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Spare wheel question
- Radupuh
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I did some more work on my new Jimny, including a new set of 4 Maxxis Trepador Radial MT tires (www.maxxis.com/catalog/tire-3-104-trepador-radial-m8060).
I didn't worry too much about the spare tire as I don't have a spare wheel yet (long story short, the alloy wheel I got from the previous owner is too thick to be mounted on the car) but now I want to look into this aspect too.
The problem is that the Trepadors have a directional thread pattern, so a 5th Trepador would be a lousy spare tire (as it would run backwards on one side).
What I'm thinking is getting a different MT tire with a non-directional thread pattern for the spare wheel. Would that work well enough?
What I'm interested in is something I can put on the car in case of a flat tire off-road and be able to drive it back to civilization without transmission damage. Tire rotation likely won't come into play, as I don't expect to do more than 4-5000 km/year with the Jimny.
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Also my spare is actually a different size 205/80/16
But down to having remoulds x4 the sizes match in circumference
My spare is kept in the back so doesn't look out of place against the others
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Radupuh wrote: Hello,
What I'm thinking is getting a different MT tire with a non-directional thread pattern for the spare wheel. Would that work well enough?
Yes it will be fine.
It makes sense to keep the same size (unless it can't be avoided) and construction (radial / cross-ply) as the main vehicle tyres, but it will not cause any transmission issues having different tread patterns. Just treat it as a spare and get the original back on as soon as it's fixed.
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It doesn't have one of those soppy viscous centre diffs that requires the tread depths to be the same or it will wear out etc.
The spare wheel spacers can be found here:
www.jimnybits.com/jimny/jimaccessories/s...re-wheel-spacer.html
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kirkynut wrote: A directional tyre is fine as a spare. Why does it matter if it's running the wrong way for a few journeys until the original is fixed?
My understanding has always been that a directional thread running the wrong way has pretty bad handling and traction.
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Radupuh wrote:
kirkynut wrote: A directional tyre is fine as a spare. Why does it matter if it's running the wrong way for a few journeys until the original is fixed?
My understanding has always been that a directional thread running the wrong way has pretty bad handling and traction.
Bad handling and traction is a bit over the top. I bet you wouldn't even notice it.
If you were to go racing on the streets like on a rally stage it might make a difference but you'd be dead trying that in a Jimny anyway.
I think you're massively overthinking this.
My tyre fitter has a theory that you put the direction for the nearside on the spare as he sees more punctures on the curb side but I think mine are usually off-side. I've not had one for a while but I bet sods law gives me one now!
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I think I'm getting a 5th Trepador on the first opportunity.
Thanks everybody for your help!
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