# Valve screw loose **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** tires\ **Created:** [September 1, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623 "2023-09-01T16:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![perlarssen2\_186689](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@perlarssen2\_186689](https://community.cartalk.com/u/perlarssen2_186689)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/1 "2023-09-01T16:45:16Z")
How do you fasten this screw? It’s too tight to get there with a wrench. I have tried with pliers but you don’t get a good grip. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/4/d4b3e611d26f2f82f847f6c228e2825e0faa310f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/2 "2023-09-01T16:46:56Z")
With a wrench. Clockwise. The big hex. ---
**Author:** ![perlarssen2\_186689](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@perlarssen2\_186689](https://community.cartalk.com/u/perlarssen2_186689)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/3 "2023-09-01T16:47:56Z")
I have tried. There is not enough room to turn the wrench. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/4 "2023-09-01T16:49:39Z")
Use a socket, usually 7/16" or 11 mm. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/5 "2023-09-01T17:03:40Z")
Aren’t there stores/shops that specialize in tires? Surely they could help here… ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/6 "2023-09-01T17:09:12Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > Aren’t there stores/shops that specialize in tires? Surely they could help here… Sure, anyone can chime in, even tire mechanics. ---
**Author:** ![perlarssen2\_186689](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@perlarssen2\_186689](https://community.cartalk.com/u/perlarssen2_186689)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/7 "2023-09-01T17:09:26Z")
I might have too. I don’t really want to pay the extra money. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/8 "2023-09-01T17:24:14Z")
Understood…but kind of like another recent post where the gentleman “didn’t have time” to get a leaky tire fixed before his roadtrip…it’s going to cost time or money at some point to fix the issue. If you mess up your valve stem, wheel/rim, or something else, was it worth “saving” the money? IDK, just the way I look at things. Your mileage may vary. I’d rather sit in the shop and drink their “free” coffee and watch them do the job right. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/9 "2023-09-01T20:01:33Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > With a wrench. Clockwise. The big hex Clockwise? Is that a left hand thread gadget? It may not be possible to get a socket or the circle end of a combo wrench on it, but it appears from the photo there’s at least two opposing flats what the open end of a combo wrench should be able to grab hold to. What is that thing anyway? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/10 "2023-09-01T20:21:27Z")
Clockwise to tighten a normal thread. A deep socket would work. Looks like a valve stem to me. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/11 "2023-09-01T20:26:03Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Clockwise to tighten a normal thread Thanks for correcting. Didn’t notice the word “fasten” in OP. Definitely looks like valve stem, but I’ve never seen anything that could be tightened w/a wrench in that location before, except on bicycle tires. ---
**Author:** ![perlarssen2\_186689](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@perlarssen2\_186689](https://community.cartalk.com/u/perlarssen2_186689)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/12 "2023-09-01T20:28:47Z")
The open end fits on to it, but I can’t turn it because the wrench hits the wheel. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/13 "2023-09-01T20:37:18Z")
I had a problem like that one time, smaller nut than that, trying to get it loose, not tighter, but couldn’t get a wrench on and still have room to twist the nut b/c of interference at the nut/wrench. I was finally able to remove that stubborn nut by using narrow-jaw vice-grips to grab the nut head-on, then using a screwdriver between the jaws of the vice grips for leverage. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/14 "2023-09-01T20:38:48Z")
Deep thinwall socket… one for a 1/4 drive ratchet. Or take it to a tire shop that will likely do it for free in less time than it took you to create a login ID for this site. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/15 "2023-09-01T20:58:22Z")
Retaining nut for the tire pressure sensor, “hand tighten”. ![20230901_131346](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/f/af113a8279eff5dd67527271ec5899798358ee06.jpeg) ![20230901_131356](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/c/9c40b8bc7e29294e1062101f10ca23b7d2cbe4d0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/16 "2023-09-01T21:23:24Z")
What he said. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/17 "2023-09-02T00:57:39Z")
deleted . . . 😺 ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/18 "2023-09-02T11:28:02Z")
Small needle nose vice-grips are your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/19 "2023-09-02T14:25:16Z")
Heh, heh, spend, maybe, over $1000 for tires, but fear the installer might charge for question about valve stem. My last purchase was much more than that for my pickup, Michelins plus new TPS (proactive, still worked but 9+ Y.O.), I have no fear of asking questions. My installer, on my car, even performed a repair, not covered by warranty for free. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623/20 "2023-09-02T15:35:21Z")
> [@glasspilot](#): > > Small needle nose vice-grips are your friend. I don’t quite agree . . . this does a MUCH better job, is cheap and easy to obtain ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/8/e833c7c6d942a3a827748caf366a6689a86391ef.png) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/valve-screw-loose/192623.md?page=2)