Okay to use virgin spare?

[ree]

Originally Posted by SOFTTAILJC

i'd be more concerned whats causing the tire to go bad and act like that.....why ruin a good tire and still have a problem?............soft....

That is an excellent concern that's been nagging at me for a couple weeks now. I've kept a close eye on steering components, frequently aligned (and actually needed to due to it coming out of alignment slightly and often), rotated frequently, had "pros" check and recheck tightness of front end bearings and joints, and done the same myself. So far I've been very low wear on all the front end components (I have the cognito stabilizers and hope that that outlay is partly to credit).

I do have a leaking inner axle seal or bearing on the PS front corner. But the tire that has been going bad fast was on the DS front corner (opposite) for the past 4000 miles and it was aligned and rotated just about 3000 miles ago. So unless I messed up my alignment right after aligning it, I don't think alignment's to blame. In fact, it does feel a bit out of alignment now, but has only felt that way for about a week.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's just one tire not quite up to grade like the rest. It happens.

It's going in for a few things in really soon (and to test out how well GMPP actually works out) and I'll have them give it a good checkup. Fingers crossed that I find a good explanation and it's covered.