And I'll add to the questions with:

What method is best for rotating the spare into the mix?  Can steel belted
radials still only be used on one side of the vehicle (rotated in one
direction?)  I suppose you could take the tire off the wheel and reverse it.

Regards,
--
David Bogle

'72 Campmobile 2.0L (For Sale)
'87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia (~1K on (4) MXTs, 0K on spare)

Budd Premack wrote:

> How critical is it, for purposes of safeguarding the viscous coupling, to
> have a spare tire that is the exact type, size, and tread wear to that of
> the other tires?.....