How large of a spare tire will this fit?

[themb2g]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/DSCF0226.jpg


Anyone know the size limitations of these?

[nicosorange]

I have a 31x1050 on mine...
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[Firebirdjones]

31x10.5 on mine too. I'm going to experiment for a member here with the 33x10.5's that I run on the blazer though and see if it can be done.

The room is there, just not sure about the center hole issues yet.

[nicosorange]

FBJ - would love to see a pic of this when you do it...thinking of going 331050s on mine. My interior tire carrier has the single hole instead of the slot and for my 311050 I had to slightly bend the threaded rod to match up, so I am guessing a litte bigger bend would accomodated the 33...

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by nicosorange

FBJ - would love to see a pic of this when you do it...thinking of going 331050s on mine. My interior tire carrier has the single hole instead of the slot and for my 311050 I had to slightly bend the threaded rod to match up, so I am guessing a litte bigger bend would accomodated the 33...

I'm thinking along those same lines. To put my 31x10.5 in there, I bought a longer carraige bolt to make up for the angle. My carrier also has a single hole instead of a slot, so I had to make up for the angle since the center of the wheel sits higher than intended.

To go to a 33, we are only talking a difference of 1" at the center of the rim. So my thoughts are that it's probably do-able with a modified or longer carraige bolt. There is plenty of room for the tire itself, as I have about 6" to the side of the CST panel in the truck right now with the 31" tire.

No worries, I'll post a new thread about it with pictures when I get that far.

[Firebirdjones]

To go a step further, what I'm thinking about doing is taking a longer carraige bolt and cutting it, making a dogleg from a piece of steel, drilled and tapped to thread both ends in, then welding it back together to make up the height difference.

[nicosorange]

even better...

[47thriftmaster]

Can someone post a pic with 31x10.50x15 in the carrier? Thanks

[nicosorange]

31x1050 15 bfg on factory rim

[themb2g]

Nice rims!
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[rsavage]

Does the tire rub on the seat back at all?

[Firebirdjones]

Nope, I have the exact same thing.

[47thriftmaster]

Originally Posted by nicosorange

31x1050 15 bfg on factory rim

Thanks, looks like it fits just fine. Looks good by the way

[nicosorange]

Thanks. I think a 331050 will fit easily with a little adjustment. Plenty of room.

[47thriftmaster]

Is that sitting on a 15x8 or 15x6 wheel?

[nicosorange]

it's a factory 6" wide wheel. Looks great with a 1050 tire IMO, but I am not a deep dish guy...

[47thriftmaster]

It looks great in my opinion as well.

Originally Posted by nicosorange

it's a factory 6" wide wheel. Looks great with a 1050 tire IMO, but I am not a deep dish guy...

[themb2g]

i have 33x1250 right now. Think it would fit w/out rubbing?

[Firebirdjones]

I assume you mean fit the spare tire holder.

Not sure about the 12.5 tire, that's another inch in the back, might get close to the seat but not sure, I'd have to look at mine again.

I know the 10.5 wide fits fine because that's what I have now in a 31". After looking at it more today I see no reason why a 33" tall tire x 10.5 wide wouldn't fit, looks like there is plenty of room, just have to modify the bolt (which I had figured would be the case).

[Shock_Me]

A 33 won't fit on the factory tire holder because the holder is not high enough. The extra height of the tire puts the top of the tire holder inside the rim, so there is no rubber resting on the top of the tire holder. I may try to get some kind of bracket fabricated to address this someday.

[CrewCab59]

If you need that mount higher than cut in half and add back another 2" to 3" ,with time and little steel nobody would never know the difference.

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by Shock_Me

A 33 won't fit on the factory tire holder because the holder is not high enough. The extra height of the tire puts the top of the tire holder inside the rim, so there is no rubber resting on the top of the tire holder. I may try to get some kind of bracket fabricated to address this someday.

A 31 does the same thing. Actually the lip of the rim hits the top of the carrier, but it works.

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by CrewCab59

If you need that mount higher than cut in half and add back another 2" to 3" ,with time and little steel nobody would never know the difference.

Or what I was thinking of doing is simply mounting a cross bar to form a "T" and catch the rubber of the tire on both sides for more stability.

[themb2g]

Ill see if i can modify the one i have to fit 33's. NExt step is to see if it will fit 12.50 wide tires.. Thanks for the input!

[cpavelko]

Originally Posted by themb2g

Ill see if i can modify the one i have to fit 33's. NExt step is to see if it will fit 12.50 wide tires.. Thanks for the input!

I have a 35x12.5 tire I wanted to try and fit. I Think I may want the factory swing away rack to replace this anyways. The Tire takes up way too much room inside the bed. I have an extra interior tire mount Now nad need to find a swing away type. Let me know how it turns out.