Protect Your Rubber, Spare that is....

[Yukon Joe]

How do you protect your spare tire from doing this?

The rubber is actually starting to pit and deteriorate.

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[Deleted member 12951]

Rotate it in every 5k miles

 

[Gilligan]

Unless your exhaust is close maybe a standard jeep style cover might help?

 

[AdamsPolishes]

Is that from being up against rust? If so, stop the rusting with Amsoil MPHD.

It almost looks like abrasion. Post a pic of where the tire is up against the frame.

You should also give the tire a few heavy coats of Tire Shine to help seal up the rubber.

-Dan

 

[Yukon Joe]

Well.... this is my second spare, so it doesn't get rotated in.

The SW Exhaust is close, won't be able to fit anything around the tire like a cover.

Yeah, it's rust alright. Tire shine.... always something to buy from Adam's. Lol....

And I used the rest of my MPHD last night on my springs. Time for more.

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[AdamsPolishes]

Well.... this is my second spare, so it doesn't get rotated in.

The SW Exhaust is close, won't be able to fit anything around the tire like a cover.

Yeah, it's rust alright. Tire shine.... always something to buy from Adam's. Lol....

And I used the rest of my MPHD last night on my springs. Time for more.

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[Yukon Joe]

So looking underneath there was some slight surface rust.
I hit it with a wire brush and then some marine grease.
Gotta order some more MPHD from @Chris@FreedomMotorsports.

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[WRCRaptor]

You could make some thin plastic spacers to put between the tire and the frame. I am going to look into this idea soon

 

[COBRA90GT]

How does it look (pics?) after hitting it with the wire brush ?

That 2nd pic looked pretty gnarly - did it compromise the integrity of the tire's sidewall or was it only superficial after cleaning it up?

 

[Yukon Joe]

How does it look (pics?) after hitting it with the wire brush ?

That 2nd pic looked pretty gnarly - did it compromise the integrity of the tire's sidewall or was it only superficial after cleaning it up?

The hands were a bit covered in grease so I didn't get a pic. But the surface of the frame wasn't all that rusty.

The side wall has some small pits in it. I don't think at this point that it is compromised. But I'd like to stop it from getting worse.

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