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Thread: Air suspension fault & a flat tyre

  1. 28th September 2009, 03:45 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteD3 View Post
    Turns out the tyre is buggered. $400 down the gurgler (again).
    Get yourself some Tyre Dog sensors immediately I told my club members about them and on the recent Lake Eyre trip the trip leader was able to save and repair 2 punctures and continue because the sensors indicated a drop in pressure and repairs were done before the tyres were shredded The Tyre Dogs are about $400 for a set of 4.
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  2. 28th September 2009, 05:19 PM #12
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    Air suspension fault & a flat tyre

    Yes I do have an Exhaust Jack and it would of worked if it were not sitting back home. As I was doing the trip on rock/gravel I left it behind but after that I will put that in instead. I have my exhaust jack rigged to blow up by my ARB compressor mounted under the bonnet instead of the exhaust and having used it previously in the sand, it works very well.
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  3. 28th September 2009, 05:33 PM #13
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    Hi Garryc,

    Tyre Dog sensors are great but they can't save a tyre with sidewall damage. Even if you get to it before it is shredded it is not legal to repair them. I have the sensors on the car and trailer and they gave me a lot of false alarms on the trip we have just completed but they did let me know before I drove on one that had a screwdriver bit in it a while back. Still could not recover the tyre though as it was through the sidewall.

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  4. 28th September 2009, 06:12 PM #14
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    This thread is really interesting.

    Mine's an 05 and I've had three flats since purchase 161000km ago, including one where the tyre was torn from half way across the tread and all up the side wall and the rim was dented. This one happened at 110kph on gravel.

    In none of the three cases did the car enter limp home mode. In each case the steering lightened and the steering wheel alignment went from centre to slightly angled toward the side which had the deflated tye.

    Maybe it's a software change. The last flat I had was in late 2006.
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