Spare tire question

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  1. mrmalina99

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    I was under the assumption that a spare tire for a 5 lug car should fit any year Mav/Comet. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
     
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    The earlier 5 lug wheels will not fit the later disc brake cars. The center hole is too small.
    Lee "THE MAV" Richart:thumbs2:
     
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    Interesting, I might have to do some testing. We discovered the hole in the center on my spare was too small to fit a 74 drum brake car front. Craig pointed out it was not the original spare though.
     
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    1974 should have the spare with the bigger hole in the middle. That is what you need if you have a 1974 drum front end or disc brakes.
     
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    Just 74 or 74 and up? We were trying to put my 73 spare on a 74 without success. I have never acutally tried my spare on my car though.
     
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    It's not just for the front, in 74 the hub on the rear axle also grew in size.
     
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    I bought a '76 once and when I went to pick it up a tire was flat.
    I got a spare and when I went to take the flat off...someone had put an earlier year tire and rim on and I spent about 45 mins. beating...:smash:...the rim off the hub. that's when I found out there is a difference between disc. brake rims and drum rims...
     
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    I used to have a space saver spare for a Crown Vic so I'd have extra trunk space.
     
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    The rims don't mount to the hub, the center of the wheel does. :rofl2:
     
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