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#1607765 - 09/22/09 01:20 PM
Re: Tire pressure gauge question
[Re: Smokescreen]
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Registered: 01/03/04
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Loc: northern Alabama
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Drew,
Which issue of CR?
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#1607828 - 09/22/09 02:45 PM
Re: Tire pressure gauge question
[Re: benjamming]
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Registered: 09/17/05
Posts: 295
Loc: New Jersey
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Get a cheapie and calibrate it. The issue with a poor gauge is not just calibration, it's fine to know it's +2psi and live with it. The problem is consistency. If sometimes it reads -2 and sometimes +2 or more, then you get a problem.
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#1608028 - 09/22/09 06:38 PM
Re: Tire pressure gauge question
[Re: Lorenzo]
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Registered: 04/28/08
Posts: 21718
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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I have a Snap-On one, and it was very reasonably priced.
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#1608730 - 09/23/09 11:22 AM
Re: Tire pressure gauge question
[Re: Drew99GT]
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Registered: 01/03/04
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Thank you. As typical with CR though they didn't test very many. Do they have any more recent tests or is 2002 the latest?
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#1608737 - 09/23/09 11:27 AM
Re: Tire pressure gauge question
[Re: benjamming]
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Registered: 10/11/02
Posts: 19445
Loc: Colorado Springs
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I'm not sure. That's the one I know of.
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#1611294 - 09/26/09 12:52 AM
Re: Tire pressure gauge question
[Re: Drew99GT]
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Registered: 08/20/03
Posts: 5024
Loc: NE. Ohio
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I got 2 digital ones at radio shack about 10 years ago.. Both still working. I've been waiting for the batteries to die... but they are still going.
one is always 1.5# higher than normal (for normal tire pressures 30-45lb)
the other is about ++ .5# to correct
I got 2 cheapie digitals both were trash and inconsistent.
and a stick thats about 30 years old thats within 2-3lb
My GF has went through about 5 pieces of trash ie 99cent pencil style..
none were very good
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#1612437 - 09/27/09 10:13 AM
Re: Tire pressure gauge question
[Re: Drew99GT]
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Registered: 12/08/06
Posts: 176
Loc: Louisiana
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Pencil type by Milton Ind. is the best I have found.
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