Spare Tire Delete

[R3cord303]

Do ya'll carry a spare tire? I've been having issues with the latch being sticky. I shot about half a can of wd-40 on the latch before putting it away the most recent time I had it down. If I keep having issues with it being sticky I'm considering just deleting the tire and removing the winch/cable assembly. I'd rather not carry the 70 pounds of tire and equipment if it will get stuck when I go to take it down if I have a flat.

 

[swathdiver]

Do ya'll carry a spare tire? I've been having issues with the latch being sticky. I shot about half a can of wd-40 on the latch before putting it away the most recent time I had it down. If I keep having issues with it being sticky I'm considering just deleting the tire and removing the winch/cable assembly. I'd rather not carry the 70 pounds of tire and equipment if it will get stuck when I go to take it down if I have a flat.

My winch failed to retract the tire all the way up and rather then pop the rivets and rebuild it, I bought a used one off ebay that works. So yes, I have LT AT tires, a tire inflator, fix a flat and a plug kit and also carry the spare. It's ten years old almost and appears to never have been used. Will have to replace it as well at some point. We drop the spare and exercise the winch every January and now July. Don't use it, you lose it.

 

[R3cord303]

My winch failed to retract the tire all the way up and rather then pop the rivets and rebuild it, I bought a used one off ebay that works. So yes, I have LT AT tires, a tire inflator, fix a flat and a plug kit and also carry the spare. It's ten years old almost and appears to never have been used. Will have to replace it as well at some point. We drop the spare and exercise the winch every January and now July. Don't use it, you lose it.

Ah. What size tires do you run? I've got non-LT Toyo AT2s on there right now in stock 275/55/20 size but I want to get the LT 285/55/20 when it comes time for new tires so I don't know what I'm going to do for the spare. My mechanic that I go to sometimes got the mechanism freed up so it will actually drop the wheel down now. He told me to pull it down once a month and spray it. Will see. I want the LT tires so they're more puncture resistant.

 

[swathdiver]

Ah. What size tires do you run? I've got non-LT Toyo AT2s on there right now in stock 275/55/20 size but I want to get the LT 285/55/20 when it comes time for new tires so I don't know what I'm going to do for the spare. My mechanic that I go to sometimes got the mechanism freed up so it will actually drop the wheel down now. He told me to pull it down once a month and spray it. Will see. I want the LT tires so they're more puncture resistant.

Stock 265-70-17 BFG KO2 in Load Range C. Was originally told they had same sidewall as Load Range E tire. Not so. Two of them have been patched after getting punctured with large nails that caused slow leaks despite their size. Bought them for the same reason as you and went with lighter tire.

Have considered going with 33" or 35" tire and a lift but will probably leave that to my daughter's truck after we buy it, she's fourteen. She wants that more than my wife and I! LOL

 

[R3cord303]

Stock 265-70-17 BFG KO2 in Load Range C. Was originally told they had same sidewall as Load Range E tire. Not so. Two of them have been patched after getting punctured with large nails that caused slow leaks despite their size. Bought them for the same reason as you and went with lighter tire.

Have considered going with 33" or 35" tire and a lift but will probably leave that to my daughter's truck after we buy it, she's fourteen. She wants that more than my wife and I! LOL

Nice. I'll probably wind up getting the LT tires and deleting the spare is what I'm thinking. If I can grab another 20" rim out of the wrecking yard and put another 285/55/20 on that in the spare tire location I'll do that but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[PG01]

Nice. I'll probably wind up getting the LT tires and deleting the spare is what I'm thinking. If I can grab another 20" rim out of the wrecking yard and put another 285/55/20 on that in the spare tire location I'll do that but I'm not holding my breath.

It will fit under there, you may have to take a sawzall to rear of hitch and bend the exhaust heat shield but it'll fit

 

[swathdiver]

It will fit under there, you may have to take a sawzall to rear of hitch and bend the exhaust heat shield but it'll fit

That should still be shorter than the 285-45-22 that they put under the Escalades and Denalis no?

