Valve stem issue

[FOR MUD]

Driving home on Friday, I had a tire blow out ( Or so I thought ) on my Dually. The window was down and I heard it let go, figured something big was in there since it went down so quickly. It was on one of the back tires and I was only a couple of miles from home, so I kept on going.
Got home, checked to see if anything was sticking out of the tire...Looked good. Went to fill the tire up to see where the hole was. Put 20 or 30 psi in there...No leak...Till I moved the stem sideways and out came the air. Pulled the tire, the stem was ripped right where the metal tube meet the the rubber in the rim.
Now I've been driving for 37 years now and I've never had a valve stem fail on me....Is this more of a common thing than I know of? Should I go ahead and replace the rest of them, since as far as I know their all the same age? Or is this just a fluke and not worry about it?

 

[nvrenuf]

Dry rot maybe?

About 3 months ago I had to replace the valve stems on a 4 yr old trailer because they were cracking at the base. I caught mine while checking air pressures, when I pressed the gauge on a stem I could hear it leaking air.

 

[sreidmx]

Ive had it happen many times.. I use the High pressure stems when the tire shops dont have the metal ones.

 

[sweetk30]

there was a HUGE problem with them few years ago with the dry rot at the base . some didn't even make it 1 year with them popping off.

 

[dyeager535]

Are these just a standard type valve stem? A few years back a whole bunch of those came over from China, and were failing as described. You can google failing valve stem china and probably find all sorts of info on it.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...alve-stems-following-rollover-death/index.htm That many out there, probably many still sitting, waiting to be installed.

 

[RootBreaker]

i woke up one year few ago..

and walked outside. my truck had front drivers and rear passenger flat, dead on the ground. took the tires off and off to a shop. I was trying to figure out who would of snipped my stems. When i told the guy he looked at a good tire.. reached over.. bent stem and it shot off.. he said... Yup dry rot.

he said valve stems are only good for 6-7 years. Typically tires get replaced every few years so they say. he put 1986 corvette stems on. All metal and was like.. there your problem is solved.

 

[FOR MUD]

These were the high pressure snap in type. I also replaced with the same. I hate to do it...But I guess I'll replace the rest next oil change.

Now trailer tires...I replace the stems everytime I replace the tires.

 

[skunked]

on my Tahoe I had 2 fail earlier this year. America's Tire installed them when I bought the tires so I brought it back and had the others replaced.

 

[Hoss7979]

I use the all metal screw on style on all my boggers, after I have a HP valve issue......