Hey,

The batteries on my 4 TPMS are dead. Anyone have any luck breaking the bead on the runflat tires with a hydraulic press and removing and replacing the TPMS on their own? Most shops are gonna charge $25 for R&R the tire then balance, plus $15 per TPMS. Waste of money. Never mind $200 for the 4 TPMS.

I have a hydraulic press and large compressor to refill and reseat the beat with the valve core out.

Id even like to pull the tires and mount new tires. Ive seen it done with tire irons on trucks with super soft sidewalls, but not with runflats.

 

Sounds like a huge headache to deal with. I suggest that you pay the man.

 

hahaha....that can be said of anything. Its all about your pain threshold.

I have a hydraulic press but it not accommodate the wheel. Need to check. I could pop the bead with that.

Or this:

Or a car jack and rope. But the runflat sidewalls may make this too difficult.

 

even if you could unseat the bead all around, then what? you would still have to pull the bead up and over the lip of the wheel. thats the main thing a tire machine does is move the bead to one side or the other of the wheel. only then could you get to the tpms sensor. you might be able to save a little money by paying a shop to un mount tires, then you go deal with sensors yourself, then bring back to re mount them.

 

You dont need to remove the entire tire. You just push back the sidewall to access the TPMS. Thats real easy with tall sidewalls. Ive never tried with runflat.

 

^ this. That's not a lot of money considering the hassle..

 

Some call it fun. And even post videos about it.

 

You'd also need the sealant for the bead when you reinflate the tires

 

Nah man, no sealant necessary. I used to work in a tire shop. Little tire goo helps the tires slide on the wheel but the needed for the seal.

 

I have used a high-lift jack on the bumper of my truck to break many a tire down and then utilized steel tire spoons to remove from the rim, yes even the first set of run-flats that were on the extra set of rims a friend gave me when I acquired my 2008 base model...

The run-flats were probably the toughest tire I have ever broken the beads down on but I was able to do so. I also have a manual tire machine but I think it is easier to use the truck bumper and the jack...

 

I wonder if can fit it under my hydraulic press. I think the wheel is too wide. If not Ill try the jack and truck trick! I just need to get the sensor out.