Tire size difference
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Tire size difference
Hey guys. Wrecked a tire today and need to replace it. I have the 4.7 4x4. Tire shop guys saying I should replace all 4. I just want to do one. Since the other 3 are relatively new. How much of a different in tire size can these 4x4 take.
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Well I think there has to be some tolerance. Otherwise there'd be a lot more busted 4x4's since if not properly rotated/inflated tread patterns would wear unevenly causing small differences in overall diameter.
My second gen Ram had a 1/8"-1/4" difference front to back and I ran it like that trouble free for years.
I appreciate your reply. Curious if anyone else has any other advice
My second gen Ram had a 1/8"-1/4" difference front to back and I ran it like that trouble free for years.
I appreciate your reply. Curious if anyone else has any other advice
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I do not consider an inch a 'small difference' when it comes to different size tires on an LSD axle. Yes, running your tires at different pressures can, and will, alter the tire effective diameter, it will also munch up clutches in your LSD a lot faster.
A tire store put two new tires on the wifes AWD van. They were less than an inch in diameter different, and within 500 miles, the center diff in the t-case destroyed itself. The van was high mileage, so, proving the tire store was at fault for the failure just wasn't going to happen, so, I let it go. (but, I DID let the folks at the tire store know they had screwed up.) It had been running fine right up until that point.
It's your truck, do what you want with it. And when it fails, you will know why.
A tire store put two new tires on the wifes AWD van. They were less than an inch in diameter different, and within 500 miles, the center diff in the t-case destroyed itself. The van was high mileage, so, proving the tire store was at fault for the failure just wasn't going to happen, so, I let it go. (but, I DID let the folks at the tire store know they had screwed up.) It had been running fine right up until that point.
It's your truck, do what you want with it. And when it fails, you will know why.
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I do not consider an inch a 'small difference' when it comes to different size tires on an LSD axle. Yes, running your tires at different pressures can, and will, alter the tire effective diameter, it will also munch up clutches in your LSD a lot faster.
A tire store put two new tires on the wifes AWD van. They were less than an inch in diameter different, and within 500 miles, the center diff in the t-case destroyed itself. The van was high mileage, so, proving the tire store was at fault for the failure just wasn't going to happen, so, I let it go. (but, I DID let the folks at the tire store know they had screwed up.) It had been running fine right up until that point.
It's your truck, do what you want with it. And when it fails, you will know why.
A tire store put two new tires on the wifes AWD van. They were less than an inch in diameter different, and within 500 miles, the center diff in the t-case destroyed itself. The van was high mileage, so, proving the tire store was at fault for the failure just wasn't going to happen, so, I let it go. (but, I DID let the folks at the tire store know they had screwed up.) It had been running fine right up until that point.
It's your truck, do what you want with it. And when it fails, you will know why.
maybr re-read what I wrote.
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The mechanics of your wife's full time AWD operate a lot differently then our part time 4x4's as well.
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lol that's kinda what I was thinking. I'm gonna go ahead with the one tire. Difference looks to be less than 1/8"
