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Re: ARB EZ Tyre Deflators
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:19 pm
by bru21
The arb is only good if you use valve caps and the valves are clean.
1 grain of sand is all it takes.
Found out the hard way on a recent beach trip letting my old boys down.
Total flat by the time he realised.
I never let mine down
Not so keen to use it now. It is also cracked right out of the box.
I carry a 'Ryano spare box'!!!! arb punchure repair set with extra valves etc - keeps me out of trouble! Free plug for Ryano!
Re: ARB EZ Tyre Deflators
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:24 am
by Wozza244
dogbreath_48 wrote:Strange failure - i can't see how that would happen!! Now that you have a new one, care to disect the old one and see what the situation is in there?
Mate, myself and 10 of my mates that own them are still left scratching heads as to how it got stuck in there!!
I had to send the old one back to ARB.
I did ask for some feedback as to why it happened but i doubt i will see any reply.
Re: ARB EZ Tyre Deflators
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:29 pm
by greg
slightly off topic - but has anyone created/modified one of these deflaters to pull the valve core when inflating tyres?
i'm no engineer, but logic tells me that if a tyre deflates faster without a valve stem, then it must also inflate faster without one too.
Re: ARB EZ Tyre Deflators
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:45 pm
by ferrit
Unless your running an endless air i cant see a valve core causing inconvinience to most 12v compressors (the new ARB twin motor might be the exception)
Re: ARB EZ Tyre Deflators
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:06 pm
by greg
ferrit wrote:Unless your running an endless air i cant see a valve core causing inconvinience to most 12v compressors (the new ARB twin motor might be the exception)
currently an endless air 6cfm with plans to add a tank
and the arb twin motor compressor... i.e. 12cfm
inflating one tyre is not a big deal, but if you inflate 5 cars worth of tyres in a row - it starts to make a difference.