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Old 11-25-2021, 05:58 PM   #40
Tireman9
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Originally Posted by ACJCF2 View Post
I had a set of Goodyear G614 RST 14 ply mounted on our Carbon TH after a Trailer King failure. They were going to sell me a set of Carlisle 14 ply but I saw the Made in China and called an audible. Our DT in Beaufort, SC did a great job. Balanced them as well. They had me place the TST monitor on each valve stem prior to balancing. One word of caution don't let them remove your metal valve stems and replace them with "high pressure rubber" stems. I told under no circumstances to tamper with what was installed O.E.



Good call on valve stems. I have never seen a bolt in metal stem fail but I have video of a "High Pressure" "snap-in" valve failure.
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