I did fix the flat, but I was just thinking I might get some use out of the
spare if it wasn't going to hurt anything. Maybe {shudder} rotate the used
tires onto the rack until this one catches up.


On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:13:24 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You _could_ fix the flat and hang the new tire back on the rack. Or, you
>could buy another new tire if the old one is too far gone, then hang the
>best of the tires on the ground on the rack. I have a brand new Mud Terrain
>on my rack, and they don't even make them anymore.
>
>
>
>"Dean" <do.not.email.me@post.it.to.the.group.com> wrote in message
>news:390qnvk7usqknju7qfjeun18ntk8odv7jb@4ax.com.. .
>> First let me confess my sin, I did not rotate the tires on my TJ according
>>to the owners manual. <:-( So I have four 33" BFG AT tires with about 35K
>>on them and one spare that has never been on the ground, until the other day that
>>is. I picked up a nail some place and my only option was to, Oh horrors, use the
>>spare tire. <lol>
>>
>> So now what? Am I going to hurt anything by driving with one tire that is
>> substantially larger than the one on the other side of the axle? Does it
>>matter front or rear axle? How about off road with an ARB locker in the rear? I
>>am a confesses non-tire rotator, and I promise to begin rotating tires on a
>>regular basis, just as soon as I start that regular exercise program. ;-)
>>
>> Dean

 

I did fix the flat, but I was just thinking I might get some use out of the
spare if it wasn't going to hurt anything. Maybe {shudder} rotate the used
tires onto the rack until this one catches up.


On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:13:24 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You _could_ fix the flat and hang the new tire back on the rack. Or, you
>could buy another new tire if the old one is too far gone, then hang the
>best of the tires on the ground on the rack. I have a brand new Mud Terrain
>on my rack, and they don't even make them anymore.
>
>
>
>"Dean" <do.not.email.me@post.it.to.the.group.com> wrote in message
>news:390qnvk7usqknju7qfjeun18ntk8odv7jb@4ax.com.. .
>> First let me confess my sin, I did not rotate the tires on my TJ according
>>to the owners manual. <:-( So I have four 33" BFG AT tires with about 35K
>>on them and one spare that has never been on the ground, until the other day that
>>is. I picked up a nail some place and my only option was to, Oh horrors, use the
>>spare tire. <lol>
>>
>> So now what? Am I going to hurt anything by driving with one tire that is
>> substantially larger than the one on the other side of the axle? Does it
>>matter front or rear axle? How about off road with an ARB locker in the rear? I
>>am a confesses non-tire rotator, and I promise to begin rotating tires on a
>>regular basis, just as soon as I start that regular exercise program. ;-)
>>
>> Dean

 

I did fix the flat, but I was just thinking I might get some use out of the
spare if it wasn't going to hurt anything. Maybe {shudder} rotate the used
tires onto the rack until this one catches up.


On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:13:24 -0700, "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You _could_ fix the flat and hang the new tire back on the rack. Or, you
>could buy another new tire if the old one is too far gone, then hang the
>best of the tires on the ground on the rack. I have a brand new Mud Terrain
>on my rack, and they don't even make them anymore.
>
>
>
>"Dean" <do.not.email.me@post.it.to.the.group.com> wrote in message
>news:390qnvk7usqknju7qfjeun18ntk8odv7jb@4ax.com.. .
>> First let me confess my sin, I did not rotate the tires on my TJ according
>>to the owners manual. <:-( So I have four 33" BFG AT tires with about 35K
>>on them and one spare that has never been on the ground, until the other day that
>>is. I picked up a nail some place and my only option was to, Oh horrors, use the
>>spare tire. <lol>
>>
>> So now what? Am I going to hurt anything by driving with one tire that is
>> substantially larger than the one on the other side of the axle? Does it
>>matter front or rear axle? How about off road with an ARB locker in the rear? I
>>am a confesses non-tire rotator, and I promise to begin rotating tires on a
>>regular basis, just as soon as I start that regular exercise program. ;-)
>>
>> Dean