kind of a long shot, my mom’s mobility scooter developed a flat and i’m trying to fix it
feel free to let me know if there is a better community for these kinds of questions
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is the valve stem supposed to be loose? is it missing some kind of O-ring, it doesn’t seem to seal to the wheel rim
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can I replace the valve stem with an inner tube?
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and if someone happened to recognize the model of this scooter that would be nice too, it was just dropped off by a family friend one day with no paperwork
Not a professional by any means…
Looks like a tubeless tire, most any auto parts stores will carry the valvestems for them. There’s a type that is all rubber and will pop in, and there’s a type that tighten on the wheel with a nut and gasket(s).
The only reluctance I’d have putting a tube in it would be makeing sure there are no sharp edges anywhere (like the old valve stem hole) that would pop it.
Idk how the general mentality is where you’re located, but if you walked into most tire shops with the wheel in hand they’d probably just put valve stem in it and send you on your way. I’m sure their insurance says they cant touch things like that with a 10’ pole, so keep that in mind if you get pushback. Franchise places may turn you away. A manager on a good day would probably put one in and say you didn’t have it done here.
thanks! i’ll see about getting a new stem, i’m not afraird to tinker, just wanted to make sure I’m starting off in the right direction