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Default Tire Pressure Monitoring System

On Thu, 25 May 2017 15:43:42 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 25 May 2017 12:57:19 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

On Thu, 25 May 2017 11:43:53 -0400,
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On Thu, 25 May 2017 06:32:10 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Driving north on a hot, sunny afternoon on I-81 will raise the tire temp a bunch. I wonder how the
TPMS compensates, if at all. I suppose if both driver-side tires are at the same (higher) temp then
the fear would be reduced. I wish they also made a wheel bearing temp monitoring system.

Do you have an IR gun? It is a handy thing for looking at all of that
stuff. They are getting pretty cheap but I would get one from the
middle of the pack, not the cheapest one you find.


Won't need one with the TPMS.


I was thinking more about the bearings you seemed to be worried about.
You can reach around and shoot the base of the spindle. They use those
guns on Pike's Peak to check brake rotor heats and if you are too hot,
they give you a time out.


That's an idea, but I check mine with my hands whenever we stop. Scared the crap out of me when I
touched a hub that was hot, but then touched the one behind it. Same temp. The two on the other side
were much cooler. Then I realized it was the sun hitting the wheels that caused the heat.