Setting STAUN deflators

G'day signman,

Did mine over the weekend. I have 2 sets (1@18PSI and the other @28/30 PSI). Basically followed their instructions. Let a tyre down to the required pressure and measure with a reliable guage. Then one by one fit the stauns and and screw top till activated then lock with ring.

I then did all the tyres when on the beach using all the stauns and give or take a pond they were all the same when measured.

Kind regards

My deflators were set very erractically when I got them, so I reset them as per the instructions and they're reading a bit lower than I thought they should, but it's OK.
I'll get another set as others have and set them for corrugations, which hopefully will stop the LR getting it's guts shaken out.
Just use the spare set at the pressure you want Signman and with a bit of fiddling you'll do it.
Alan.

I have 14 Stauns - 2 each at 7 different settings - for the vehicle and trailer.

They are all set pretty accurately - some are 0.5 psi out but I couldn't improve on that.

I followed the instructions but soon learned to set the tyre pressure at 1 psi higher than that to which you want the Stauns set. This seems to offset the loss of pressure suffered while you fiddle with the Staun. Once set, I applied a smear of silicon between the adjusting nut and locking ring and they haven't budged since. It took a while and sometimes, after checking on another tyre, I had to redo some of them but eventually got them all pretty well spot-on.

You need to be very careful that you don't drop them. Not only can dust and dirt stuff up the valve, but you can actually bend the pin ever so slightly and that will mean the they will become inaccurate.

Also, despite the construction material, mine have still suffered a little corrosion damage so an occassional light spay with WD40 or the like will keep the release valve working freely and properly.

Once set up, you'll never go back to crouching by each wheel for 5 minutes :)

Damn!@ where is Truckster when you need him.

..... ummmmm....... what are you exactly doing?

I must admit, I found them very easy to set, and I tried each one once afterwards, and they were all within..... say..... 1/2 psi.

Can't quite figure out what you've done.

Wolfie

On a slightly different note has anyone noticed that if you pull off the bitumen when you have been travelling at highway speeds for a while and deflate as you hit the firetrails, next morning after everything cools down in the evening the tyres are bagged out to the max.

What increase in pressure happens on the highway as things warm up??

I set my Stauns at 24-26 psi and dropped the tyres at the start of my last high country trip. The next morning I put quite a few psi back in at camp.

I don't mind I'm just curious.

Dave

Gday

I went to a BP garage and used their digital tyre line, worked well for me ,

Clive