I am currently driving around town with my 265/70/16 spare tire. The other 3 tires are 265/75/16. The spare is on the driver-side rear. Will I incur any damage or cause any problems by driving around for about a week (until my new tires arrive)?

Thanks!

 

I think you should at least bring the spare to the front. I remember asking this question a few times ago and that's one of things I remember......I think.......

 

You could always put it in the front.

 

could or should?

Based on the answers I got when I asked this question it seems that it'd be best to put it in the front so that you don't mess up anything with the drivetrain or axle (???).

Someone else mentioned that it's better safe than sorry and it would do negligable damage as long as it isn't driven for too much of a distance?

 

You will not cause any damage, because of how the axle/differential is designed. If you notice, many vehicles have DONUT spare tires that are smaller in diameter than the regular tire. My long retired 1984 Chevy Blazer was one.. It came factory equipped with this rediculous small donut of a tire for a spare. Other than a speed restriction, you could put that donut anywhere, rear or front, and drive it until you got your regular tire fixed. The fact that the donut was smaller than the rest of the tires did not make any difference. I drove on that donut, installed in left rear, if I recall correctly, for 500+ miles ( It was a weekend, and I could not find any place open to have my tire fixed )

 

That's what I thought, too. I was thinking about someof these small donuts on cars. I think even AWD Subarus have them.
I had to drive it 110 miles to get home and put another 30 miles in town. I will have to drive it all week to work and back until the new tires arrive.

 

from what ive heard, you dont want different size tires on the drive wheels. you're supposed to put a good tire in the rear, and put the spare tire on the front, where those arent driven by the motor

 

Size different is neglibible between those two. I would jockey pressure to see what I could do in the rear.

I would also keep it in the rear because I bet two different sized tires would make the front end crankier than the rear.

 

I was thinking that, too, since I have ADD. And I don't mean attention def...hey, look! A blue car!