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I just mounted mine today, didn’t want to use Velcro or cut anything, and didn’t like the Ram mounts for this application.

The monitor is very light, so it doesn’t take much to hold it. I didn’t drill any new holes, I took out a screw holding a panel in place. Then, I made a bracket out of thin but stiff sheet metal, mounted it with 3 8-32 1/4″ long screws to the back of the monitor, and then bent the sheet metal using PVC 1″ pipe to form the curve, then put the 1 screw I removed through it on the other end.

Where I put it is between the mirror and windshield line of sight, so it’s easy to see.

I had to take the outside drive off to install the inner drive sensors. The others went on fine.

Took pictures inside my shop, so a little reflection from the windows. The round black piece below the monitor is my voice activated speaker, has nothing to do with the Pulse.

The only problem I may have is…….if I have to add air to the inside drives, I’m not real sure my 3/4″ PVC tool will work, but I made one as Tom suggested!

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Very nice install Jerry.. That PVC pipe will work just fine for the inside tire and eliminating any extension was the right move in my opinion.

[John]

Has anyone had any sensors get loose and leak out air? I tightened them pretty firmly by hand……….just wondering

I did notice, one of my inside drive valve stem was a little loose, you can tighten them with a shorty 9/16 wrench reaching through the hole, and not take the tire and wheel off.

The sensors were easy to connect, and I haven’t installed the Repeater yet, but inside my shop, it picked up the signal on all of them including all six wheels on my Stacker.

[Dave]

I’ve had mine for about 20k miles and haven’t had an issue yet with loosening…or any problem with the pressure pro. It’s probably my favorite thing I’ve added to the coach, not to mention the easiest addition also. It’s extremely reassuring to know temos and pressures are constantly being monitored. Like Geo said, it’s the cross axle temperature or variance from others that matters more than actual temp. Let’s me know if there’s a brake dragging, hub heating, etc.

[Per]

Good to hear BBB, I had a cheap brand X system a few years back, and had two flats because of their crappy sensors.

The Pulse system is definitely a Quality system. Like they say, you get what you pay for!

I like being able to choose different vehichles, since I pull a trailer or a toad, I’ll really test it by putting the toad in the trailer…………I’ll really be monitoring a bunch of tires then, maybe I should put some sensors on my Harleys too LOL!

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We’ve used PressurePro for about 8 years and have never had a sensor leak. We’re on our second set now.

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I _DID_ have a sensor leak on my toad that was eventually remedied by a new valve stem.

[Jerry]

This is a report on the Pressure Pro Pulse system I installed recently.

I made my first trip with them last weekend, and here are my findings:

Very easy to install, the hardest part was getting to the inside drives, which, I removed the outside drive tires to be able to get to the valve stem, and make sure the stem is pointed in the right direction (pointed in the center of the outside wheel). The easiest way IMO is to drive the bus up on 2 2×12 boards with the inside drive, then you can remove the outside wheel, without jacks etc. Being an old trucker, I always put my outside wheel valve stem 180 degrees from the inside wheel. I did make a PVC tool to install and remove the sensor without removing the outside tire/wheel.

The next feature I really liked is……NOT HAVING TO GO AROUND AND CHECK PRESSURES ALL THE TIME WITH A TIRE GUAGE. Just push a button, and it shows you the pressure instantly.

I also installed them on my toad, and my Stacker, the 6 tires on the trailer, I can now see the pressures as well.

The day of my trip started out Hot, humid, and 96 degrees. I was also pulling my stacker. about 2 hours into the trip, I got a “HIGH TEMP” alert, which started beeping, definitely got my attention. But, I had lowered the factory setting on the alert from 200 degrees down to 190. My drive pressures were 120psi cold starting out, so you can see how much they rise on a hot day.

I called Tom, and we decided I should stop and take the temp of the inside drive with my heat gun just to be sure, it was 152, which triggered the sensor to read 190, the outside tire was 140. Being that the tire beside it was cooler and the same pressure within 1 pound, we decided that it wasn’t a dragging brake, or hot bearing.

