Nope. Had someone on another forum (who claims to be in the tire business)
say to put it on the RR.. guess I'll go with that unless the shop says
something else. Stills supports my theory of keeping it off the front..

- Eric
"Carl" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:-_ednU03AI1wLUjeRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> I'd keep it off the front to avoid any kind of alignment issue at high
> speed. Take your pick on which side on the rear you want it on. Do you
> find yourself loosing traction with either side more?
>
> Carl
>
>
> "Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
> news:J%hBf.28548$v05.18272@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> *laugh*
>>
>> Thanks, Carl. Appreciate the 'expert' feedback... :-)
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> "Carl" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1LGdnRcjo8v5N0jenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> I'd put it on the driver's rear. Why? So you can look back and see it..
>>> the full tread looks cooler than the worn tread.
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>> "Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber
>>>> is missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've
>>>> been wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I
>>>> can't complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I
>>>> guess I need to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>>>>
>>>> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
>>>> least 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare?
>>>> I've gotten a vote for front passenger already... any other
>>>> suggestions? Any experience from this? I would assume putting up front
>>>> would give me alignment/death wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
>>>> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>> 99 TJ SE
>>>> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

Nope. Had someone on another forum (who claims to be in the tire business)
say to put it on the RR.. guess I'll go with that unless the shop says
something else. Stills supports my theory of keeping it off the front..

- Eric
"Carl" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:-_ednU03AI1wLUjeRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> I'd keep it off the front to avoid any kind of alignment issue at high
> speed. Take your pick on which side on the rear you want it on. Do you
> find yourself loosing traction with either side more?
>
> Carl
>
>
> "Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
> news:J%hBf.28548$v05.18272@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> *laugh*
>>
>> Thanks, Carl. Appreciate the 'expert' feedback... :-)
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> "Carl" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1LGdnRcjo8v5N0jenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> I'd put it on the driver's rear. Why? So you can look back and see it..
>>> the full tread looks cooler than the worn tread.
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>> "Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber
>>>> is missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've
>>>> been wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I
>>>> can't complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I
>>>> guess I need to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>>>>
>>>> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
>>>> least 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare?
>>>> I've gotten a vote for front passenger already... any other
>>>> suggestions? Any experience from this? I would assume putting up front
>>>> would give me alignment/death wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
>>>> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>> 99 TJ SE
>>>> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

Nope. Had someone on another forum (who claims to be in the tire business)
say to put it on the RR.. guess I'll go with that unless the shop says
something else. Stills supports my theory of keeping it off the front..

- Eric
"Carl" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:-_ednU03AI1wLUjeRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> I'd keep it off the front to avoid any kind of alignment issue at high
> speed. Take your pick on which side on the rear you want it on. Do you
> find yourself loosing traction with either side more?
>
> Carl
>
>
> "Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
> news:J%hBf.28548$v05.18272@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> *laugh*
>>
>> Thanks, Carl. Appreciate the 'expert' feedback... :-)
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> "Carl" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1LGdnRcjo8v5N0jenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> I'd put it on the driver's rear. Why? So you can look back and see it..
>>> the full tread looks cooler than the worn tread.
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>> "Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber
>>>> is missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've
>>>> been wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I
>>>> can't complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I
>>>> guess I need to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>>>>
>>>> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
>>>> least 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare?
>>>> I've gotten a vote for front passenger already... any other
>>>> suggestions? Any experience from this? I would assume putting up front
>>>> would give me alignment/death wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
>>>> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>> 99 TJ SE
>>>> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber is
> missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've been
> wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I can't
> complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I guess I need
> to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>
> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
> least 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare? I've
> gotten a vote for front passenger already... any other suggestions? Any
> experience from this? I would assume putting up front would give me
> alignment/death wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>
> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs

