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Originally Posted by Peacekeeper6
Thanks for all the replies.
Here is exactly what happened.
I took my rig in on Monday to have ALL FOUR rears replaced with brand new Sumitomos. I picked up my mh on Friday at the shop, but I didn't bother to check the air pressures. I assumed they were inflated to specs.
I drove it straight to my home that day, which was about 12 miles never going over 50 mph.
On Sunday morning, two days later, I decided to check all the pressures of my tires. The fronts were good, and the duals on the RR corners were also good. When I checked the LR duals, the outside had 80 psi, the inside were 0.
I inflated the all rear tires to 86 psi that morning. Later that afternoon, I checked all of them again. The RR duals held their pressure, the outside LR dual had 86, the inside were 60.
This morning, I checked the LR duals again. The outside held at 86, the inside was now down to 40.
So there's a slow leak somewhere. I didn't see any nails/screws on the tire, so I'm guessing there's a valve stem leak.
To tell you the truth, I'm not sure if I drove it with 0 pressure. I'm just doing a "worse case scenario".
I should've checked all the tires prior to leaving the shop. I won't make that same mistake again.
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Did they install balance powder, and if so, are the valve stems filtered? It was a stuck valve stem on my tire from the balance powder that resulted in my tire getting low. I have since installed filtered valve stems, which would be required to use a TPMS anyhow, and have not had a leak since.