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Old 03-18-2012, 12:59 PM #1
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Is this dangerous?
A couple months ago, I had a nail in my tire. I plan on upgrading tire size within a few months so decided to just put the spare on and have the punctured tire as the spare. Because of this, 3 of my tires are the Dunlops and one of them is a Bridgestone. I just had a tire rotation last Saturday, so now the Bridgestone is on the front passenger side. I took my truck to a local shop yesterday for an alignment and the guy told me having that different tire on is dangerous, that I could destroy the transfer case and transmission. Is this true? I understand my truck is full time 4WD with the Torsen center diff. Let me know what you guys think.

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Old 03-18-2012, 01:11 PM #2
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It definetly has a good chance of messing up center diff. It really depends on far off the spare is. I wouldnt do it for more then a short period of time.
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Someone else can correct me if I am wrong, but I'm pretty sure you'll be fine as long as they are the same size.
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oh yeah, all 4 tires are same stock size 265/65/70. But the guy said it is dangerous because of different grip on the road. I thought that didn't matter as long as the size was the same
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oh yeah, all 4 tires are same stock size 265/65/70. But the guy said it is dangerous because of different grip on the road. I thought that didn't matter as long as the size was the same
Yes it is true that it is not good idea to different tires as the tread pattern and grip would be different.
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If they are all same size then you will be fine. I would try and get tires as soon as you can though.
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Repairing a nail puncture is cheap, and frequently free. Why mess around?
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oh yeah, all 4 tires are same stock size 265/65/70. But the guy said it is dangerous because of different grip on the road. I thought that didn't matter as long as the size was the same
It doesn't matter to the drive train, but it's true about the grip. Emergency handling would be less predictable. How unpredictable would depend on how different the other tire is.

If they're both P265/65/17 (the prefix is important) with similar tread patterns and depth, that's a pretty minimal difference for the few months until you get new tires, but you should at least be aware of what the issue is.
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Repairing a nail puncture is cheap, and frequently free. Why mess around?
I would if I could but I can't. The puncture is too close to the sidewall and they can't patch it.
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I would if I could but I can't. The puncture is too close to the sidewall and they can't patch it.
Yucky. I guess your other option is to hit it with a plug and fill the tire with Slime and see if it holds air? I'd do that before running a tire with a different tread pattern, especially if I knew I was buying new tires soon anyway.
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