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Drive 600 miles on a spare or on a cracked rim?
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:03 am
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:03 am
Drove to Dallas Friday night and had to stop twice to put a few pounds of air in a tire that started slow leaking. Couldn't see a nail or anything. Put on the donut spare and hauled the wheel to a tire shop - they found a small dent/hairline crack on the rim causing the leak. Supposedly the donut spare is very temporary and you shouldn't drive over 50 mph. Obviously I can't drive nearly 600 miles of interstate at 50 mph. Should I overfill the tire on the cracked rim and hope it continues as a slow leak and just keep adding air at regular intervals, or risk a blowout on a donut spare?
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Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:04 am to TigrrrDad
Neither is a good idea. You can't find a cheap rim that will fit until you get to where you're going?
This post was edited on 9/10/17 at 9:05 am
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:04 am to TigrrrDad
Why not get a new rim at the tire shop?
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:11 am to TigrrrDad
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TigrrrDad
If your child asked you this question, you would tell him to...
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drive nearly 600 miles of interstate at 50 mph
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:12 am to TigrrrDad
quote:Fixed it for you.
TigrrrDud
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:12 am to TigrrrDad
shite, I see people round here drive on a spare for months.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:13 am to TigrrrDad
I recently had a flat in Arches National Park in SE Utah and had to drive to Vegas in order to get a replacement tire (performance tire).....500 miles or so. I did 60 the entire way on the interstates with the donut on and it was fine.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:15 am to TigrrrDad
Junkyard baw, go find a tire and rim
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:15 am to East Coast Band
Urbans
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:16 am to Tyga Woods
It's a luxury vehicle with a rim that would be very hard to find - and impossible on a Sunday. I don't mind driving slow on the interstate and taking longer to get home - it's more an issue of being a road hazard/accident risk driving that slow for that long on the interstate
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:16 am to TigrrrDad
JB weld the cracked rim and drive it.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:16 am to TigrrrDad
Go to a tire shop or junk yard and buy a steelie in your size for 50-100$.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:18 am to TigrrrDad
Buy a cheap wheel (even used if necessary), or a cheap steel rim and swap the tire over, and ride that until you decide to what to do.
A lot of places can repair the wheel crack as well. Find a local rim welding shop and they can repair it. I know a guy who had his wheel repaired by the guy on Greenwell Springs with the big sign.
A lot of places can repair the wheel crack as well. Find a local rim welding shop and they can repair it. I know a guy who had his wheel repaired by the guy on Greenwell Springs with the big sign.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:18 am to TigrrrDad
You should be able to buy a cheap rim. Might not match your other 3, but at this point it doesn't matter. Just has to do the job.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:19 am to TigrrrDad
You need a good rim job to set you straight.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:21 am to shutterspeed
I'm not giving out advice, that i would laugh at, if some one gave it to me.
disregard my previous post, i am an idiot
disregard my previous post, i am an idiot
This post was edited on 9/10/17 at 9:26 am
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:24 am to TigrrrDad
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It's a luxury vehicle with a rim that would be very hard to find
You should be able to fit a cheap steel rim on your vehicle. Buy the steelie and buy the "luxury" rim when you get home.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:27 am to shutterspeed
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You need a good rim job to set you straight.
Rim job... set straight... seems counterproductive
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:38 am to TigrrrDad
Are you still in Dallas? Pretty sure you could find a rim if you look hard enough. If you try to drive 600 miles on either, you're gonna end up on the side of the road or in a ditch. Write your ssn on your arm with a sharpie
This post was edited on 9/10/17 at 9:39 am
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:39 am to TigrrrDad
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Obviously I can't drive nearly 600 miles of interstate at 50 mph.
Why not? Mexicans do it all the time
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