Tow Vehicle Spare - Have you checked it?
We all talk and read about trailer tire issues but when is the last time you considered your tow vehicle spare? The spare under my 2009 Ram 1500 has never been on the ground and at 12 years old I'll ...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:
Anyone who lives in an area with snow, especially if the road crews use salt, should lower the spare at least once a year. Not only to check tire pressure but to spray some lubricant on the mechanism. Fluid Film is good !
Good advice as is this whole thread. Check the air in the spare once and awhile too. Sucks to take it all the way down and mount it to find out that it is almost flat.
I had a 2005 Chevy pickup and that truck has some sort of convoluted way of lowering the spare. You had to use the jack to push up in the middle while lowering the outside down. (Or something like that). I ended up needing to cut the spare off with a torch and then adding a aftermarket spare tire holder underneath that actually worked.
