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I found these photos from patracy's install thread on Recentered HEMTT wheels. A member by the name of "KBarrell" welded these wheels and included those valve stems with the wheels. I dropped him a PM searching for some more info on them but it appears he has not been active in over two months...
From eastern surplus website:
Valve stems for 2 piece rims- these will fit HEMMTT/900 Series/M35A3 single tire wheels - New $12.00 each
Valve stems – as shown- NSN 2640-01-354-9424 - Part # 1268 $7.00
NDT thanks for the info. From myers website:
http://www.myerstiresupply.com/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=74&cat=Air+%26+Liquid+Tire+Valves
The last one on the list the "622a" stem looks like a close match to the OEM one. Does anyone know the hole diameter off hand? My wheels are not in my...
So after 1.5 hrs of searching for a readily available and inexpensive valve stem replacement for the FMTV and other wheels and coming up empty handed. Ive decided to create a new thread allowing those who have sources for them to post up their findings. Lets try to make this the end all be all...
Got it figured it out! Adxavier06 and i put in some work and figured out the easiest way to mount them. Besides for some bad valves stems it went pretty smooth in the end.
We figured out that the best way to mount the ballistic runflats and beadlocks is to line the run flats and bead locks up...
Thanks for the torque specs. I wasn't sure if the FMTV TM's where available yet. I think I have the ballistic run flats figured out but I'm not sure how the ring mounts up. Anyone here have direct experience with ballistic run flats?
Thanks for the help but I believe you are referring to standard run flats. I have " ballistic" run flats. The picture shows what I have.
They also have a thick ring floating around in the tire as well.
I have a set of FMTV wheels and 395/85/20 XZL tires with "run flats" already installed. I have a couple quick questions before i begin mounting them. Does any one know the torque spec for the 20 bolts that hold the 2 halfs of the wheel together? Does anyone have any good advice for...