I'm sure you will get many replies, all different. Let me preface by saying
I'm 67 years old and have driven across the country more than sixty times,
in an XK-140, and an E-Type Jaguar, Pontiac 455 Bonneville, and others I
don't remember, but also a dozen times, from Dallas to Sacramento, in a Jeep
Grand Cherokee, to check out properties up in the mountains. My Jeep (my
wife has a twin) came with Goodyear tires that lasted 20K miles. I tipped
the Jeep service guy, in Dallas, and he told me to replace the Goodyear's
with Michelin, and he even knew what the number was, and just leave the
spare in the trunk. So I replaced them with Michelins that lasted 90K miles.
My Jeep now has about 115K miles, on the second pair of Michelins. The
original Goodyear spare is still in the trunk. I check it each year, and,
since I have an on-board air compressor, bring it up to whatever the PSI
rating is. I would never, never, never (did I say never?) take that tire
out unless there was a catastrophic failure. I always replace the four
"working" tires with exact same spec tires. That means (to me) not
introduce a 20K Goodyear tire into three other Michelin Tires, unless it is
a real emergency. And then I would get that Goodyear back into the trunk as
soon as I could get a Michelin replacement. In short, I never would
introduce the spare into rotation, just replace all four tires, with good
tires. But hey, that's just me. I remember the "gators" from the Ford
Firestone years of 1990-1992??? littering the highways, from Dallas to
California (where it turned hot) and talking to the truckers on the CB, and
seeing a Ford SUVs tires explode, and it careened into the ditch between
Barstow and San Bernardino, and fortunate not to turn over.

I realized early on that the only thing between me and the surface of the
earth was the tires. So a confession, here. I was a twenty-year-old
lieutenant with more money than brains, and bought a used XK-140 Jaguar
which came with Dunlop racing tires, which I scrubbed at Laguna Seca, and
that took all my money, and I had orders back east so I went to Sears and
got a set of "Super Safety" tires. In the New Mexico desert there was a
bang, and I remembered to let off the gas, do not touch the brake, and one
of the tires passed me. I took out the Dunlop spare, hobbled into
Albuquerque, and they gave me a free replacement with the words, "you know
that this is a truck tire, right?"

Oh.

I have been very careful about my tires ever since.

 

"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber is
> missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've been
> wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I can't
> complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I guess I need
> to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>
> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
> least 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare? I've
> gotten a vote for front passenger already... any other suggestions? Any
> experience from this? I would assume putting up front would give me
> alignment/death wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>
> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs

I'm sure you will get many replies, all different. Let me preface by saying
I'm 67 years old and have driven across the country more than sixty times,
in an XK-140, and an E-Type Jaguar, Pontiac 455 Bonneville, and others I
don't remember, but also a dozen times, from Dallas to Sacramento, in a Jeep
Grand Cherokee, to check out properties up in the mountains. My Jeep (my
wife has a twin) came with Goodyear tires that lasted 20K miles. I tipped
the Jeep service guy, in Dallas, and he told me to replace the Goodyear's
with Michelin, and he even knew what the number was, and just leave the
spare in the trunk. So I replaced them with Michelins that lasted 90K miles.
My Jeep now has about 115K miles, on the second pair of Michelins. The
original Goodyear spare is still in the trunk. I check it each year, and,
since I have an on-board air compressor, bring it up to whatever the PSI
rating is. I would never, never, never (did I say never?) take that tire
out unless there was a catastrophic failure. I always replace the four
"working" tires with exact same spec tires. That means (to me) not
introduce a 20K Goodyear tire into three other Michelin Tires, unless it is
a real emergency. And then I would get that Goodyear back into the trunk as
soon as I could get a Michelin replacement. In short, I never would
introduce the spare into rotation, just replace all four tires, with good
tires. But hey, that's just me. I remember the "gators" from the Ford
Firestone years of 1990-1992??? littering the highways, from Dallas to
California (where it turned hot) and talking to the truckers on the CB, and
seeing a Ford SUVs tires explode, and it careened into the ditch between
Barstow and San Bernardino, and fortunate not to turn over.

I realized early on that the only thing between me and the surface of the
earth was the tires. So a confession, here. I was a twenty-year-old
lieutenant with more money than brains, and bought a used XK-140 Jaguar
which came with Dunlop racing tires, which I scrubbed at Laguna Seca, and
that took all my money, and I had orders back east so I went to Sears and
got a set of "Super Safety" tires. In the New Mexico desert there was a
bang, and I remembered to let off the gas, do not touch the brake, and one
of the tires passed me. I took out the Dunlop spare, hobbled into
Albuquerque, and they gave me a free replacement with the words, "you know
that this is a truck tire, right?"

Oh.

I have been very careful about my tires ever since.

