Will having one slightly larger tire cause problems?

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Aug 26, 2009 | 07:28 PM

Jeep450r

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Will having one slightly larger tire cause problems?

I just bought 5 tires the other week, 4 of them were at a little over half tread, and the 5th was a spare with full tread. I want to work the spare into the mix so I can rotate all 5 tires, and hopefully have longer tread life. I was going to put the full tread tire on the front right. Would this cause any problems?

Aug 26, 2009 | 07:31 PM

XJ Stryker

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They should not unless you are locked.

Aug 26, 2009 | 07:34 PM

Abovetimberline

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not if they are the same size tires,you have to think what would happen if you had to run that tire if one of the others went flat,you run into a problem when you have tires of diffrent size.

Aug 26, 2009 | 07:48 PM

mike albo

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As long as they are the same numericaly in there size you are fine.

Aug 26, 2009 | 07:48 PM

jeepjerry

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You'll be fine if they are the same size tires....

Aug 26, 2009 | 07:55 PM

thehuff

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used to have an audi that they always recommended having same tread on all wheels but that was AWD. for typical 2WD use I don't think it should be a problem