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92EvilTalon
10-02-2006, 06:15 PM
I think you misunderstood me. I have four of the same tires on now (711's), three have 6k miles, one is new.

My previous post was pointing out that they didn't have 10k miles on them because I forgot I was driving with winter tires for some of that.

The point is how much tread is on the other three tires. If they are worse then what stated then replace the other three. AWD cars always needs to be the same. Unless you like to break stuff. But eh...what do I know. I know you can get away with just replacing two on FWD or RWD cars. But I think AWD needs to be the same size and wear....
asshanson
10-03-2006, 04:29 PM
Well the wear is not that great, I'm guessing about 1% or less of the circumference, which I don't think will matter.
Kracka
10-03-2006, 04:31 PM
Well the wear is not that great, I'm guessing about 1% or less of the circumference, which I don't think will matter.
You really should actually measure the tread depth. Are you going to be at Applebees tonight? I'll bring my gauge if you want.
CVD
10-04-2006, 01:05 AM
I cant imagine the slight difference in diameter being a big deal at all. For saftey maybe just put the new tire on the front with the open diff. It would be as if you were going around a very gradual corner at all times and I cant see that hurting anything. That plus the fact that I have never heard of any kind of failure related to different tread dept tires, which is amazing when you consider the average cheap asses and retarded consumers. Plus you see all kinds of people rolling around with one badly underinflated tire which has a bigger effect on overall diameter than tread depth.

Anyways, cliffs notes: Dont worry about it. It's not going to hurt your car. It has an open diff for a reason.
tim
10-04-2006, 01:08 AM
^^ I agree to a point. I doubt that you will have problems with the few amount of miles that are on the tires. It is a DSM with a few miles, everything isnt as tight as it was when new anyway.

I have however witnessed t-case issues with an Astro van and a Jeep due to having new tires on the rear and almost shot tires on the front.