Ford Dually pressure check?

[lumpy790]

Ford in their infinite wisdom puts the valves facing the inside of the dually wheels so ..... how do you check the rear tire pressure? I have chrome wheel emulators making the holes in the wheels slightly smaller. I bought a angled top and bottom air gauge but still can not get to the valve

I put on extensions that when 1st installed worked perfect but after the 1st tire rotation have been chasing intermittent air leaks & flat tires. Temp seems to change the stem adjustment.

I am getting 6 new tires next week and thinking about dumping the extensions if I can find a way to check the pressures.

Has anyone ever seen something that will eliminate the two rear tires and replace with 1 wide tire? Like tractor trailers are now doing?

[fj12ryder]

Make sure you bought the right chuck. There are 2 different angles. Only 1 works with my Dodge dually wheels. Using it makes adding air to the rear tires a snap.

[lumpy790]

Y-Guy wrote:
lumpy790 I'm going to move this post over to the Tow Vehicles forum from Toy Haulers as I think you'll receive more helpful posts in the long run.

Thank you! Never even noticed a TV section before!

[lumpy790]

stripit wrote:
Have new valve stems installed on the inside wheel that protrude out and through the holes in the outside wheel. No longer a job you will hate to do, and you could even install a tire pressure monitor sender without any problems. If the tire store doesn't have the right stem, go to a truck tire store and they should have all kinds of them with the length and angle you need.

The tire place I am using does a ton of Box Vans and RV's so hopefully they will have the stems your talking about. Only neg is wont be able to rotate after doing this.

[stickdog]

I found that a straight air chuck works best on the inside tires.

[stripit]

Have new valve stems installed on the inside wheel that protrude out and through the holes in the outside wheel. No longer a job you will hate to do, and you could even install a tire pressure monitor sender without any problems. If the tire store doesn't have the right stem, go to a truck tire store and they should have all kinds of them with the length and angle you need.

[45Ricochet]

Super singles are really nice although expensive.

[RoyB]

There was a good discussion on this subj here last week on one of the threads...

May have to search for it

Roy Ken

[Y-Guy]

lumpy790 I'm going to move this post over to the Tow Vehicles forum from Toy Haulers as I think you'll receive more helpful posts in the long run.