cmartinez95
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I think I read somewhere that you should switch to metal valve stems when you use external TPMS sensors on your trailer tires. Made sense to me, but I didn't have time to do it before my long cross country trip a few weeks ago. I am posting this up as a reminder to GET IT DONE if you have anything on the end of your stems. I got lucky. I made it all the way to Salem, OR from Houston and back to Vale, OR before noticing rub marks on my trailer wheels right next to the valve stems. I had checked them at most stops along the way but didn't notice the marks until the end of our first day's drive coming home (more than a week after leaving home). When I saw the mark on one I checked the other three and they all looked the same. I immediately took the sensors off and kept them off for the rest of the drive home. I consider myself lucky that I didn't have one or three or four of them break on me causing me a huge headache and a lot of possible damage. Yesterday I took the wheels off the trailer. Today I took all six of my wheels (I have two spares) to discount tire. $50 bucks later all 6 of my wheels have nice metal valve stems, just in time for our next camping trip. I like knowing the pressure and temp on the trailer wheels. Now I can have that info without worrying about the valve stems flexing as I am driving down the highway! Don't be like me! Get them replaced!!