TPMS replacement

[Charlie207]

Have any of you folks done it yourself? Was it easy enough to air-down, then break thet bead in just one section?

 

[OR VietVet]

It can be done. Breaking the bead down is hardest.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Hopefully, you don't have a bead leaker after you finish the job. Can you get and add a bit of bead sealer to the broken bead before re-inflating?

 

[Tonyv__]

Have any of you folks done it yourself? Was it easy enough to air-down, then break thet bead in just one section?

I did it once on all 4 wheels. Breaking the bead was no easy task to do by hand. I ultimately ended up using the weight of my van, a 4x4 post under the trailer hitch, and a floor jack. I laid the wheel down and propped the 4x4 post between the tire (closest to the bead) and hitch of the van. Slowly lowered the van until the bead broke. I tried to just break it where the tpms is but once the bead breaks, the rest of the tire just follows. Now I had a completely unseated tire to work with. I replaced the tpms and went full blown redneck. I watched a few YouTube videos on the “safest” way to blow the tire back on with starter fluid. It worked and I repeated that 3 times after.

 

[Charlie207]

I did it once on all 4 wheels. Breaking the bead was no easy task to do by hand. I ultimately ended up using the weight of my van, a 4x4 post under the trailer hitch, and a floor jack. I laid the wheel down and propped the 4x4 post between the tire (closest to the bead) and hitch of the van. Slowly lowered the van until the bead broke. I tried to just break it where the tpms is but once the bead breaks, the rest of the tire just follows. Now I had a completely unseated tire to work with. I replaced the tpms and went full blown redneck. I watched a few YouTube videos on the “safest” way to blow the tire back on with starter fluid. It worked and I repeated that 3 times after.

My man!

 

[Fless]

See how Chris did it:

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[Foggy]

You are brave ! I have my own tire machine...so it's not a big deal for me...
But I can't imagine breaking it down by hand and then NOT damaging anything..
Then getting it to re-seat and seal

 

[OR VietVet]

Usually a freshly broke down bead has enough memory that a good blast of air thru a shrader valve with no core in it, will seat ok, even if you have to get a ratchet strap out to tighten around it.