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| Hand truck tube. © Eugene Brennan |
So being a member of 60 Facebook groups and squandering a lot of time nattering about all sorts of things, I try to get at least one useful thing done per day. Today was damp, so dealing with weeds in the driveway was out of the question. One of the items on my ever-growing-longer "to do" list I hadn't got around to was fixing the wheel on my hand truck which always seemed to be soft when I went to use the truck. I thought it might be a puncture caused by running over thorns (what usually happens with the bike). However doing a water test showed the Schrader valve was leaky. There's a special tool for taking the innards out of the valve casing, but I usually just use a needle-nose pliers. These valves have a conical part that sits into a conical seat, the cone being pressed against the seat by a spring. I blew out the valve with compressed air, gave the red ring that seals against the valve body a wipe and put the bits back together. This time there were no leaks whatsoever after the water test.
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| Removing the Valve innards. © Eugene Brennan |
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| Check valve. © Eugene Brennan |
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