Question on a 2017 Ram dually

They do indeed have the sender attached to them but there are metal variants available. Just have to Google it and you'll have some options.

ScottG wrote:
They do indeed have the sender attached to them but there are metal variants available. Just have to Google it and you'll have some options.

Thanks Scott,

I have been looking for some and not having any luck. I was looking way before posting here. I'm not having any luck as I'm looking to get longer valve stems and don't want the braided ones. Want to stay with metal all the way and with out screw on extensions to come out of the outer wheel hole. I can then get some of the rubber donuts that hold valve stems in place in the outer wheel.

With this setup I can run my TPMS system on all 6 wheels on the Ram so I can have an alarm system. It does not appear that the dually stock ones alarm and just monitor the pressure. That is fine but I don't want to tie up my in dash up with tire pressure all the time. I normally keep up the monitor that checks the water, trans and oil temps.

If you happen to know were I could find them I would appreciate the info.

I just ordered metal valve stems for our new 5er that had high pressure rubber ones on it. GRRRRRR Hate it when they want to use rubber one on 80 PSI tires and that is the recommended pressure. I won't run my TPMS on rubber valve stems.

Thanks

I think the old “no rubber valve stems for 80psi tires” is a thing of the past. Every HD truck I’ve had in the last several years has been rubber valve stems from the factory.
Cheap and inconvenient on a dually but not unsafe.

I don't want anything to do with rubba stems period. Reason being most are imported and tend to suffer from rot failure. All my vehicles have metal bolt on stems. Even the ones with TPMS which I consider to be for people who never check their TP. Took the bulb out of my 2014 so it didn't illuminate anymore.

Butch50 wrote:

ScottG wrote:
They do indeed have the sender attached to them but there are metal variants available. Just have to Google it and you'll have some options.

Thanks Scott,

I have been looking for some and not having any luck. I was looking way before posting here. I'm not having any luck as I'm looking to get longer valve stems and don't want the braided ones. Want to stay with metal all the way and with out screw on extensions to come out of the outer wheel hole. I can then get some of the rubber donuts that hold valve stems in place in the outer wheel.

With this setup I can run my TPMS system on all 6 wheels on the Ram so I can have an alarm system. It does not appear that the dually stock ones alarm and just monitor the pressure. That is fine but I don't want to tie up my in dash up with tire pressure all the time. I normally keep up the monitor that checks the water, trans and oil temps.

If you happen to know were I could find them I would appreciate the info.

I just ordered metal valve stems for our new 5er that had high pressure rubber ones on it. GRRRRRR Hate it when they want to use rubber one on 80 PSI tires and that is the recommended pressure. I won't run my TPMS on rubber valve stems.

Thanks

You know, I can't believe this... Earlier I googled them and got a link to some orange colored units that were supposed to be a direct metal replacement. Now I can't find them!!
Still looking. By gawd I WILL find them again!

OK, I think I finally found them again.
How about these: Linkaroonie

SidecarFlip wrote:
I don't want anything to do with rubba stems period. Reason being most are imported and tend to suffer from rot failure. All my vehicles have metal bolt on stems. Even the ones with TPMS which I consider to be for people who never check their TP. Took the bulb out of my 2014 so it didn't illuminate anymore.

I agree with your opinion of tpms nannies. But......don't metal valve stems have rubber seals?

If you use the "proper" inflation device the inner wheels are a piece of cake to inflate and deflate. You DON'T need extenders. There is no screw on cap you just push on double ended air chuck. To deflate I use the chuck without an air hose attached.

Give this a try it really is EZ!!!

Your sensors are inside of the wheels.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
If you use the "proper" inflation device the inner wheels are a piece of cake to inflate and deflate. You DON'T need extenders. There is no screw on cap you just push on double ended air chuck. To deflate I use the chuck without an air hose attached.

Give this a try it really is EZ!!!

Your sensors are inside of the wheels.

Is your inner wheel valve stem metal or rubber? My outer is metal and the inner is rubber. It would have been better if they had put them the other way with rubber on the outside and metal on the inside.

I have the double headed air pressure gauge and the double headed air chuck. I have had duallies for years but I have always had metal in the past on both inners and outters. My last rig was a International Durastar that had a MH built on the chassis with 22.5 tires. The inside dual had metal valve stems and I never had a problem with it. This new one with the rubber valves it just wobbles all over the place when you put pressure on it and when trying to air up it is leaking more air than you are getting in. Kind of a losing battle with less air than when I started and that was just trying to get a reading.

Kind of a pain in the you know where. I have already tried it and had to fight it each time I have done it.

I would also like to put my after market TPMS doggles on it that I have used in the past to monitor my pressures as I drive. They don't play good with rubber valve stems and are not recommended for them. I have had after market TPMS for years and they have really worked good for me. On one of my rigs I checked the tire pressure in the morning and all checked good but as I was driving down the road after about 3 to 4 hours of driving I got an alarm on one of my trailer tires. Pulled over and checked the pressure and it was down to 70 from 80 that I had checked earlier. I started to put in air and could hear air leaking. Some way or another the nut on my steel valve had become a little loose and it was leaking air there. I just got a wrench out and tightened it a bit and filled up the tire and all was great again. So here is a case where a TPMS system could have saved me a very expensive repair down the road.

I have metal ones on order right now for my new 5er and should be here Monday so I can have the metal installed and then can use my TPMS on the 5er again.

ScottG wrote:
OK, I think I finally found them again.
How about these: Linkaroonie

Thank you for the link. In the end this is probably going to go with/ I was hopping to find a 4" long valve stem with the tire pressure monitor on it. But I think I can work with these.

Thanks again