 

[PG01]

That should still be shorter than the 285-45-22 that they put under the Escalades and Denalis no?

Honestly james, thought they put 17” steelies under them all.

 

[swathdiver]

Honestly james, thought they put 17” steelies under them all.

When looking to replace my hoist, I came across another part number for those with 22" wheels. Never saw an actual picture of one though. About two years or so ago we were all talking about this and am pretty sure, maybe it was Wes, who stuck a stock 22 wheel and tire under his Denali. Not certain anymore but there were pics, I think!

 

[R3cord303]

Honestly james, thought they put 17” steelies under them all.

Mine has a 17" steelie on the spare and i dont really wanna have to bend the heat shield or sawzall the hitch haha

 

[the_tool_man]

Honestly james, thought they put 17” steelies under them all.

Most Denalis and Escalades are AWD. The spare tire OD must be the same as the others, regardless of what size wheel it's mounted to. I think it's reasonable to assume that GM would have provided enough room, unless they only did that on AWD-available configurations, which seems unlikely.

 

[PG01]

Most Denalis and Escalades are AWD. The spare tire OD must be the same as the others, regardless of what size wheel it's mounted to.

True, but i can guarantee its still a 17” steel rim regardless

Edit- and not an exact match

Edit#2- and is why gm says dont drive over a certain speed and to have original fixed asap

 

[the_tool_man]

True, but i can guarantee its still a 17” steel rim regardless

My comment was in regard to whether or not there would be enough room for a spare with the same size OD as the Escalade OEM tire size for a 22" wheel. A 285/45-22 tire has a theoretical OD of 32.1 inches. I would expect the spare on an AWD vehicle to have close to the same OD tire, even if it's mounted to a 17" wheel. A 255/75-17 works out exactly the same OD, for example.

The other size mentioned, 285/55-20 is slightly larger, at 32.3 inches OD. 0.2 inches doesn't seem like much of an obstacle to getting it to fit in there. There's probably that much variation in actual OD from brand to brand.

 

[the_tool_man]

I'm sure I'm not the first. But I found this handy online tire size calculator, BTW:

https://tiresize.com/calculator/

It lets you easily convert a given tire OD to another wheel.

 

[PG01]

And my comment only said I thought they put 17” steelies under all trucks.
Nevertheless, i am wrong, as james pointed out that gm did, in fact, put larger, yet steel, rims under the trucks equipped with 22”s. Game over

 

[gooffeyguy]

I only have the 275/55/20 wheels on my denali and I just looked at my spare. It's a 265/70/17. There is about 2" clearance to the heat shield, plenty of space to bumper/hitch. Drivers side has a bracket thats pretty close though.

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

 

[Tonyrodz]

And my comment only said I thought they put 17” steelies under all trucks.
Nevertheless, i am wrong, as james pointed out that gm did, in fact, put larger, yet steel, rims under the trucks equipped with 22”s. Game over

What did they come with?

 

[BG1988]

Do ya'll carry a spare tire? I've been having issues with the latch being sticky. I shot about half a can of wd-40 on the latch before putting it away the most recent time I had it down. If I keep having issues with it being sticky I'm considering just deleting the tire and removing the winch/cable assembly. I'd rather not carry the 70 pounds of tire and equipment if it will get stuck when I go to take it down if I have a flat.

mine has the Spare Tire delete because it has dual mufflers... I keep it inside the SUV don't want to waste money on run flats

 

[Woodblocker55]

Just throw spare on top .. that's what the roof racks for . Might want pretty it up a bit splash some 303 on it .. you could buy one of those tire covers .. like on back of those old vans . Just think then you could have full size spare I'd recommend aluminum rim [emoji106].

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[Tozan]

I run my 35 inch spare on a swing out tire rack. I pulled all the spare tire winch and shields off when I went to bigger tires.