spear wheel

2009 KIA PICANTO
80,000 MILES
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HOMESIDE3
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donut spear wheel dose it go on the back or the front because the car is front wheel drive.will it be safe to drive with it on the front. hope you can help because it is my daughter,s car and she is living in cypurs.
May 11, 2013 at 2:21 PM
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CJ MEDEVAC
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THE "NORM" IS, THE SPARE IS A "TEMPORARY" KINDA THING

THE ORIGINAL WHEELS ARE THE SAME HEIGHT AND ALL GOES WELL WITH THEM IN PLACE

IF....THE SPARE IS SMALLER IN DIAMETER AND USED ON THE FRONT......THE TRANSMISSION OR DIFFERENTIAL IN IT, "THINK'S ITS TURNING (IN A TURN....AS ONE WHEEL IS TRAVELLING FURTHER IN ONE REVOLUTION) ALL OF THE TIME", EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD!!! (THE ODD TIRE CIRCUMFERENCE WILL MAKE ONE SIDE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL, TURN FASTER THAN THE OTHER SIDE)

.............FOR A SHORT TIME, THIS IS OK......STEERING MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED ON THE DRIVE WHEELS, AS IT MIGHT PULL TO ONE SIDE

FOR A LONG TERM FIX, MAYBE NOT SO GOOD

SO IF IT NEEDS TO BE A "LONGER TERM" FIX,

PUT THE SPARE ON THE REAR, AND MOVE ONE OF THE REAR TIRES (SAME SIZE) TO THE FRONT, SO THAT BOTH ARE EQUAL HEIGHT

GET IT BACK LIKE IT SHOULD BE AS SOON AS YOU CAN

THE MEDIC

May 11, 2013 at 2:49 PM
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