How wide of a tire is on the rim - the 225/60R16 that I have needs a small
"C" shaped piece of metal between the frame and the flap - i.e. the flap
won't go up all the way.

At 09:10 PM 29/07/2000 -0400, Erik Feddersen wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Trying to put spare alloy tire (87 Weekender) back into spare tire
>carrier after taking it all apart during radiator work.
>
>Now I had to let all of the air out of the tire and use a jack to get it
>to latch.  Ran my hand over the top of the tire (in the carrier now) and
>noticed that the radiator hoses are kinda squoshed.  Not much but enough
>to be called squoshed.
>
>Is this normal?  Doesnt sound right to me.
>
>I am assuming that the regular non-alloy tires were slimmer and not a
>problem.  Do most people have a non-alloy as the spare?
>
>What has your mileage been on this issue?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Erik
>
>

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