Honestly, I had my doubts - this was too easy a fix! But I tried it on a couple of bikes and it works great! In fact, I’d say this air chuck works better than any other I’ve tried. TIP: slide a small hose clamp on the hose first, before you insert the adapter.
#Airtool pro pro
I then used some Teflon tape around the new chuck and screwed it on to the AirTool Pro base. I heated the air hose with a heat gun to make it pliable and then I shoved the tapered adapter inside (not easy to do, but eventually it slid all the way in to the hose). I then proceeded to cut the hose on the AirTool Pro to eliminate the huge chuck head. I bought a cheap tapered threaded air compressor hose adapter and what has turned out to be a very useful clip-on air hose chuck (see photo). Then one day recently I was in a local hardware store and stumbled upon a sub-5-buck solution. Searching around, I purchased and tried a couple of different motorcycle tire floor air pump air hose assemblies, thinking I could replace the hose/head unit on the AirTool Pro.īut I couldn’t find one with threads to match the Specialized pump apparently they’re using a non-standard (for floor air pumps anyway) thread system. In the meantime, I continued to think of something that would solve the problem. In short, it’s the smoothest and fastest floor pump I’ve ever used…and I’ve used a whole bunch of ’em in my lifetime!Īfter I realized that the pump head or chuck was way too big to fit inside a motorcycle wheel, the AirTool Pro was sadly relegated to auto duty. The handle is easy to grasp and the pump action is smooth and accurate with a good feel. The AirTool Pro also has a nice, big, thick plastic handle with a pressure relief button in the center to bleed off the air in the tube when you’re done pumping. (My feeling is that the pump manufacturers would be better off saving money by forgetting about trying to add a dial pressure gauge, because I’ve never found one that’s both accurate and readable.)
#Airtool pro manual
The AirTool Pro also has a big built-in pressure gauge on the base, but I calculate that it’s off by about 3 PSI when compared to my ol’ reliable Accu-Gage manual tire pressure gauge.īut the big dial on the AirTool Pro helps (slightly) to get an accurate read of the gauge when I’m manning the pump. You sure don’t have to worry about the pump body moving around with this one… That weight is what gives the AirTool Pro its “Pro” feel and it also helps direct all of your pumping power into creating pressure.
The pump weighs in at 2.36 kg (4 lbs., 8 oz.), which is more than twice the Topeak Joe Blow, so that cast aluminum must be pretty thick. They’re also covered with a sandpaper-like coating that provides a generous amount of grip. The big foot pads are molded as part of the base they don’t fold up or down and they act as a very sturdy base for the 65 cm tall (25.5 inches) pump. This is a very hefty floor air pump, with a base and tube made from cast aluminum. Specialized lists the AirTool Pro output as 360 cc of air per stroke and a max pressure of 150 PSI (10.3 bar). That’s about twice the per-stroke output of the Topeak Joe Blow, which makes sense because the tube on the AirTool Pro has a larger diameter and longer stroke. My measurements show that it puts out about 0.5 PSI for each stroke, which means just 5 strokes will squeeze about 2.5 PSI into a typical 120/70-17 front motorcycle tire. One thing’s for sure: the AirTool Pro really puts out the goods. So, I put my thinking cap on and after some time, I was finally able to figure out a fairly easy and very cheap way to solve the “big head” problem as you’ll see below.īut first, let’s take a gander at the specs. There’s just enough room to fit the pump head with the open lock, as you can see in the photo.ĭiscussing this later on with the bicycle shop owner, he agreed that the pump head on the AirTool Pro is way too big and won’t even fit on some bicycle wheels. The only bike I could find that works with the AirTool Pro head is the 1986 BMW R65 with the second-gen cast wheels. I don’t know why they had to make the dang thing so big the chuck head on my Topeak Joe Blow Sprint (review) from 2004 is nowhere near this size (and by the way, I still use that pump on a regular basis for bicycles, cars, trucks and yes - motorcycles). Uh-oh right away - I suddenly discovered just how really, really big the pump head on this beast really is. As soon as I pulled into the garage, I had to try the new pump on a motorcycle tire.
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