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I Used My Space Saver Spare, Was It A Bid Idea?

lilcrash

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hey everyone, i got a flat tyre yesterday and i had to use my space saver to limp home. but im concerned that i may have damaged something as the whole way home it was chugging like the diffs were locked in a 50/50 split and the front torque guage sat around half way up the whole time. should i be worried? i drove about 30km from work to home.

i checked the tyre sizes and the spare is .5% bigger then my other wheels, is this to much of a difference?

thanks for any help

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What size rims/tyres have you got on?

Only way to check i suppose is to get the tyre fixed, put back on and see if you still have the same symptoms.

This is a constant worry for me as well, i'm running on 235/45/17's and yet to have a flat. But then, I've never had a flat (touch wood) in 20 years of driving.

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I highly doubt you would have done any damage for such a short distance. However if you were driving for weeks/months then I could see something going wrong. Best way to find out is when normal wheels are all back on.

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its a pity you live so far away, ive got 8 of those rims. my insurance paid me out for one of mine in an accident($700 each they are worth to buy) and i found a bob jane near me had a set for sale so i bought them. i just wish i could afford rims that sat better. i found some nice rims yesterday but they were $850 per rim and it would be 12-16 week wait to get them custon made.

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i had to use my space saver the other day. im running 225 45 17 and although it looks the same size ill driving for bout half hour then allsudden i got a bad vibration that was on and off. my torque guage didnt move though?

i was only putting it, got my mag fixed and shes all sweet again.

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This happened to me the other day i was running 225/40/18 now got it repaired and put 2 235/40/18 on the back but it sounds like the diff has a whine in it now any ideas. Is it likely to have caused damage only drove about 5 kms @ 60km/h or could it be tyre noise from the new tryes

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