Checking rear tire pressure

[unzinators]

Getting to the valve stem of the inside rear tires is almost impossible. Are there any tips for checking pressure/adding air? Or is there an extension available to make the valve stem more accessible. Thanks

[michael.g]

Our Greyhawk came from the factory with braided Valve Extensions. They definitely made it easier to fill the tires, although about a year or so after ownership, we had a problem with one side, we couldn't check pressure or add air. We had to remove the wheel cover, remove the extender and reattach it. It worked until the next trip and I had the same problem. Did the same thing, but had to really tighten the extender. Didn't have a problem after that.

When we replaced the tires a few years later, we had the tire shop install Tire Man dually valve stems. These are solid and are much easier to use than the extenders. They made checking air pressure and adding air a breeze.

-Michael

[unzinators]

Originally Posted by michael.g

Our Greyhawk came from the factory with braided Valve Extensions. They definitely made it easier to fill the tires, although about a year or so after ownership, we had a problem with one side, we couldn't check pressure or add air. We had to remove the wheel cover, remove the extender and reattach it. It worked until the next trip and I had the same problem. Did the same thing, but had to really tighten the extender. Didn't have a problem after that.

When we replaced the tires a few years later, we had the tire shop install Tire Man dually valve stems. These are solid and are much easier to use than the extenders. They made checking air pressure and adding air a breeze.

-Michael

That sounds like exactly what I’m looking for! Thank you

[CAG]

Originally Posted by unzinators

That sounds like exactly what I’m looking for! Thank you

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Hope this helps.

[Stainless]

A gauge like this is designed for dually wheels, helpful if you don't have valve extension hoses.

[Joan617]

I found these and they work great....


https://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...1184_200741184


The mounting brackets mount under the lug nuts. My wheel hubs would not permit the use of clips most commonly used by other valve extenders


Angus

[RetiredOne]

I use this gauge, picked up at the local Walmart. Didn't have to do anything to the stems.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Slime-Dua...20420/49802198

[CAG]

The gauges are great, most of the time. The top one is what I use but you still cannot get to the valves with the air hose without adding an extension of some sort. Most of my research gave the braided extensions a 3 star rating a best. They leak.


Now someone will jump in and say they work fine for them. I would rather not be in the group that they did not work fine for and those were the majority.

[Joan617]

Originally Posted by CAG

The gauges are great, most of the time. The top one is what I use but you still cannot get to the valves with the air hose without adding an extension of some sort. Most of my research gave the braided extensions a 3 star rating a best. They leak.


Now someone will jump in and say they work fine for them. I would rather not be in the group that they did not work fine for and those were the majority.

I'll give you both. I'll jump in and say they work but within one year, one DOES LEAK but I can mitigate it with a tight cap. I will likely spend $52 for another set to have spares because they make it easy to check pressure but more importantly to ADD air. Any good tire leaks 1-3% per month through osmosis. Any expense for travel safety gets an automatic green light from my House Ways and Means Committee.



Angus

[thirdktm]

Challenge is easily addressed: Add steel valve stem extensions to all four rear tires.
I took the RV to a truck tire shop, not to one of the tire discount stores that are on every street corner in America.
It's quick work for these guys.
I think the four valve stems were about $150, and I think they billed me for $10 a tire.
Did not do this for the front tires.