Loose Valve Stem

[MTSCMike]

While doing my periodical air pressure check I notice the front tire valve stem was loose. It was loose enough that it started to back out when I tried to unscrew the cap and I heard the air escaping. This thing is ROUND!!! NO WRENCH FLATS at all! I screwed it back in as tight as I could with my fingers, then I wrapped my plier jaws with duct tape to protect the chrome and tightened some more until the rubber seal was just a bit "squished". The rubber may have actually cracked just a tiny bit so I stopped there and aired it up.

What is the proper method of tightening these babys? Should I replace them with something that can be wrenched? What do you guys do?

 

[dogvet]

The nut is inside the wheel. Gotta take the tire loose to get to the nut. It wouldn't be a "custom bike" if you could get to the nuts easily!:loony:

 

[Gas Man]

Of coarse it can't be easy like this one on the HD