TPMS on my dually
I hate checking the tire pressure on my dually. Adding or removing air is nearly as frustrating. I have to take off the beauty rings on the rear wheels. Not long after I bought the truck I purcha...
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kerry4951 wrote:
I never take the rear wheel covers off to check or add pressure to my dually. I have a few long air chucks that work great.
My gauges and chucks are long, but not angled quite correctly, so that's why I have to remove the wheel cover.
Part of it too is that I upgraded to solid metal valve stems (which is recommended when using external TPMS sensors) and they don't flex at all - unlike the rubber stems. Before switching stems, my tire tools worked fine.
I actually didn't switch to all steel stems until I replaced tires.... at which point I had already experienced one valve stem failure.... and that same trip. In fact, I wrecked the monitor when I was changing that flat tire!
