that the valve stems are made from seems quite fragile. I've managed to break the top off a valve while topping up the air pressure in my rear wheels (not because they were flat but I was going to be doing some heavy load carrying and wanted the tyres ready). It happened as I took the end of the pump off the valve (and didn't pull it away perfectly straight - rather than flexing as a normal valve stem would, this just snapped off!

Why they can't have rubberised stems on these valves is beyond me - I can think of no reason why they have to be made of metal, and the fact that they are seems to cause more problems than the valves would otherwise prevent!

The moral of this story - be very careful how you treat these valves!

John ;)

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hi my ulysse failed mot on sensing valve apparently the pin has come outof it im trying to locate one is there any special way to reconnect it once the old one has been removed thanks for your help