Last year, I got new tires: Yokohama Geolander G015 for our 2000 LandCruiser. The rear passenger side tire has a nail in the inner sidewall & can't be repaired (per Discount Tire) & it has a slow leak (down to 10 PSI about weekly). We have put 16,000 miles (highway pavement) on the truck in the 1 year plus 4 months we have had the tires. Can I replace just the one leaking tire? Do I very sadly need to replace all of the tires? They have been great tires year round in Colorado.
Replace all tires?? Nail in tire sidewall- Tires just over year old
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Eyedaho
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I wouldn't worry about it with open differentials, but you might get different advice from others. It's not like you'll be chewing up LSD or messing with electronics/traction control on our old 100 LCs.
Technically, you're supposed to replace all 4, but there is no reason you can't replace just one tire unless it is so worn that the diameter is materially affected. Your diameter may be more affected by tire pressure than 16K of wear on one tire.
Also, I had a Subaru with a super-small sidewall leak. At the suggestion of Discount (not an 'official' suggestion), I added a can of Fix-a-Flat, and set the tire so that the sidewall leak was down, and gravity would carry the Fix-a-Flat to the leak area. Sealed it up just fine and I remounted the tire and did not have to buy a set of 4. If the leak was large, I wouldn't have done this.
Also, I had a Subaru with a super-small sidewall leak. At the suggestion of Discount (not an 'official' suggestion), I added a can of Fix-a-Flat, and set the tire so that the sidewall leak was down, and gravity would carry the Fix-a-Flat to the leak area. Sealed it up just fine and I remounted the tire and did not have to buy a set of 4. If the leak was large, I wouldn't have done this.
hoser
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Some tire shops have the ability to shave tires down (for competition road tires.... less tread squirm). Tirerack also offers this service. Have them match the tread depth of your other tires.
Would probably be okay to replace one, granted it is in the rear. If front, it'll make your 100 veer to one side. Two new tires would be better. Put the old, good tire in the spare position.
I don't really recommend fix-a-flat due to the amount of crap left inside the tire.
Would probably be okay to replace one, granted it is in the rear. If front, it'll make your 100 veer to one side. Two new tires would be better. Put the old, good tire in the spare position.
I don't really recommend fix-a-flat due to the amount of crap left inside the tire.
I saw an ad for this place...used tires at specific tread depths.
May not work for you with Yokohamas but I found it interesting as I had recently thought of the same business model
due to two of our 4 snow tires on out Forester being in WAY better shape and it seemed like they could have value in a system like this...
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May not work for you with Yokohamas but I found it interesting as I had recently thought of the same business model
due to two of our 4 snow tires on out Forester being in WAY better shape and it seemed like they could have value in a system like this...
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Since it is 1 year old, just get one tire: How many of us run perfect PSI's on all 4 tires, no one, so the diameter is not 100% same. You should be fine with identical new tire.
measure the thread if the new tire is more than 5/32s then replace all 4
The rumor is that it's hard on the viscus coupler in the Tcase
The rumor is that it's hard on the viscus coupler in the Tcase
The Geolander G015 is a 60k mile tire that starts out with only 13/32" of tread. I bet your current tires still have at least 10/32" of tread. I wouldn't hesitate to have one new tire installed.
Eyedaho
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I think the OP has a US spec 2000 LC.
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Yes. United States !I think the OP has a US spec 2000 LC.
This will depend on the difference in tred depth between the new tire VS the old.
My vote is to send it, I had the same situation happen on my KO2s, slightly less miles then you , they were barley worn and I just replaced 1
Do the 5 wheel rotation and maximize the life you get out of the tires.
