Tire mounting
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Racer
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From: antelope ca
Tire mounting
I just had my new rims put on my 2000 coupe on sat. I just went to drive it to work this morning and both front tires were flat. Also had a tpms not working on the drivers side front, went back and the told me that that the gauge didn't recognize the tpms as original equipment. Any body have any suggestions as to why I'm having such a problem. All tpms's were working when I took my car in that morning.
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Racer
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From: antelope ca
I need to have it towed back to Americas tire they will be fixing this problem. They put the same tpms I had on my old rims on my new ones. It seems pretty simple to mount tires. Tpms's were removed from old rims and were working fine. One of the best shops around roseville, was.
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From: kansas
check with soap and water to verify no leaks. Check for any visible damage to sidewall and bead area. the sensors are very easy to damage if you don't remove tpms sensors right. how I do it is to take the nut off the valve stem and push the sensor into rim BEFORE I try to break the bead off the rim. doing this will let the sensor drop to the lowest point on the tire/rim and a normal bead breaker on a tire machine will break the bead off at the 3 o clock position.
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Good advice above. Could be the valve stem (o-ring), a bead that did not seat right, or some damage to the tire.
For the TPMS, try reprogramming the sensors and see if that works.
For the TPMS, try reprogramming the sensors and see if that works.
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