I Used My Space Saver Spare, Was It A Bid Idea?

[lilcrash]

hey everyone, i got a flat tyre yesterday and i had to use my space saver to limp home. but im concerned that i may have damaged something as the whole way home it was chugging like the diffs were locked in a 50/50 split and the front torque guage sat around half way up the whole time. should i be worried? i drove about 30km from work to home.

i checked the tyre sizes and the spare is .5% bigger then my other wheels, is this to much of a difference?

thanks for any help

[webng]

What size rims/tyres have you got on?

Only way to check i suppose is to get the tyre fixed, put back on and see if you still have the same symptoms.

This is a constant worry for me as well, i'm running on 235/45/17's and yet to have a flat. But then, I've never had a flat (touch wood) in 20 years of driving.

Edited January 22, 2009 by webng

[lilcrash]

well its not doing to now so yer, i just wasnt sure, im using 225/45r17s now

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

i got 17inch r34 gtt rims, but people wont seperate me one out of four for a spare ! understandable

[_Ryan_]

i got 17inch r34 gtt rims, but people wont seperate me one out of four for a spare ! understandable

find 3 more people...

[BKC34]

put 2 on the back BURNOUT TIME hahahaha, jokes, leave that shit to the commonwhores lol

[GTR-32U]

I highly doubt you would have done any damage for such a short distance. However if you were driving for weeks/months then I could see something going wrong. Best way to find out is when normal wheels are all back on.

[lilcrash]

its a pity you live so far away, ive got 8 of those rims. my insurance paid me out for one of mine in an accident($700 each they are worth to buy) and i found a bob jane near me had a set for sale so i bought them. i just wish i could afford rims that sat better. i found some nice rims yesterday but they were $850 per rim and it would be 12-16 week wait to get them custon made.

[pork hunt drifting]

i had to use my space saver the other day. im running 225 45 17 and although it looks the same size ill driving for bout half hour then allsudden i got a bad vibration that was on and off. my torque guage didnt move though?

i was only putting it, got my mag fixed and shes all sweet again.

[AndyD]

This happened to me the other day i was running 225/40/18 now got it repaired and put 2 235/40/18 on the back but it sounds like the diff has a whine in it now any ideas. Is it likely to have caused damage only drove about 5 kms @ 60km/h or could it be tyre noise from the new tryes

[lilcrash]

could be the size deffrence but i dont think that small an increase should be noticable