Colby Emergency Repair Valves?

[CharlieS]

I was watching a video from a regional 4x4 tour group and they had a 200 series that lost a valve stem. They used a Colby emergency valve repair kit to get back on the trail pretty quickly.

Emergency Valve 2-Pack

If you need to make a repair in the field, this is your solution! The "winged spacer" design makes installation as easy as twisting a wingnut. Our Emergency Valves offer a tool-free installation from the outside of the wheel, in about 1 minute. These are .453 size, and will fit everything from...

www.colbyvalve.com

Have any of you seen/used these? Are they anything worth keeping in the rig for emergencies?

 

[grinchy]

Haven’t needed them, but I do have em in the drawer. I think was one of the items @mcgaskins pointed out in his video

 

[mcgaskins]

Haven’t needed them, but I do have em in the drawer. I think was one of the items @mcgaskins pointed out in his video

Yes you're right @grinchy! I haven't needed to use them yet, but I keep them with me just in case. I have a feeling I will only need them if I don't have them with me!

Hopefully this starts in the right place:

 

[CharlieS]

Awesome video, thank you.

 

[TimCFJ40]

I haven't seen those, neat product! I do carry traditional valve stems, and have installed them in the field before using a jack to break the bead.

 

[RET2]

I was watching a video from a regional 4x4 tour group and they had a 200 series that lost a valve stem. They used a Colby emergency valve repair kit to get back on the trail pretty quickly.

Emergency Valve 2-Pack

If you need to make a repair in the field, this is your solution! The "winged spacer" design makes installation as easy as twisting a wingnut. Our Emergency Valves offer a tool-free installation from the outside of the wheel, in about 1 minute. These are .453 size, and will fit everything from...

www.colbyvalve.com

Have any of you seen/used these? Are they anything worth keeping in the rig for emergencies?

I carry them and although never needing one I was able to facilitate getting another vehicle off the trail and to a tire store. As they say you only move at the pace of the slowest rig in the party.

 

[CharlieS]

Thanks all. I have a set on order. If they don't help me, maybe I can use them to help someone else in need.

 

[ColbyValve]

Yes you're right @grinchy! I haven't needed to use them yet, but I keep them with me just in case. I have a feeling I will only need them if I don't have them with me!

Hopefully this starts in the right place:

Thanks for including us in your repair kit and the video!

 

[linuxgod]

Isn't the TPMS on the back side of the valve stem? Thinking this would leave your TPMS and/or valve stem body loose inside the tire, no?

Maybe I'm visualizing it wrong since I've never used one or mounted a tire myself...

 

[RET2]

That would be true if one had TPMS ( not every one does) but IMHO the object is enable one to move vehicle from BFE to downtown BFE. I don't believe it was intended to be a permanent fix but rather a trailside emergency short term repair. I guess if you wanted you could break the bead and remove said part. Good question for the Colby Co..

 

[ColbyValve]

Isn't the TPMS on the back side of the valve stem? Thinking this would leave your TPMS and/or valve stem body loose inside the tire, no?

Maybe I'm visualizing it wrong since I've never used one or mounted a tire myself...

Yes you are correct. And our valves are not compatible with interior tpms as they install from the outside.

There are some after market TPMS caps, mainly used in the RV market to date.

Having said that, there are , without exaggeration, 10’s of millions of passenger vehicles on the road worldwide manufactured prior to TPMS systems coming into play. Not to mention, trailers, RV’s, travel trailers, motorcycles, atvs/utvs...riding mowers.
In the case of a TPMS vehicle, at minimum use of our valves can let one finish the trail ride without using a spare that could possibly be needed at a later point, or make it to a safe place to be fixed to their satisfaction.

Some of our customer base carries them solely for emergency reasons, some use them as a permanent replacement solution.

We have them on our company vehicle (4runner) permanently for demonstration reasons , but we did keep the TPMS by means of attaching the sensors with wheel bands, which actually was an idea mentioned to us by a customer who had done the same on his Jeep.

 

[linuxgod]

Thanks. I wasn’t trying to negate the potential value as a temporary trail repair, just trying to understand the impact on our 200s. Doing this would likely destroy the TPMS

given this would leave the TPMS loose in the wheel on our 200s, I’d personally opt to swap over to the spare first. But I can see a value in having this as a secondary option if you break the valve stem and then the spare had issues

 

[CharlieS]

I think it is brilliant. All I want out of it is to get me off the trail or back home. After that, I'd remove the broken bits and reinstall a new TPMS. On the video I saw, it saved a trail ride with a large group - 5 minutes and they were back on the trail. I can't change out a spare that quickly.

 

[ColbyValve]

Thanks. I wasn’t trying to negate the potential value as a temporary trail repair, just trying to understand the impact on our 200s. Doing this would likely destroy the TPMS

given this would leave the TPMS loose in the wheel on our 200s, I’d personally opt to swap over to the spare first. But I can see a value in having this as a secondary option if you break the valve stem and then the spare had issues

No worries, I completely understand.
Its a question we get ..oh, about 30+ times a week .
I have never personally heard of a sensor being damaged, but considering we are somewhere in the neighborhood of 100k+ units worldwide, but barely have I think last time I looked around 800’ish total reviews, I’m sure chances are it’s happened.

 

[RET2]

+1 on the Colby Valves and a +10 on the prompt reply from Vendor. If they were all this responsive it would be wonderfull.

 

[duggy]

Colby valves has saved myself and @ENGINE er on the trails twice. They are an awesome tool to keep handy, especially if you forget your lugnut lock key.

 

[linuxgod]

No worries, I completely understand.
Its a question we get ..oh, about 30+ times a week .
I have never personally heard of a sensor being damaged, but considering we are somewhere in the neighborhood of 100k+ units worldwide, but barely have I think last time I looked around 800’ish total reviews, I’m sure chances are it’s happened.

Guess I’m assuming if you screw this in it’ll know the sense loose and it’ll be bouncing around inside the tire. Given other people’s replies here, maybe that’s not normally the case?

 

[ColbyValve]

Guess I’m assuming if you screw this in it’ll know the sense loose and it’ll be bouncing around inside the tire. Given other people’s replies here, maybe that’s not normally the case?

I do not know a completely accurate answer here. I am not an expert in TPMS, perhaps some do not work once detached, however in my own personal experience I had one come loose(evidently didn’t tighten the wheel bands enough).

The sensor worked fine, didn’t affect readings at all, however, at low speeds, it was similar to tossing a rock into the wheel well, and banging around and making noise, I drove from North Carolina to Arkansas and we fixed it when we got home to Arkansas.

I was likely very lucky the sensor wasn’t damaged, and then I would’ve had to replace it, which is most peoples concerns, they aren’t necessarily cheap.
Most likely what kept mine from being ruined, was even though it was a lot of miles with it banging around inside, it was almost all at highway speeds. I would guess days of the sensor banging around inside Offroad at low speeds, or in town stopping and starting etc, would significantly raise the chances of it being damaged.

 

[CharlieS]

With the integral metal valve stem of the TPMS on the 200, if your valve stem is damaged enough to require a Colby valve, the TPMS is broken beyond repair and you'll need to replace the TPMS anyway.

 

[CharlieS]

They arrived today.