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lumpy790
Explorer
Mar 15, 2014

Ford Dually pressure check?

Ford in their infinite wisdom puts the valves facing the inside of the dually wheels so ..... how do you check the rear tire pressure? I have chrome wheel emulators making the holes in the wheels slightly smaller. I bought a angled top and bottom air gauge but still can not get to the valve

I put on extensions that when 1st installed worked perfect but after the 1st tire rotation have been chasing intermittent air leaks & flat tires. Temp seems to change the stem adjustment.

I am getting 6 new tires next week and thinking about dumping the extensions if I can find a way to check the pressures.

Has anyone ever seen something that will eliminate the two rear tires and replace with 1 wide tire? Like tractor trailers are now doing?
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  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Mar 16, 2014
    Make sure you bought the right chuck. There are 2 different angles. Only 1 works with my Dodge dually wheels. Using it makes adding air to the rear tires a snap.
  • lumpy790's avatar
    lumpy790
    Explorer
    Mar 16, 2014
    Y-Guy wrote:
    lumpy790 I'm going to move this post over to the Tow Vehicles forum from Toy Haulers as I think you'll receive more helpful posts in the long run.


    Thank you! Never even noticed a TV section before!
  • lumpy790's avatar
    lumpy790
    Explorer
    Mar 16, 2014
    stripit wrote:
    Have new valve stems installed on the inside wheel that protrude out and through the holes in the outside wheel. No longer a job you will hate to do, and you could even install a tire pressure monitor sender without any problems. If the tire store doesn't have the right stem, go to a truck tire store and they should have all kinds of them with the length and angle you need.


    The tire place I am using does a ton of Box Vans and RV's so hopefully they will have the stems your talking about. Only neg is wont be able to rotate after doing this.
  • stickdog's avatar
    stickdog
    Explorer
    Mar 16, 2014
    I found that a straight air chuck works best on the inside tires.
  • stripit's avatar
    stripit
    Explorer
    Mar 16, 2014
    Have new valve stems installed on the inside wheel that protrude out and through the holes in the outside wheel. No longer a job you will hate to do, and you could even install a tire pressure monitor sender without any problems. If the tire store doesn't have the right stem, go to a truck tire store and they should have all kinds of them with the length and angle you need.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    Mar 15, 2014
    There was a good discussion on this subj here last week on one of the threads...

    May have to search for it

    Roy Ken
  • Y-Guy's avatar
    Y-Guy
    Moderator
    Mar 15, 2014
    lumpy790 I'm going to move this post over to the Tow Vehicles forum from Toy Haulers as I think you'll receive more helpful posts in the long run.

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