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Butch50
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Dec 02, 2017

Question on a 2017 Ram dually

Do any of the other members here have a Ram dually in the newer years that the inside steel wheel on the rear duals has a rubber valve stem in place of a steel one?

My 2017 Ram Mega dually does. This is just plain stupid trying to get air into the tires as the valve stem is moving around. Who came up with this swift idea?

Mine unit came with stock factory tire pressure monitors one it and I'm wondering if it is like most of the pressure monitors if they are part of the valve stem or are they the banded one on the rims of the wheels?

I would like to replace my inner valves with metal one but I really don't want to lose the monitors.

Anyone with an idea?

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  • 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!
  • 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 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.
  • 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
  • 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.