# Diy'er ideas for installing a new tire valve on a rim? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [April 14, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diyer-ideas-for-installing-a-new-tire-valve-on-a-rim/194726 "2024-04-14T21:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diyer-ideas-for-installing-a-new-tire-valve-on-a-rim/194726/1 "2024-04-14T21:09:56Z")
Have you ever needed to invent a way to pull a replacement tire valve through the hole b/c you didn’t have the special tool? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diyer-ideas-for-installing-a-new-tire-valve-on-a-rim/194726/2 "2024-04-14T21:13:48Z")
Take a crowbar and pry your wallet open and buy the tool. [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca\_esv=8337e99f4c135596&q=tire+valve+stem+tool&tbm=shop&source=lnms&prmd=sivnmbtz&ved=1t:200715&ictx=111&biw=1366&bih=579&dpr=1#spd=14628890055192474734](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=8337e99f4c135596&q=tire+valve+stem+tool&tbm=shop&source=lnms&prmd=sivnmbtz&ved=1t:200715&ictx=111&biw=1366&bih=579&dpr=1#spd=14628890055192474734) Tester ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diyer-ideas-for-installing-a-new-tire-valve-on-a-rim/194726/3 "2024-04-14T22:08:08Z")
Of the commercial versions, this is the one I like the best. Instead of pulling, you push it through the hole. A new valve stem installed with the tire still on the rim. Clever design. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/c/9c2c0e588204a55f9b51e8efcad09d612209f184.jpeg "Tyre Valve Replacement with the 5540 Tool Set | Laser Tools |") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8VngFqG8RI) ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diyer-ideas-for-installing-a-new-tire-valve-on-a-rim/194726/4 "2024-04-15T00:39:45Z")
I have used my Snap on Dykes (side cutters) pliers so many times over the years to pull a rubber valve stem on a automotive wheel, and YES I have the proper tool(s) in my tool box(s)… lol ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/8/c85bfe656b83980cae19170130105b00522c0681.jpeg) [https://www.amazon.com/Dykes-Cutter-Diagonal-Cutting-Pliers/dp/B0733NRF2C?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref\_=fplfs&smid=A3EMJ66C3UNOUP&th=1](https://www.amazon.com/Dykes-Cutter-Diagonal-Cutting-Pliers/dp/B0733NRF2C?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=A3EMJ66C3UNOUP&th=1) As far as that video goes, I see a lot of wheels getting scratched when the tool slips… And most tire guys can break the bead on one side and pop a valve in the wheel about as fast as he did in the video, or faster… ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diyer-ideas-for-installing-a-new-tire-valve-on-a-rim/194726/5 "2024-04-18T04:39:01Z")
Putting a nut on the valve and prying it up with long needle nose pliers with a piece of wood as a fulcrum should work.