Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:28 am
Silverloaf- in another thread the topic of TPMS came up. I went with the 507 system with cap sensors as seen here:
https://tsttruck.com/collections/all-pr ... le-display
That system has user replaceable batteries and the sensors themselves aren't huge. I had considered the flow thru sensors, but the sales rep at TST talked me out of it due to their size. They may not be THAT big though. I see that the company also now includes a repeater and that the displays are available in color now.
Something else I do is use bolt on metal valve stems to reduce the chance of a valve stem failure. The cap sensors don't weigh much, but I figure it can't hurt and I remember a tire engineer on another forum recommending them.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/vic ... lsrc=aw.ds
The pic of the bolt on stems looks odd because one of the two rubber washers is shown sitting on top. Two washers are included so you have a choice depending on the size of the rim valve stem hole.
https://tsttruck.com/collections/all-pr ... le-display
That system has user replaceable batteries and the sensors themselves aren't huge. I had considered the flow thru sensors, but the sales rep at TST talked me out of it due to their size. They may not be THAT big though. I see that the company also now includes a repeater and that the displays are available in color now.
Something else I do is use bolt on metal valve stems to reduce the chance of a valve stem failure. The cap sensors don't weigh much, but I figure it can't hurt and I remember a tire engineer on another forum recommending them.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/vic ... lsrc=aw.ds
The pic of the bolt on stems looks odd because one of the two rubber washers is shown sitting on top. Two washers are included so you have a choice depending on the size of the rim valve stem hole.