is there a chart that tells one which tire valve to use?

[CarLuver]

i recently got new tires for my kids car. when they were finished i noticed they had put in some longer than stock tire valves. they stuck out past the rim. i had this happen a couple of times in the past . one time they had 2 different lengths on the same car.

So is there a chart or reference that informs the tire installer of what valve to use?

 

[jhellwig]

The only reason for the longer ones were if you had hubcaps back in the day. They should not stick out further than the rim.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

I thought there was only one tire valve to use in the first place

 

[Jetronic]

There's no chart, but there's different lengths of valve stem.

 

[CapriRacer]

And just to complete the picture, there are different diameters of tire valves. Passenger cars and light trucks use the same diameter. Other vehicles vary from there. Those giant earth mover tires take a valve that is quite large. Even the pressure gauges are different (and larger!).

 

[CarLuver]

There's no chart, but there's different lengths of valve stem.

if there is no reference info, how do they know what length to install? i am sure they could just match up old and new, but it seems sometime it just does not happen

 

[Jetronic]

if there is no reference info, how do they know what length to install? i am sure they could just match up old and new, but it seems sometime it just does not happen

it's easy to see for anyone who isn't on his first day. But maybe they ran out of the shorter ones