The statement and reaction certainly says it all about one of us... You might like to look at how many people have taken exception to my post and how many have taken exception to yours, and consider which of us that is.
A cutting disk on a Dremel (or similar) would probably be easier. Just cut a vertical slit and insert and twist a small screwdriver tip to expand the cap.
Tim
Come on chaps, it's only USENET, nobody dies ...
Or as xkcd put it
Aren't you just wonderful.
Pity about your communication skills or lack of them,
I do apologise for trying to help. Enjoy the search for new inner tubes for your 3yo BMW. Has google come up with many sources yet?
Personally, I'm starting to see the tyre fitter's point.
And you've be certain acetone wouldn't effect other parts of the valve?
You didn't help. You just threw out groundless accusations about my ability to know whether or not the caps were un-removeable then futrher compounded your insults by implying I had probably damaged the stems by having at the m with two pairs of pliers. All this and you follow up by stating you don' t know me but that didn't stop you making un-warranted assumptions about my physical abilities and tool working skills.
So, no , you didn't help. Unlike others in this thread who had constructive suggestions to make.
Incidentally its not my 3 year old BMW. Another unwarranted assumption on y our part.
In future you might be better advised to engage brain before putting finger to keyboard.
I'm bored now. Jousting with an e.s.n. is no real sport so feel free to fir e off more of your inanities, the field is yours. Not running up the white flag but retiring in sympathy. Feel free to have the last word. It's obviou sly important to you.
Sad, really sad.
They are not tubed. No manufacturer makes tyres suitable for use with tubes in the sizes used on that vehicle.
Do you keep parrots?
and was miffed at having to supply and fit new tyres.
I don't know what he used but there is no shifting the caps either by hand or with the aid of two pair of pliers.
(one to hold the stem, one to twist the cap).
So were they tubed or not????
Bugger me. I'm only idly reading this and now I want to come round and superglue something solid just to annoy you.
You need help, mate. And not with the valve caps.
It's a BMW special parrot edition, the only one ever produced, with special wheel rims and tyres, with tubes, for one customer with very special needs.
BMW customers elsewhere on the planet, all of them, had their cars fitted with tubeless tyres.
That isn't the correct kit for a tubed tyre.
If they are aluminium caps, I'd use a soldering iron to apply heat. Far easier to keep the heat localised and less chance of damaging the valve or tyre that way.
I assume that is the root cause of the OP - the OP (or previous car owner) has had tubes fitted (somehow) since they (like many) dislike the "no spare needed" mentality of modern manufactures. When turning up at a tyre depot in this configuration the OP has had a disagreement with the management.
Thanks for quoting that. I needed the laugh.
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