New Tyres - What about the spare?

Flossie said:

Your supposed to rotate the tyres so the spare gets used too.

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windy81 said:

sounds like a lot of effort that

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dag019 said:

before any one complains that rotating them is extra work, if your landy is like mine the wheels come off for maintenance/repairs often enough that it is not a special job, you just swap them at this point.

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dag019 said:

See my previous:


If your is reliable enough to not need the wheels removing at least every 20k miles or so and/or couple of years I want to know your secret. I would give my right arm for that level of reliability

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Colthebrummie said:

Buy a freelander, the only time my wheels have been off is to replace the tyres or change the brake pads

Col

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PointerSisters said:

Hi, my Defender needs four new tyres. It's got General Grabber TRs on it at the moment. I have no problem getting these again, but if I choose a new tyre, what is the usual practise with the spare? Although it's never been used, it's sat on the back in the rain and sun for years, which must have a slight wearing effect on it.

Do you just leave it as an odd-one-out, or replace it? What do you do with the old one if you replace it?

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dag019 said:

Am I the only one who has a full size matching spare mounted to the vehicle? If it is not a matched spare then you cannot rotate the tyres around as @Flossie mentioned. I actually have two spares because it was recommended, although completely unnecessary, for the trip to Morocco, one lives in the garage one lives on the back of the 110. Similarly with the series (also two spares, one on bonnet one on rear bulkhead) all the wheels and tyres match. This allows them to be rotated around so the spares are roughly the same amount of wear as the rest of the tyres and when replaced it is not a brand new never used tyre which is too old to be any use. I know it is easy for me as I can swap pairs, but you can do the same thing with a singe, move the spare to the front, front to back, back to spare etc. This ensure more even tyre wear, and allows maximum usage and mileage out of a set of rubber.

p.s before any one complains that rotating them is extra work, if your landy is like mine the wheels come off for maintenance/repairs often enough that it is not a special job, you just swap them at this point.

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Al2O3 said:

I ran my Landy for about 12 years with the full size tyre and alloy on the back. The rear door literally fell to bits half way through that time and I replaced the whole door and had it professionally painted. 6 years later (ie 12 years of ownership) the second door was completely shot so during the rebuild it was again replaced with a new one. Even after the rebuild and possibly fairly peculiar to be, the rear door takes some force to get it to shut properly. The 5 stone weight of the wheel, moving with this force behind it, sends a fair shock wave through the door and literally shakes it to bits. Hence I have put an ultra light dummy wheel on there and keep the spare behind the house.

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dag019 said:

Ok so I have a swing away taking the weight of the wheels rather than the rear door. I find the frame rots away quicker than it shakes itself to pieces. I am on my third in 10 years due to rust but none of them have cracked the frame.

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