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Tire Replacement and Valve Stem Upgrade

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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 with The LSXcalade! What's My Plan?

What happens here

Begin the preparation by addressing the tires. The presenter notes that two of his existing Hoosier tires are a year old, have dried out, and are leaking air, necessitating replacement. He acquired two new bias-ply Hoosier tires. The special characteristic of these tires is that they ship 'wadded up' to save space. For installation on beadlock wheels, only the rear bead needs to be dismounted, allowing for self-installation. This step also covers replacing existing rubber valve stems with more durable metal bolt-in valve stems.

Goal: Replace worn tires and upgrade valve stems for improved reliability.

Tools and materials

  • Hoosier Tires Hoosier — Replacing worn tires on the Escalade
  • Impact Wrench — Removing and installing lug nuts
  • Metal Bolt-in Valve Stems Big Block — Replacing rubber valve stems to prevent blowouts under high speeds
  • Tire Mounting Machine — Mounting and dismounting tires from wheels

What they say

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Escalade ready right now for that. Basically, what I'm doing is just uh changing the tires, two of them, anyway, because two of them are like a year old, and they didn't hold air for crap anymore cuz they were kind of dried out. Like this thing sat outside for a month uh back in April when I was in Oklahoma when it had no transmission, and these side tires faced the sun more, so they dried out and were leaking. So, I got two new ones right over there. Kind of funny, I don't know if you ever like ordered tires from Hoosier, like the bias ply ones, but they come all wadded up like this. Like there's two tires here, and they just freaking squish them all down and send them on their way, which is pretty funny. The cool part about beadlocks is I just need to have the rear bead dismounted cuz with the beadlock on the front, you can just take that off and then change the tire yourself, which is

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