Tire Pressure Monitoring
we had two ruined tires on our 7000 km trip this summer on the rough roads of the Canadian east coast so we're looking for a tire pressure system ideally it would use the tire monitoring system ...
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Saco River Rambler wrote:
I am very happy with our TP monitor system. Ours give a signal on overpressure also which could mean a bad wheel bearing or dragging brake. Also consider a non contact thermometer for about 15 bucks.
This is to point at hubs and detect a possible bearing trouble. Also point the beam at brakes through holes in rims to take temp on brakes. Coming from Cache Creek BC over the mountains to Whistler I had front disks smoking and not enough gain on TT brakes.
Front disk temp off the scale-rear drums about 315 degrees and TT brakes were about 210 degrees. Sat a while cranked up TT brakes and came on down a little safer. It does not get used often but that non contact thermometer is a great toolbox item.
Might think about using your truck gears on the way down. On all of my travels through the Rockies, I only occasionally have to step on the brakes to slow down coming down a grade. And when I do that, I hit them long and hard enough to slow down 10-15MPH. Rinse and repeat.....
I am using the TST TPMS
