Spare Tire?
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Come to think of it, my spare tire in my 95, does not have a valve stem. It was torn out when I tossed it out the bed one day making some room for moving (when I bought the truck, it didn't have spare tire carrier, so it was in the bed). That was 2 years ago. I am still carrying a deflated tire in the back of my truck. I got a nail in one of my tires last year, and drove it for 3-4 months until I replaced them with 31's. Didn't leak a bit, guess I was lucky.
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They sold me Laredo Rib tires.
Is Cooper made in Ohio? Seems I recall passing their factory on the freeway.
What about Kelly? I have Kelly Chargers on my wife's Aerostar.
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Is Cooper made in Ohio? Seems I recall passing their factory on the freeway.
What about Kelly? I have Kelly Chargers on my wife's Aerostar.
Thanks again, Paul
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 29-Jun-01 AT 09:54 AM (EST)[/font]
TallPaul, now that I think about it, Michelin has a series of tires that are actually run flats. I beleive they came on lincolns and Cadallacs and at the times only came in sizes that were standard on those cars. Remember that more than just those cars use those size tires though. They may have expanded the sizes though but I am not sure. They came on these cars obvously becuase of the cost. They are expensive, but they have really stiff sidewalls enabeling you to drive at what I remember is a maximum of 50 miles an hour for a certain amount of miles which I can't remember now. I guess they do live up to the challenge but yet again they are only supposed to get you to a place where you can get the tire fixed. I think good year makes a run flat to but I can not be sure. When I think of nailguard tires I think of uniroyal, becuase thats what they call thier punture-proof tires and thats the first tire I saw that stuff on. Uniroyal is a owned by Michelin and I think they have possibly the best technology when it comes to tires even though I don't run them. They just don't meet my personal needs and interest. They also seem to be aimed more towards luxury car area.
EDIT: I don't know what police cars run for tires, I have never worked on one. I have worked on thier personal vehicles though.
People who say it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
TallPaul, now that I think about it, Michelin has a series of tires that are actually run flats. I beleive they came on lincolns and Cadallacs and at the times only came in sizes that were standard on those cars. Remember that more than just those cars use those size tires though. They may have expanded the sizes though but I am not sure. They came on these cars obvously becuase of the cost. They are expensive, but they have really stiff sidewalls enabeling you to drive at what I remember is a maximum of 50 miles an hour for a certain amount of miles which I can't remember now. I guess they do live up to the challenge but yet again they are only supposed to get you to a place where you can get the tire fixed. I think good year makes a run flat to but I can not be sure. When I think of nailguard tires I think of uniroyal, becuase thats what they call thier punture-proof tires and thats the first tire I saw that stuff on. Uniroyal is a owned by Michelin and I think they have possibly the best technology when it comes to tires even though I don't run them. They just don't meet my personal needs and interest. They also seem to be aimed more towards luxury car area.
EDIT: I don't know what police cars run for tires, I have never worked on one. I have worked on thier personal vehicles though.
People who say it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Goodyear Runflats come standard on Corvette, since they dont have a spare tire either... just point of interest..
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I do carry a spare but the tires on my 92' F-250 will actually hold the rim up even when most of the air is gone. My tires are spect' around 65/75 lbs of air. I run them at 45-50 lbs unless I really need to haul heavy weight with it. I have had times where I checked the pressure and found it very low and did not even notice the tire sagging at all. I just drove up to the air pump and pumped it back up.
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 18-Jul-01 AT 09:58 PM (EST)[/font][p]
Goodyear tires are too overpriced for what you get. Just like the Corvette.
EDIT: I am not saying Goodyear is a bad tire, just too expensive.
People who say it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Goodyear Runflats come standard on Corvette, since they dont have a spare tire either... just point of interest..
EDIT: I am not saying Goodyear is a bad tire, just too expensive.
People who say it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
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The thing about the run flat tires is that they only come in low profile, and the sidewalls are about as stiff as steel! If you ever have to get on changed be sure to leave the tire guy alone, unless you like to hear foul language.
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I hear that Jeff. I used to be a tire guy a couple of years ago and did my fair share of swearing. We mounted quite a bit of low profile tires due to the area the shop was in and sometimes it was a two man operation just to get a 40 series tire onto a wheel. I am sure glad I don't do that anymore. That was the most stressful job I ever had.
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 20-Jul-01 AT 01:10 PM (EST)[/font][p]I do carry a spare in the bed of my truck. Although I have never had to use it, I still feel better knowing it is there.
I'm impressed with the tires I have on it right now. I remember about six months ago, I heard a ticking noise from the left front. I thought it was a bearing, or brake problem. After I got to work, I looked and saw the head of a 3/8 inch bolt in the tread of the tire. I got home that night, removed the bolt with a wrench, and it has been fine ever since.
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I'm impressed with the tires I have on it right now. I remember about six months ago, I heard a ticking noise from the left front. I thought it was a bearing, or brake problem. After I got to work, I looked and saw the head of a 3/8 inch bolt in the tread of the tire. I got home that night, removed the bolt with a wrench, and it has been fine ever since.
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I've never carried a spare even when I do go out of town. The only 2 problems I've ever encoutered was when I left town to go to the lake to ride the jetski. It was Sunday, 100+ degrees outside and my passenger front tire on my 63 Bonneville threw the tread. Drove another 30 miles at 30 mph to make it to Brenham (other side of the lake) cuz the only place to get a tire was at Walmart.
The other time was in March this year, I threw the tread on the drivers front of the 64 truck after leaving Sears. Was only 2 miles from the house and called the wife to bring a spare (a flat one), a jack, lug wrench and an air tank.
The problem with spares is that when you need them, they are flat and if you don't rotate your tires often, you forget to check the spare.
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The other time was in March this year, I threw the tread on the drivers front of the 64 truck after leaving Sears. Was only 2 miles from the house and called the wife to bring a spare (a flat one), a jack, lug wrench and an air tank.
The problem with spares is that when you need them, they are flat and if you don't rotate your tires often, you forget to check the spare.
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I was riding with a friend one time. We had a complete blowout and pulled over. He goes into the trunk and hands me the jack and lugwrench. I went to work removing the flat while he rolled the spare over to me, then sat back to watch. I nearly had the flat off, when I looked over to see his spare was [font color=red]not on a rim[/font]. I fell over laughing my **** off. He couldn't see what was so funny, until about two minutes later, when I regained my abilty to speak, and pointed out the problem.
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