Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?

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Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay? [Re: Isuzukid] #728490 06/03/06 05:17 AM

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There is some danger you could fry a limited slip diff running different size tires on the rear axle, if this applies to your rig. And I wouldn't run it in 4WD that way, either, due to driveline binding. So if you are willing to swap the tire to the front (in the instant of a rear flat), and are in a position to get moving again in 2WD, then yes you can run a different size spare.

Not sure I'd bother carrying a spare at all that wasn't a size match, but YMMV...and there is always AAA or Fix-A-Flat.

Steve Carlson - 95 Trooper LS expo rig
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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	Isuzukid	06/02/06 06:53 AM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	pucci	06/02/06 09:59 AM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	Mike Bridges	06/02/06 02:54 PM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	Wayne	06/02/06 03:12 PM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	TrailMystic	06/02/06 08:38 PM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	Isuzukid	06/02/06 10:00 PM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	Amigo-2k	06/02/06 10:14 PM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	Mike Bridges	06/03/06 12:50 AM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	BigSwede	06/03/06 05:17 AM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	RobG	06/05/06 01:16 PM
Re: Using a different size spare tire? Is it okay?	Craig	06/05/06 08:37 PM

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