Problem with Tire Sensors / HRE Wheels
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Problem with Tire Sensors / HRE Wheels
Hey Guys,
I just put a set of HRE wheels on on vette, but my tire sensors will not fit in these wheels. Now I get a continous trouble on my computer display. I called the dealer and was told I would always have this trouble. The only solution was to install the sensors. Has anyone out there encounterd this problem? Is it possible to have the wheels drilled so that the sensors fit? Do they make a sensor that will fit into a HRE wheel? I need help!!!
Mike
I just put a set of HRE wheels on on vette, but my tire sensors will not fit in these wheels. Now I get a continous trouble on my computer display. I called the dealer and was told I would always have this trouble. The only solution was to install the sensors. Has anyone out there encounterd this problem? Is it possible to have the wheels drilled so that the sensors fit? Do they make a sensor that will fit into a HRE wheel? I need help!!!
Mike
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Bill Curlee has provide a couple of threads on this in the past. If you do a search for threads by him you will probably find it or you can PM him directly. He included some very good pictures and instructions as well. Essentially you use a large band-clamp to attach the sensor to the wheel.
Good luck... GUSTO
Good luck... GUSTO
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Could you give me the source for purchsing these clamps? Also, I want to make sure I understand how this work. Do I use the valve stems that came with the HRE wheels and just clamp (or glue) my factory tire senors to the inside of the wheel?
Thanks,
Mike
Thanks,
Mike
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See my post in this thread for pics and more info.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=928471
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=928471
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Eskridge,
Which model/series wheel did you get? My understanding is the TPS will fit in some of the wheels but not all. If your car is '01 or newer, you could also "tune out" the sensors with a Tech II, although I personally think this is a great thing to have.
Which model/series wheel did you get? My understanding is the TPS will fit in some of the wheels but not all. If your car is '01 or newer, you could also "tune out" the sensors with a Tech II, although I personally think this is a great thing to have.
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I had the same issue with my iForged wheels.
Buy some new sensors and cut the valve stem off. Get some 2 part expoy glue and just glue them to the rim. Make sure the pull the sticker off the back of the sensor and sand the back of the sensor and the rim. I mounted mine just behind the place where the stem enters the rim. Works just fine.
Y2Kvert4me has a good thread to see how it works.
Buy some new sensors and cut the valve stem off. Get some 2 part expoy glue and just glue them to the rim. Make sure the pull the sticker off the back of the sensor and sand the back of the sensor and the rim. I mounted mine just behind the place where the stem enters the rim. Works just fine.
Y2Kvert4me has a good thread to see how it works.
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Are the sensors suppose to fit? If so, I had this problem a month ago with my CCW 505a's. I had to get a smaller o-ring from the local hardware store. Once I pulled the old o-ring off and installed the new ones, I only got about 3-4 thread turns on the sensor nuts. There are also different sensor nuts that are threaded differently. However, for all this to work, the wheel would have been designed to fit the wheel sensor.
Good Luck.
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If you had ordered them from HRE, they would have drilled them the right size for the valve stem. IMO, it would be best to do that now rather than strap a unit to the inside of the wheel.. either way the rims come off the car and the tire is removed... might as well do it right while its all apart. 
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Originally Posted by vetterdstr
If you had ordered them from HRE, they would have drilled them the right size for the valve stem. IMO, it would be best to do that now rather than strap a unit to the inside of the wheel.. either way the rims come off the car and the tire is removed... might as well do it right while its all apart.
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Originally Posted by vetterdstr
If you had ordered them from HRE, they would have drilled them the right size for the valve stem.
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
Perhaps he has the R series wheels, which won't accept sensors due to the hidden valvestem design of the wheel.
As far as I am concerned... just drill out the holes to the correct size yourself. The nut goes over the outside of the hole so your drill job will never be seen anyway.
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Originally Posted by vetterdstr
Not to try to correct you or anything.. but he did say he had valve stems on the wheels already.
As far as I am concerned... just drill out the holes to the correct size yourself. The nut goes over the outside of the hole so your drill job will never be seen anyway.
VR
As far as I am concerned... just drill out the holes to the correct size yourself. The nut goes over the outside of the hole so your drill job will never be seen anyway.
VR
But does he have a valvestem hole that pokes through the lip of the wheel like your standard 540 series wheels do? I couldn't find anything that says otherwise, which is why I suggested perhaps he has R series wheels.
The R series don't have a stem hole anywhere in the lip of the wheel. The valvestem hole is in the inner barrel of the wheel, and the stem is a long tube that extends out through one of the boltholes, making it virtually invisible.
IF that is the case (and I suspect it is), what do you recommend he drill out? A larger hole on the inner barrel of his wheel that no matter how large, still won't ever accept a sensor???
