[DML] Re: Wheel Offset-Spare Tire

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I drove on a spare once for a couple of miles. I get them to hold 
air by having them dismounted, sealed with Camel Bead Sealer (looks 
like tar) and remounted. I would NOT recomend driving on the spare. 
It's over 25 years old. I saw a spare from a Toyota which was 10 
years old driven 10 miles. It separated and looked like a bunch of 
old rubber bands. Any tire over 7 years old is not to be driven on, 
including spares. Better to keep a can of tire sealer-inflator and a 
tire pump. With a slow leak it might get you to a gas station.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle_dmc@...> 
wrote:
>
> It's moot since the spare doesn't really hold air anyway, at least 
I've 
> never seen one that I'd be confident to drive on.  Instead of an 
> inadequate spare tire well, look at it as a tool compartment. Or a 
> really big compartment to hold your cellphone that you use to call 
the 
> tow truck when you get a flat. 
> 
> Just a curiosity - has anyone here every actually used the spare, 
i.e. 
> driven on it at least 10 miles? 
> 
> Dave S
> 
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