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[Troutfool]

I’ll post what I do after a couple of tire stores and my dealer.
Thankthanks for theadvice

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[Rebel Ranger]

If you have a full size spare, you could put that on the left rear and replace the blown tire so you have equal tread depth on both sides.

 

[Jason B]

Be sure to have the wheel inspected for damage, too.

 

[Troutfool]

Be sure to have the wheel inspected for damage, too.

Great idea. thank you.

Be sure to have the wheel inspected for damage, too.

If you have a full size spare, you could put that on the left rear and replace the blown tire so you have equal tread depth on both sides.

I went to three different tire storie. All said I needed Four tires. the spare is a full size tire but on a 17 inch rim. Crazy.
pended up a Costco. Tire have gotten so costly. Got Bridgesones.

 

[Wytchdctr]

I was wondering how crazy the traction control system would get if you mixed up height a bit front to rear. I never mix and match side to side on any wheel drive.

But...

I wasn't thinking about running wider wheels (that will never be the exact same height as the narrower fronts) in the rear like my old gen coupe.... Nope .....

But if everyone says run all equal my guess is not a good idea.

 

[Frenchy]

I was wondering how crazy the traction control system would get if you mixed up height a bit front to rear. I never mix and match side to side on any wheel drive.

But...

I wasn't thinking about running wider wheels (that will never be the exact same height as the narrower fronts) in the rear like my old gen coupe.... Nope .....

But if everyone says run all equal my guess is not a good idea.

As long as the tire size is the same it won't act up too much. If it was different sizes front and rear and the vehicle was designed to have same size on all four then it would cause major problems. I have actually seen this when working at a Nissan dealer

 

[D Fresh]

No need to replace all 4. Our diffs are open and the slight difference from 22k miles of wear will be inconsequential.

 

[Frenchy]

No need to replace all 4. Our diffs are open and the slight difference from 22k miles of wear will be inconsequential.

But once you put it in 4wd you can have some possible issues

 

[D Fresh]

But once you put it in 4wd you can have some possible issues

Not really, the front diff is open also.

At 22k miles the tire diameter is effected, but minimally so. A 5mm difference in diameter won't make a difference.

If anything OP should be more worried about the wheel speed sensors and possible ABS/AdvanceTrak wonkiness.

That being said, if it were me I'd take the opportunity to upgrade tires.

 

[Frenchy]

Not really, the front diff is open also.

At 22k miles the tire diameter is effected, but minimally so. A 5mm difference in diameter won't make a difference.

If anything OP should be more worried about the wheel speed sensors and possible ABS/AdvanceTrak wonkiness.

That being said, if it were me I'd take the opportunity to upgrade tires.

At that much wear the OP is looking at either close to 50% wear if its the factory Hankooks(I was able to get over 50K with the Frontier) or more if its the factory Bridgestone tires. With that said it is actually enough of a difference that it will cause issues you dont want. Yes the front and rear diffs are open bit if you have more than 2/32nds tread difference between tires on the connecting drivetrain components you will simply have issues. That is why on 4wd and AWD vehicles need to replace all 4 tires at the same time most of the time. 2wd vehicles you can get away with an axle at a time.

As for upgrading tires.... Yeah I would take advantage of that too

 

[Langwilliams]

Not really, the front diff is open also.

In 4wd one front an rear wheel are locked in rotation at the same pace. If one tire is nearly worn out an one is new you could get some bucking like you get when you turn on dry pavement in 4wd. I don't know the potential for difference but I remember when I had my wrangler the weak D35 rear would break easily an many replaced it with a ford 8.8. Jeep used a 4.10 gear an ford used a 4.11 (or the other way around I don't remember) an the guys all said it wasn't enough of a difference to hurt anything an ran them like that. Putting the new tire on the open wheel would prevent a potential problem.

I went to 265/70/17's on my truck but left the spare for the 255/65/17 knowing I won't be able to use 4x4 if I have to put the spare on. If I off roaded I'd upgrade the spare too.

 

[Langwilliams]

At that much wear the OP is looking at either close to 50% wear if its the factory Hankooks(I was able to get over 50K with the Frontier) or more if its the factory Bridgestone tires. With that said it is actually enough of a difference that it will cause issues you dont want. Yes the front and rear diffs are open bit if you have more than 2/32nds tread difference between tires on the connecting drivetrain components you will simply have issues. That is why on 4wd and AWD vehicles need to replace all 4 tires at the same time most of the time. 2wd vehicles you can get away with an axle at a time.

As for upgrading tires.... Yeah I would take advantage of that too

My Bridgestones were replaced with just under 24K on them. They had 2 or 3 thousand miles of life left but they were loosing wet grip an winter was close.

 

[Frenchy]

My Bridgestones were replaced with just under 24K on them. They had 2 or 3 thousand miles of life left but they were loosing wet grip an winter was close.

Yeah the factory Bridgestone tires I think we're designed to get the trucks off the lot and that was it. I had the tires off around 7,000 and installed snow tires. 10,000 miles later and I stated with a different set of Bridgestone tires(decent but did the job).

 

[Wytchdctr]

Yeah the factory Bridgestone tires I think we're designed to get the trucks off the lot and that was it. I had the tires off around 7,000 and installed snow tires. 10,000 miles later and I stated with a different set of Bridgestone tires(decent but did the job).

Well shit. I actually like mine so far, but not if they are going to give out that early.

 

[Frenchy]

Well shit. I actually like mine so far, but not if they are going to give out that early.

For me it was a snow thing. At the time I used to live at 10,000 ft, work at 9,000 ft and pass 11,000 ft going to and from work. To say the least snow and ice were common. Thats why the tires were off that quick for me

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