valve stem /tpms
Getting ready to go on an extended road trip. Was looking at the tires and noticed that with the cheep short rubber valve stems the tire place installed that I can neither install a tire pressure moni...
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loggenrock wrote:
AVOID anything that ties both duals together! Get a flat in one, and they both "equalize" - to zero! I went with Borg valve stems - not simple extenders - did it once, no regrets. TPMS sensors work fine on them, easy to check/fill as needed. Front tires just got brass valve stems at the tire shop. Same with the spare. ST
Untrue. Good equalizers have a protection against that. Per Cat's Eye Tire Pressure Maintenance System: An internal check valve provides added safety by preventing both tires from going flat in the event of a leak, a blow out or when one of the pressure hoses is cut or broken.
We have these on our big rigs at work (and trust me, they wouldn't use them for trailers carrying bulldozers, etc., if they let both tires go flat like that). They are also very easy to see at a glance if the pressure is off. I am having them put on my duallies and am putting simple TPM valve stem cap sensors on the fronts.
