TR6 TR6 Spare Tire

[Opa]

Gliderman....using stock studs. However I do carry a pair of 2ton bottle jacks and if I had to travel any distance I would swap a rear to the front and put spare saver on the back.In 80 plus thousand miles driven I have only had one flaT(as in blow out) while on the road and that was in Grants Pass Oregon)I put new rubber all around every five years after that experiance, irregardless of mileage,as the one that blew looked like new but was all cracked up inside.I also carry a can or two of flat repair.
I wanted more storage for long trips is why I went to the space saver.My wife and I have done severL 4000+ mile trips over a two week span in the six and as you probably know SWMBO will not wear underwear inside out(for extra service..I call this extended wear undergarments :wh)so I need all the trunk space I can get.I also don't pack much in the seating(cab) area as theft occurs quite easily with the top down.Found that out the hard way in Reno one year.Lost my camera and a dozen cold ones!

 

[Gliderman8]

You had me scared there for a minute, thinking <span style="font-style: italic">uh-oh, that Microsoft Windows calculator is really off</span>! But my Microsoft Windows calculator gives 114/25.4= 4.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">488</span></span> inches. Whew! :wink:

Sorry Andy... My fingers type too fast for my brain.
I had the correct answer, just a little typo :eeek:
My apologies!

 

[Opa]

Paul for now I am using a metric spacer washer as per picture with the following measurments 26mm OD(1.02 in.) 7.6mm thick(.299in so not quite 5/16 as I quoted earlier) 14mm ID(.55in)available at any machine shop around here.The only thing I haven't tried yet is road test it and see what kind of rim flex there may or maynot be.

 

[TR3driver]

Just a thought, guys, a space saver spare tire will fit onto a stock TR3 rim, which will clear the calipers etc with no spacers at all ...

 

[Brosky]

Thanks Randall and Casey.

If it ever warms up in my garage, I will end the mystery and just go pull the front wheel and bolt the spare on. I will wither need or not need spacers. I think that will be the only way to know for sure as all o fthese rims are probably close to being the same.

 

[Opa]

I thought of that too Randall,but had trouble seating the bead on the 5.5" rim,so went back to the Nissan wheel

 

[TR3driver]

TR3 wheels are either 4.0" (early) or 4.5" (later). 5.5" is TR6 (which is what I use on the ground).

I mounted that tire myself, had no trouble seating the bead. Don't recall offhand if I did anything special at all, but all I've ever used was one of those "ratchet straps" wrapped around the center of the tread.

 

[Opa]

Nissan wheel is 4 inches wide as well