TPMS Valve Stem Repairable?
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Laughing Gas
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TPMS Valve Stem Repairable?
Leaving a park today I heard a hiss from my LR tire. I figured it was a tire plug leaking. I had enough air to get home without the tire bulging. The plug, however, was intact. The leak was on the valve stem and given the neighborhood I was in I'm not sure if someone didn't kick it.
Anyway, is the stem part repair able or do I need to get a new one? If it's replace only, does anyone have a part #?
Anyway, is the stem part repair able or do I need to get a new one? If it's replace only, does anyone have a part #?
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What "repair" would you do to it?
The core is replaceable, same as a regular valve stem.
But, if someone kicked it, then it probably broke the rubber and it is no good anymore, and would need to be replaced.
You wouldn't need to replace the sensor, just the stem, any tire store can do it and would have the valve stem on hand.
The core is replaceable, same as a regular valve stem.
But, if someone kicked it, then it probably broke the rubber and it is no good anymore, and would need to be replaced.
You wouldn't need to replace the sensor, just the stem, any tire store can do it and would have the valve stem on hand.
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What "repair" would you do to it?
The core is replaceable, same as a regular valve stem.
But, if someone kicked it, then it probably broke the rubber and it is no good anymore, and would need to be replaced.
You wouldn't need to replace the sensor, just the stem, any tire store can do it and would have the valve stem on hand.
The core is replaceable, same as a regular valve stem.
But, if someone kicked it, then it probably broke the rubber and it is no good anymore, and would need to be replaced.
You wouldn't need to replace the sensor, just the stem, any tire store can do it and would have the valve stem on hand.
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So, I'm needing new tires anyway and had already called Discount Tire yesterday. I called them today and they said they could move the sensor. I asked if I ordered new tires would they take care of the valve stem. Apparently, the nut holding the sensor had corroded so it broke trying to move it. They gave me a new sensor but after they put it on it wouldn't work. Anyway, new tires in tomorrow so they'll fix it then.
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