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Subject:Re: Spare won't fit
From:Dan N
Date:Sat, 1 Nov 2014 11:03:09 -0700

I deflate my spare to 5psi for easy fir and I carry a 12V air pump.

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Son’s ’86 Westy came with steel wheels with 185 tires, and we picked up a
> set of 5 Carat wheels with 205 tires and the spare is too wide to fit.  Is
> there some modification I need to make?  The door tire pressure sticker
> shows both 185 and 205 tires, but it looks like the rods that hold the
> spare
> are too low.
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> Any ideas other than using the steel wheel spare or do I need to lower the
> clamshell or get Van Café’s bigger bracket?
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> Thanks!
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> Stuart
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