exploding tire
Well, I joined the blown tire crowd over the 4th holiday. I had just installed a TST monitoring system and within 120 miles, tire exploded. As the monitoring system was new, I was watching tire pre...
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Just wondering with your new TST system did you have the flow through sensors and if so where they attatched to rubber air valves
Yes they are. Put on one day and the next day 2 tires were down around 20 lbs. Called TST and they knew what the problem was. These newer sensors have an extend collar with a hex screw to lock them on.
With the rubber air valves, they do not screw on far enough. TST would send a different type or said I could grind down the collars so the sensors went on far enough, which is what I did and they are fine now.
The sensor was still attached and the valve fine. That tire just exploded.
