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Moving TPMS to new wheels?
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Racer
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From: Ocean Springs MS
Moving TPMS to new wheels?
Tried the search....no luck. I am putting a new set of wheels on my 2013 GS Coupe. I am moving the TPMS sensors to the new wheels. I have the required new valve stems. Is it necessary to maintain the sensor positions? In other words, does the sensor from the driver's side front need to go in the new wheel that will be mounted at this position?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
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From: Southampton NJ
Tried the search....no luck. I am putting a new set of wheels on my 2013 GS Coupe. I am moving the TPMS sensors to the new wheels. I have the required new valve stems. Is it necessary to maintain the sensor positions? In other words, does the sensor from the driver's side front need to go in the new wheel that will be mounted at this position?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
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St. Jude Donor '13
Tried the search....no luck. I am putting a new set of wheels on my 2013 GS Coupe. I am moving the TPMS sensors to the new wheels. I have the required new valve stems. Is it necessary to maintain the sensor positions? In other words, does the sensor from the driver's side front need to go in the new wheel that will be mounted at this position?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
Or "Valve stem nuts"?
Of course, the stems themselves are an integral part of the sensor assembly.
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Racer
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From: Ocean Springs MS
I'm gathering you're about to tell me that I only need the new seals....
Am I reading you correctly? ....and thanks.
Cheers - Major Boyd
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From: Southampton NJ
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that part number comes up at gmpartshouse for this
http://store.gmpartshouse.com/parts/...agramCallOut=2
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Thanks for raising the flag. My Chevy parts guru sold me four valve stems GM PN 15263240 stating this is what I needed to relocate the TPMS sensors to the new wheels.
I'm gathering you're about to tell me that I only need the new seals....
Am I reading you correctly? ....and thanks.
Cheers - Major Boyd
I'm gathering you're about to tell me that I only need the new seals....
Am I reading you correctly? ....and thanks.
Cheers - Major Boyd
Take those valve stems back, because the guy doesn't know WTH he is talking about!!
Your sensors look like this:
Your car is not very old, and I would bet that the grommets on your sensors are perfectly fine to use in your new wheels. However, your tire shop that mounts up the tires onto the new wheels may want to sell you a "rebuild kit" for about $6 or $7 per wheel - it looks like this:
The only thing you might possibly need is the grommet at the right of the picture above.
When the sensors are removed from your OE wheels, take a look at the grommets. Unless they are cut or badly distorted I would use them in the new wheels.
As mentioned in earlier posts, if you keep the sensors on the same corner of the car they are on now then nothing at all will need to done.
If they get mixed up they'll still work fine - but if the sensor that was programmed into the TPMS computer memory in the car as the Left Front is now on the Right Rear, if the DIC says "Left Front 20 psi" it will really mean that the Right Rear is the one with low pressure.
If the sensors do need to be reprogrammed into the TPMS because they get mixed up, it's about a one minute procedure to reprogram them.
Bob
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St. Jude Donor '13
Thanks for raising the flag. My Chevy parts guru sold me four valve stems GM PN 15263240 stating this is what I needed to relocate the TPMS sensors to the new wheels.
I'm gathering you're about to tell me that I only need the new seals....
Am I reading you correctly? ....and thanks.
Cheers - Major Boyd
I'm gathering you're about to tell me that I only need the new seals....
Am I reading you correctly? ....and thanks.
Cheers - Major Boyd
You also have the gasket/O-ring that seals the sensor (stem) into the wheel, the nut that holds the stem in place, the valve core inside the stem, and the pretty aluminum cap.
Most good tire shops will install a "rebuild" kit when they move the sensors to another wheel, or often when they install new tires. The rebuild kit usually consists of a new O-ring, nut, valve core, and sometimes a cap. The kits are pretty cheap and probably a good idea. But they can't replace the most important part that eventually fails- the battery inside the sensor. When the battery starts to die, you buy a new sensor.
Racer
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From: Denton Texas
Tried the search....no luck. I am putting a new set of wheels on my 2013 GS Coupe. I am moving the TPMS sensors to the new wheels. I have the required new valve stems. Is it necessary to maintain the sensor positions? In other words, does the sensor from the driver's side front need to go in the new wheel that will be mounted at this position?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
Thanks for your help.
Cheers - Major Boyd
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or the site is wrong
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Racer
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we all agree and we never met him. You should show him this thread 