I removed my Tyredog TPMS before doing the Gibb River Road

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Originally Posted by LRD414

That's great news and a big trip. Hopefully you'll be able to do a trip report? Those are all places we want to take the D4 and camper in coming years, so ideas and inspiration would be welcome.

Cheers,
Scott

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Thanks Scott. Definitely a good thing to do with your D4.

Does the cover also go over the sensor,

If so would it stay on

Need it cover it any way?

Sorry asked above as well but was lost in some of my other guff 😀

Richard

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Originally Posted by BSM

The main thing I was concerned with was that the valve stem itself would fail through excessive flexing. Those silicon covers wouldn't really stop that I think.

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Won't happen. Those valve stems will outlast your tyres and will be replaced each time a new tyre is fitted (at least they should be as a default)

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Originally Posted by joel0407

I've been looking and considering some for a while now. I prefer a system with in tyre sensors such as either the ones that attach by steel band to the rim or the ones that are part of the valve stem.

Reason is Id like to monitor temp as well as pressure. I don't think the air temp at the valve cap is going to be much reflection on what in the tyre.

Happy Days.

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Actually they're quite accurate!

Hi There,
The tyre sensors I bought the sensor was part of the valve stem, the sensor part were actually inside the tyres. This obviously comes with its own set of problems one of which was actually fitting the tyre back on the rim after being installed. They seemed to work ok, however when getting the tyres replaced when they reached the legal limit the tyre house broke the sensor when pushing the old tyre off the rim. They were very sorry of course but didn't replace the broken one. With one broken I just took the rest out and left one in the spare tyre. The motion of the vehicle moving was enough to activate the sensor.You always seem to forget checking the pressure in the spare tyre, or the valve stem is facing the bottom of the vehicle.

Cheers Marty

Mine had gaffer tape to stabilise them across the Simpson......after the rims had been damaged.

Regards,
Tote

I've got the ABR Sidewinder ones that go on the stem. I haven't given them a thrashing yet, but the guys at the tyre place reckon they're the type a lot of truckies use.

My research indicates that short rubber stems should be fine. The metal stems fatigue and crack apparently.

To protect the sensor I've gotten some 22m round rubber feet for table legs for 80c each from Clark rubber. I've drilled a hole in them to squeeze the stem of the sensor through. They have just enough room for the Allen head grommet which I've used 243 loctite on.
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Originally Posted by Shortyesquire

I've got the ABR Sidewinder ones that go on the stem. I haven't given them a thrashing yet, but the guys at the tyre place reckon they're the type a lot of truckies use.

My research indicates that short rubber stems should be fine. The metal stems fatigue and crack apparently.

To protect the sensor I've gotten some 22m round rubber feet for table legs for 80c each from Clark rubber. I've drilled a hole in them to squeeze the stem of the sensor through. They have just enough room for the Allen head grommet which I've used 243 loctite on.
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Hi
These are the ones I have and they did cause damage to my van and car.
I contacted Derek and he said to put a sleeve over them.
What you have done is similar to the tyre dog protection you can get
It will be interesting to see how it goes

Richard

My local tyre centre warned that steel valve stems do not flex which can be a problem when off road as you run the risk of snapping one from a rock or other side protrusion. I'm looking at 6 wheel TPMSs at the moment and am still not decided on brand or style yet. They advertise the Tyredog brand on eBay but the model numbers are different to what you can get here. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

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Originally Posted by Oztourer

My local tyre centre warned that steel valve stems do not flex which can be a problem when off road as you run the risk of snapping one from a rock or other side protrusion. I'm looking at 6 wheel TPMSs at the moment and am still not decided on brand or style yet. They advertise the Tyredog brand on eBay but the model numbers are different to what you can get here. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

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I believe that the model number difference between those TDs available in Oz and those from Taiwan via eBay are simply to do with the different markets that they sell too. I compared the manual for the Australian one (available on-line), with the one written in Chinglish that I got with my EBay TDs, and the functionality is identical.