Can you run on the spare tire without it being inflated? If so, for how long and how fast?
George
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Based on looking at my new and unused spare tire, I would say that the best place for it is in the storage cabinet where it now sits.
I would suggest keeping your roadside assistance policy up to date instead.
I would suggest keeping your roadside assistance policy up to date instead.
This is what I was told by the people who should know.
It can be run on the front not inflated but will be destroyed in only a few miles.
Inflated, it can be run on the front for several hundred miles but at reduced speeds.
NEVER put the spare on the rear. It will turn the axle shafts at different speeds and will make short order of the guts in the ZF which would make for a very expensive flat tire.
My tire expert told me to be safe and just leave it at home.
Doug M
It can be run on the front not inflated but will be destroyed in only a few miles.
Inflated, it can be run on the front for several hundred miles but at reduced speeds.
NEVER put the spare on the rear. It will turn the axle shafts at different speeds and will make short order of the guts in the ZF which would make for a very expensive flat tire.
My tire expert told me to be safe and just leave it at home.
Doug M
Thanks guys! I now know what to do with that thing. I believe it will hang on the wall in my bar area, right next to the nose of my old 89 Mustang 5.0.
Roadside assistance is the way to go!
George
Roadside assistance is the way to go!
George