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wmoses wrote:
TST 507s as well. No balancing and NO metal stems needed if you do this:
The rubber sleeve is cut from an appropriate piece (correct inner diameter) of fuel line hose. The marks on the rim were caused before installing the sleeves, and after only 40 miles of driving.
Recent 3800 mile trip attests to the success of this. Worked perfectly, and to the OP - no installation costs. I can also replace the battery on these sensors.
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โSep-16-2014 02:56 PM
wintersun wrote:Pooh.
Why do you want to know the pressure on all 6 wheels all the time? I have only been driving trucks and pulling trailers for 40 plus years and I can tell at a glance if there is a serious problem with one of the tires.
I have a portable air compressor and two tire gauges so I can cross check pressure and adjust it from time to time. But on trips of thousands of miles the pressure goes up if it is hotter outside or after 30 minutes on the highway and it goes down with cooler temps or changes in elevation, and seeing this on a digital display does not change anything.
With trailers I have had problems with wheel bearings or with tire failures but never with a tire loosing air rapidly and my not being able to see that this was happening.
TPMS are federally mandated not to increase driver safety but to improve fuel economy as so many drivers fail to monitor the amount of air in their tires. I understand the logic in this but there is no way I would spend the money to do a retrofit on a vehicle that did not have them.
Be aware that each time you have the tires rotated they need to be reset/trained to keep the readings accurate. Three out of four times on my truck the tire shop guy forgets to do this.
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