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09-01-2009, 08:57 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2003
Location: New Bern
Posts: 4,295
M.O.C. #311
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Tire Montitors Loose
All,
I just balanced the tire pressure on RED. I found four out of the five sensors were finger tight at best and one loose enough to leak below alarm level. This is a remember to recheck tightness on the sensors about 50 to 100 miles down the road. This will prevent a loose sensor causing pressure loss. Just like lug nuts on rims.
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09-01-2009, 10:15 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Clearwater
Posts: 10,917
M.O.C. #420
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Maybe just a bit of Loctite Green on the threads would help. They shouldn't vibrate loose but can be removed by hand.
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09-01-2009, 11:23 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Waterford
Posts: 3,693
M.O.C. #7500
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The TST system comes with a wrench that slides over flats on the sensor and makes it very easy to tighten them. In fact, it's the only way to put them on or take them off which should aid as a theft deterrent.
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09-01-2009, 01:08 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location:
Posts: 560
M.O.C. #8818
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I like the sensor locks on my Doran 360RV. They are a collar that slips onto the valve stem before you screw on the sensor. Once you screw on the sensor to the desired tightness, you slide the lock rings up into interlocking serrations of the sensor that mesh with the lock ring, then you tighten 3 set screws in the ring that clamp against the metal valve stem. I have tried to loosen one once set, and it did not budge. You would have to reef incredibly hard on one to unscrew it, let alone have it loosen up and fall off by itself. Maybe it could be an issue with rubber coated high pressure stems, but with the all metal ones it is pretty much a non-issue from my experience.
That said, being the AR kind of guy that I am (read: detail oriented), I do check them fairly often.
Don't want to be replacing $50 sensors, if I don't have to.
Thanks for the reminder, John!
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09-01-2009, 01:29 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Silver Springs
Posts: 2,873
M.O.C. #2716
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We use teflon tape on the stems and they stay tight.
Helen
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09-01-2009, 04:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunshine
Posts: 1,445
M.O.C. #538
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I have had 12 Pressure Pros for 5 years now and have never found one loose.
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09-01-2009, 11:12 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posts: 4,876
M.O.C. #1944
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by H. John Kohl
All,
I just balanced the tire pressure on RED. I found four out of the five sensors were finger tight at best and one loose enough to leak below alarm level. This is a remember to recheck tightness on the sensors about 50 to 100 miles down the road. This will prevent a loose sensor causing pressure loss. Just like lug nuts on rims.
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I have the locknuts on my Pressure Pro Sensors. They lock the sensors on so tight that you can't turn the sensors loose -- you must back off the locknuts first.
Orv
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09-02-2009, 03:18 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Texas City
Posts: 5,736
M.O.C. #7673
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See Helen's post John. Teflon plumbers tape is the easiest, cheapest, and works. (So I have been told - and researched)
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09-02-2009, 04:26 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Anywhere
Posts: 193
M.O.C. #9165
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Len just installed our Pressure Pro system last night. I do feel a sense of relief having them on.
Phyllis
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09-02-2009, 10:02 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 1,308
M.O.C. #5165
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My Pressure Pro sensors have been towed about 15,000 miles in the past 2+ years and none have come loose. I do check them before we pull out and so far I can't remember any being loose. I know the sensor would let me know if the pressure was low due to a loose connection.
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F-250 King Ranch Crew Cab 2012, Single Wheel, 6.7 L Diesel, Transfer Flow Internal 50 Gallon Fuel Tank, Upgraded Ford Software for 50 Gallon tank, 2006 3475Rl with Mor-ryde King Pin, 2nd AC, 2nd Battery, Pressure Pro TPMS, Wet Bolt Shackle Kit
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09-02-2009, 12:32 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Waterford
Posts: 3,693
M.O.C. #7500
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I like the Teflon tape idea!!!
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