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I've got one of those manual bead breakers. Not Harbor Freight, I think it is Northern Tool, probably just about the same thing. If it's warm outside I can break the outside bead off the rim, hold the tire down with the bead breaker, and unscrew the old sensor and screw the new one onto the valve stem. This works with the 70 series tires on the truck. I don't think I would attempt it on the 50 series tires on the wife's car. She has two dead sensors now. I'm going to order a set off rock auto and have a tire shop install them. If they swap the valve stems at the same time, it's easy. The right tire machine will hold the side of the tire down, no need to dismount it all the way.
When she only had one dead sensor, I reset her car to use a new/used sensor, but never got around to getting it installed. It is sitting in her center console, if you pick it up and shake it, it will wake up, but then the system alarms that there's 0 psi in the left rear.
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