I searched this question and I'm getting 50/50 answers. On my front tires, im running 235/35/19 and rear is 265/30/19. Is it ok to have the spare in the back? One of my rear tires has a big screw in it and I need to travel about ~5 miles to get to the tire shop. If I can drive on the spare without running the risk of damaging the diffs, i'm wary of driving on the the road cause it rained a lot in Cali this past week and one of the roads is uphill with little potholes and the other road is flat but with many many potholes. I'm on RSR downs so towing the car would be a no, correct?

I wont be able to go to the shop until Saturday so maybe someone can give their opinion- does the tire look patchable or is it possible it needs to be replaced? http://imgur.com/BiTJCmk

Thanks

 

patchable - if it was closer to the sidewall, they usually won't touch it

it's possible that it didn't even puncture the tire. I've had what seemed like large screws embedded, but it was only the screw head, the screw itself was short and didn't go all the way thru. So I just unscrewed it out of the tire. Worse case, I have to put on the spare.

 

I had the similar size screw in the same location on one of my tires. I took it to discount tire and got it patched for free without putting on the donut.

 

Thanks! Spare was put on this morning. Gonna take it s l o w

 

Thanks, I was just worried the screw was a little too close to the edge. I've only had small nails in my tires before.

 

Really? Car drove fine and all? My tire was at 29psi and I drove it for a few yards but it was making the loudest plopping noises as if it was flat. Didnt want to risk it.

 

If you drive with the screw in it might do more damage your spare will be fine don't go over 80kms