 

"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber is
> missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've been
> wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I can't
> complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I guess I need
> to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>
> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
> least 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare? I've
> gotten a vote for front passenger already... any other suggestions? Any
> experience from this? I would assume putting up front would give me
> alignment/death wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>
> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs

I'm sure you will get many replies, all different. Let me preface by saying
I'm 67 years old and have driven across the country more than sixty times,
in an XK-140, and an E-Type Jaguar, Pontiac 455 Bonneville, and others I
don't remember, but also a dozen times, from Dallas to Sacramento, in a Jeep
Grand Cherokee, to check out properties up in the mountains. My Jeep (my
wife has a twin) came with Goodyear tires that lasted 20K miles. I tipped
the Jeep service guy, in Dallas, and he told me to replace the Goodyear's
with Michelin, and he even knew what the number was, and just leave the
spare in the trunk. So I replaced them with Michelins that lasted 90K miles.
My Jeep now has about 115K miles, on the second pair of Michelins. The
original Goodyear spare is still in the trunk. I check it each year, and,
since I have an on-board air compressor, bring it up to whatever the PSI
rating is. I would never, never, never (did I say never?) take that tire
out unless there was a catastrophic failure. I always replace the four
"working" tires with exact same spec tires. That means (to me) not
introduce a 20K Goodyear tire into three other Michelin Tires, unless it is
a real emergency. And then I would get that Goodyear back into the trunk as
soon as I could get a Michelin replacement. In short, I never would
introduce the spare into rotation, just replace all four tires, with good
tires. But hey, that's just me. I remember the "gators" from the Ford
Firestone years of 1990-1992??? littering the highways, from Dallas to
California (where it turned hot) and talking to the truckers on the CB, and
seeing a Ford SUVs tires explode, and it careened into the ditch between
Barstow and San Bernardino, and fortunate not to turn over.

I realized early on that the only thing between me and the surface of the
earth was the tires. So a confession, here. I was a twenty-year-old
lieutenant with more money than brains, and bought a used XK-140 Jaguar
which came with Dunlop racing tires, which I scrubbed at Laguna Seca, and
that took all my money, and I had orders back east so I went to Sears and
got a set of "Super Safety" tires. In the New Mexico desert there was a
bang, and I remembered to let off the gas, do not touch the brake, and one
of the tires passed me. I took out the Dunlop spare, hobbled into
Albuquerque, and they gave me a free replacement with the words, "you know
that this is a truck tire, right?"

Oh.

I have been very careful about my tires ever since.

 

put it on the right rear and do a couple nasty burnouts... you'll get the
tread to even on out with the other tires


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber is
> missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've been
> wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I can't
> complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I guess I need
> to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>
> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
least
> 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare? I've gotten
a
> vote for front passenger already... any other suggestions? Any experience
> from this? I would assume putting up front would give me alignment/death
> wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>
> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs
>
>

 

put it on the right rear and do a couple nasty burnouts... you'll get the
tread to even on out with the other tires


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber is
> missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've been
> wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I can't
> complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I guess I need
> to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>
> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
least
> 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare? I've gotten
a
> vote for front passenger already... any other suggestions? Any experience
> from this? I would assume putting up front would give me alignment/death
> wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>
> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs
>
>

 

put it on the right rear and do a couple nasty burnouts... you'll get the
tread to even on out with the other tires


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:ASgBf.31090$SD1.5493@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> After finally cleaning my tires today I noticed a small chunk of rubber is
> missing from one of my tire's sidewalls (Rear driver side). I've been
> wheeling them pretty hard for the past year or so, so I guess I can't
> complain it took this long... it is down to the threads, so I guess I need
> to take it off the ground and make it my spare.
>
> Here's my dilemma. My 4 tires have 40-50% tread left. My spare has at
least
> 95% tread left (hardly used). So.... where do I put the spare? I've gotten
a
> vote for front passenger already... any other suggestions? Any experience
> from this? I would assume putting up front would give me alignment/death
> wobble/bumpsteer issues.
>
> Thoughts? Votes? ANYONE? Yes, I should've done a five-tire rotation
> pattern... but since I didn't... what now?
>
> Eric
> 99 TJ SE
> 33x12.5R15 BFG MTs
>
>

 

"Carl" <carlsaiyed@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1LGdnRcjo8v5N0jenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> I'd put it on the driver's rear. >
Sounds rather uncomfortable.