And I'll add to the questions with: What method is best for rotating the spare into the mix? Can steel belted radials still only be used on one side of the vehicle (rotated in one direction?) I suppose you could take the tire off the wheel and reverse it. Regards, -- David Bogle '72 Campmobile 2.0L (For Sale) '87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia (~1K on (4) MXTs, 0K on spare) Budd Premack wrote: > How critical is it, for purposes of safeguarding the viscous coupling, to > have a spare tire that is the exact type, size, and tread wear to that of > the other tires?..... |
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