Front and rear spare

[don_kleinschnitz]

I have been researching adding a spare to my 2019 Greyhawk 26Y.

I read all the threads on here that I could find and decided to add a spare up under the rear.


Yesterday I looked at the front rim to verify it was an 8C24-1015-GA GRY HA WHT. However, the rear rims look totally different and I could not find any #
other than 33548A stamped near a lugnut.

So, after looking at the rims, I walk away with a bit of confusion?

So my confusion:
I did not see any mention in the threads that the front and rear use different rims.

If they are different:

• Then what is the point of carrying only one full spare?
• Wouldn't it be better to carry just a tire so it can be mounted on the failed tire's rim?

If they aren't different rims:
What am I missing

[gprapim]

Originally Posted by don_kleinschnitz

I have been researching adding a spare to my 2019 Greyhawk 26Y.

I read all the threads on here that I could find and decided to add a spare up under the rear.


Yesterday I looked at the front rim to verify it was an 8C24-1015-GA GRY HA WHT. However, the rear rims look totally different and I could not find any #
other than 33548A stamped near a lugnut.

So, after looking at the rims, I walk away with a bit of confusion?

So my confusion:
I did not see any mention in the threads that the front and rear use different rims.

If they are different:

• Then what is the point of carrying only one full spare?
• Wouldn't it be better to carry just a tire so it can be mounted on the failed tire's rim?

If they aren't different rims:
What am I missing

The rims are the same, just reversed on the front, just like the inside rear is.

[don_kleinschnitz]

Ah, so the outside rear is reversed from the orientation of the front rims.
The inside rear is the same orientation as the front?

[Bullitt6283]

Yes. The rear axle has an innie and an outie.


All the rims are the same... (if they're steel...)

[craigav]

Speaking of the Spare tire, which mine has. I have read from others without a spare that they have used one of the rear tires for a front spare. In other words with no spare tire in their RV, and a flat or front tire blowout they would simply take one of the rear tires and place it on the front and drive very slowly to a place to get a new tire. Just a thought to share. I do realize this overloads the remaining rear tire without having its partner, so this is simply for an emergency situation only and you must go very slow if you ever do this. (best to have a true spare imo) Also, for a rear flat, they would simply remove it until they could get to a tire shop and as above, go very slow. ~CA

[pconroy]

Originally Posted by craigav

simply take one of the rear tires and place it on the front and drive very slowly to a place to get a new tire.

I could'a sworn I read someplace that if you do have to do this, buy two. The overloaded rear can no longer be trusted.

[craigav]

Originally Posted by pconroy

I could'a sworn I read someplace that if you do have to do this, buy two. The overloaded rear can no longer be trusted.

Not a bad idea to replace both for sure. Especially if the replacement is not the exact same brand because even with the same size each brand can have slight differences in height, not too mention if one tire blew out for causes other than road hazard, then the other tire(s) should certainly be suspect and checked. I would suggest to change both as well if you had to run on one for emergency usage as I described. I know people do this with dually trucks, but if they are not carrying a load then the issue isn't the same as it is on a class c where the load is there all the time. ~CA