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How far?
Honeslty most tyre stores or CL around here have suitable spare in the same size for $20-50. I wouldnt bother the risk even though you "could" be fine to get back from the outerlands.
IMHO .02
That sounds a lot better than $200, but wouldn't a worn down 33" tire be almost 30" already? I know the original 31's were 29 something with 4/32's tread left.
Oh, the farthest I'm 'most likely' to travel normally is about under 30 miles.
id search for a decent used one. just for peace of mind. i found one with barely any use for 50 bucks. you may have to drive around to a few tire shops but 285 isnt that hard to find.
I have 315's and had trouble finding NEW ONES to buy. Tire rack for instance currently has NONE. Neither does the STS chain. Mavis said they had to order a set and three days later said they couldn't find four! Finally I HAD to go to Firestone to get the Destination A/T's in that size. WTF?
So I may have trouble finding a used one of these, so I guess I'll have to take any 33" tire.
Thanks everybody.
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The differentials job is to allow the tires to spin at different rates. If you've got a smaller tire then it will spin it up faster, just as if it was doing the same thing to an outside tire during a turn. To me I really doubt using a smaller tire would cause for concern...
Although I wouldn't be the first to try this notion...
The wheels arent spinning at THAT different rates for an extended period of time... The diff heats up more than its meant to, the oil looses its qualities and things start to go bad.