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Old 08-03-2021, 02:34 PM
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Re: Tire shop “repaired” my tire after saying it was in the unrepairable area.

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Originally Posted by Stealthee View Post
If those caps have metal threads change them out for rubber/plastic. The tire pressure caps are a problem waiting to happen anyway, but you cannot use metal caps on tpms sensors because it can cause corrosion and lead to premature failure or even breakage of a TPMS sensor.
I have had previous issues with that and ended up having to get whole new stems in that vehicle, the ones I currently have are the same material as the valve stem screw itself and it comes with a water resistant and dust proof cap to put over it all. Thanks for the warning though.
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