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Jun 25, 2021 | 09:35 AM

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OffRoadRN

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Originally Posted by joelpat

I bought a matching #5 wheel for my spare. It’s easy to reprogram the TPMS after you rotate the spare in. You will just need a little tool that looks like a garage door opener.

Can you link this tool for me please?

Jun 25, 2021 | 12:44 PM

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crewzer

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The reset procedure described in the video above is not necessary on our 2019 F350 SRW.

After I rotate the tires and adjust the inflation pressure, the display does read incorrectly. However, after driving a few miles, the TPMS updates and instrument panel displays the correct tire locations and pressures.

HTH,
Jim / crewzer

Jun 25, 2021 | 04:00 PM

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nitebreeze

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Originally Posted by SDcrewzer

Same with my 2019. No fancy re-learning procedure. After tire rotation when I drive the truck for a few miles the system switches the tire pressure values to be correct on its own.

Jun 25, 2021 | 04:09 PM

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Ogre3239

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Well thank you gentlemen, learn something new every day.

Oct 14, 2021 | 08:08 PM

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BirchyBoy

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I’m putting five new new Duratrac’s on next weekend and am thinking about getting a matching fifth wheel. As a Jeeper, we always do five tire rotations. I wonder how best up the spare rim will get under the truck?

Oct 14, 2021 | 08:52 PM

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Joe T

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Run it to around half tread life and swap in the matching spare.

When 2 are wore down completely swap in the 1/2 worn spare and buy 2 new tires.

Keep your tires looking good incase you decide to sell it.

Oct 15, 2021 | 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Ding126

I purchased a matching wheel and tire for a spare, it also has the TPMS. it does not interfere with the 4 tires running on truck. Not sure what happens if I used the spare and take out a running wheel.... does the TPMS get dropped and picks up the new one? IDK either way the truck will drive

No, the system will not start using the TPMS from the spare. At least not automatically. You would have to go through a reprogram/relearn cycle.

However... If you were to buy a programmable TPMS sensor for the spare you could make it match one of the other four tires. In theory, a TPMS sensor doesn't come "on" until the wheel starts rotating. So the one on the ground will turn on while the one on the spare will not. I bring this up as an example of what you could do. But it would be pretty worthless unless you won the lottery and the matching tire happens to the one that goes flat or you only swapped between the spare and that one tire (which would be kind of silly). I do not rotate in my spare.

On my daily driver, I have winter tires/wheels/sensors. I programmed the winter sensors to match the summer sensors. When I swap from summer to winter, the car has no idea that the swap took place and no reprogramming/relearn is necessary.

Oct 15, 2021 | 06:05 AM

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Trucks unlike Jeep Wranglers don’t usually come with a matching wheel for the spare. When I had my Wranglers I always had a 5 tire rotation performed. On my current truck here…..no. Just when you are ready for new shoes, be sure to have the spare checked to make sure it’s worthy and if not, it’s a five tire purchase.