IMO I think the right side drives were a little higher in pressure and temp because of the crown of the 2 lane road I was on, so leaning that way adds a little more weight.

I changed my alert to 200 degrees…….a couple of hours later, going up some very steep mountains, that same sensor caused another alert. The outside stayed cool. I stopped and even shot my temp gun on the inside wheel, and it was only 165.

So, my plan is to change out that sensor with one off the Toad to verify whats going on.

I still like the system so far, and am pleased with how it works.

Today a short trip up town to drop off my trailer, and below is what it looks like. 85 degrees today. Same sensor higher.

The sensors read in 40 degree increments, once I change out the high one, I should know whether the bus has a problem, or the sensor, I’m thinking maybe a bad sensor.

I’ll post the finding on that later.

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For what it’s worth Jerry my coach did the exact same thing once I lowered the temperature alert settings. And after inspecting the hub, tire, and brake temps and seeing nothing was out of what I would consider normal given the conditions I also readjusted my temperature alert setting. After that I’ve never had any issue. And even that “issue” was mostly because of me messing around with the settings. I can confirm the sensors will alert you when a tire heats more than the others as I was a little brake heavy coming down a steep mountain this summer trailing behind a car that rode their brakes the entire descent. At the bottom of the mountain the temperature alarm gave its warning to me and I inspected the brake temperatures and one axle was in fact just a little warmer than the other axles. Again, nothing out of the ordinary given the conditions. So in my opinion another win for Pressure Pro. It does exactly what you tell it do and will alert you based on your settings. Very reassuring getting that warning saying “hey, careful now…one of my axle tire temps has increased.”

[Pat & Jan]

Jerry, this may sound like a dumb question, but have you check to see if there is kind of heat source under the coach near that tire. It seems strange that you changed the sensor our with another one and had the same result. I got my system from Tom as well, but have not installed it yet, will find out if mine does the same thing. Great post, enjoyed reading it.

Mark

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Over the years there has been posts about the inside dual on one side of the bus running hotter than the outside, but I don’t remember the details. Jon?

[steve]

Most of the reported differences between the inner and outer drive axle tires has been on 40 foot coaches, or those with less rear overhang, such as 45 foot entertainer coaches. The suspicion has been the temperature spread was due to the inner tire’s proximity to the heat of the engine and transmission.

My temperature spread measured right after stopping is usually 5 degrees or thereabouts. But I don’t think we have ever had enough information to explain wider temperature variations. Factors such as the time between when the coach is stopped and when temps are measured, amount of rear overhang, AC condenser exhaust locations, etc. all can have an influence. I think the most important thing is not the actual temperatures or the spread between the temperatures of the tires, but the consistency of the readings.

By consistency I mean if temps are read routinely it becomes a pattern. We will see variations between tires, but at every stop we should see the same temperature spread. If a tire is historically 20 degrees hotter than the others, but the cold temp pressures are always what they should be we can ignore the fact there is a spread and accept the fact the spread is normal. This is especially true if we also check hub or wheel temps and they also maintain a consistent relationship with one another. What we should always alert to will be deviations from normal.

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This is the same thing I have been seeing on my coach sicnce changing to the new Pulse unit.

The passanger iside drive tire was always 40 degrees hoter than the other 3 on the drive axel so now that I know they only report in 40 degree increments of so I understand.

I will try to chech with my heat gun when I start travelling soon.

Thanks for the info.

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If I understand what Tom posted previously about Pressure Pro using an algorithm your inner and outer tires may be much closer in temperature, but one is likely just below the caclulated temperature and the other one a little higher so it would seem to be a 40 dgree spread, but may not actually be.

Check your temps over a few trips and see if a pattern emerges. That will show the real world situation and from that you can probably be better able to interpret what the pressure pro is telling you.

[Chuck]

Mark,

I hadn’t changed the sensor in the earlier post yet, but I did change the sensor today, and BTW Tom, the PVC tool worked as you said!

My next trip, I will post the findings of the different sensor.