Bicycle Pump Gauge Not Working

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Bicycle pump gauge not working. Posted by loriginedumonde at 11 46 am on january 24 2013. It s also possible that you ve got a leak in your tubes and you re losing air. Running water directly through the hose can also help you find any holes. Then try your gauge once you know the tyre pressure.

If the nozzle won t fit on the valve open. Changing tubes may fix it but even with the same tube i found if i unscrew the valve then press it down 2 or 3 times releasing air it will pump with no problems. Place the pump hose in a sink full of water. I really like this pump especially since perf.

A lever at the side of the air hose nozzle locks the nozzle onto the valve. I lost a tyre to a blowout when the gauge on my road morph was very reluctant to go up. Maybe that s the cause maybe not. Yeah if you re getting some air in then make sure that you are pumping enough in.

Considering it s supposed to be sealed you can get quite a lot of muck in a pressure gauge maybe dirt collected on the valve. This may be the cause of your pump gauge not working. The cause of the initial head jamming may have been similar. You say the pressure release button on the gauge doesn t seem to make any difference.

Replacement hoses can be ordered from the manufacturer or from your local bike shop. With this pump it took us 60 more strokes to get our mountain bike tire to 30 psi than it did with our top pick. That s probably what s causing your gauge to stick. Bike shops and a lot of cyclists have a floor pump because they work better than the little portable pumps than most cyclists carry.

But yes if the pump head is not closed properly onto the valve you will not be able to pump well. If you see bubbles you may have a hole in the pump. And gauge quality varies. Place the nozzle at the end of the air hose on the bike s tire valve.

And those have a gauge on them that s usually fairly accurate. The topeak racerocket was also not able to pump a 700c road tire to 100 psi.