255's on standard wheel carrier

[Aaron]

About to get new boots. At this stage Im looking at 255/85 r16, will there be any clearance issues on the standard Puma wheel carrier?

[Bess]

G-day Aaron
Not sure about any clearance issues but I was thinking about 265/75/16. Should fill the guards nicely & according to my tyre size/conversion chart these will have almost exactly the same wall size & diameter.
Just a thought.:D

[Aaron]

Im more talking about the width of the tyre. But 265's were an option on the Puma, so I suppose the 255's should fit!

[Samblers]

i got new 265/75/16's today and the spare fits

[VladTepes]

The question is - is the standard carrier up to the weight of the standard spare wheel/tyre ? Let alone a larger one...

[Aaron]

I don't think is to much at all. But I need new tyres asap with a carrier to follow soon. New tyres go on Wednesday so we shall see.

[n plus one]

The question is - is the standard carrier up to the weight of the standard spare wheel/tyre ? Let alone a larger one...

I think it's less of an issue with the Pumas - as the door is of an all steel construction.

That said, I would (and have) replace(d) with an aftermarket carrier in the LT.

To the OP - you may need to watch your indicators when you fully open your door - other than that you'll be right. As others have noted, the standard carrier will easily take the extra width (although a heavily side lugged tyre will interfere with the action of your rear wiper).

What 255 are you planning on using?

[Samblers]

The question is - is the standard carrier up to the weight of the standard spare wheel/tyre ? Let alone a larger one...

I say yes... i regularly stand on my spare wheel when accessing stuff on the roof

[Xtreme]

255x85's are larger diameter than 235x85's and will raise your final drive gearing. Now while this is not a problem with a 5 speed Td5, it is apparantly a problem with the 6 speed Puma's.
A friend who has happily run 255x85's on his Td5 found that when fitted to his Puma, found that he was needing to drop back to 5th gear quite often when highway cruising. He has now gone back to 235x85's.

265x75's would eliminate this gearing problem but do you really need the extra width? Also 235x85's are more readily available when touring this wide country.

Back to the OP which was in reference to the wheel carrier being suitable for the 255x85's, as they are slightly larger diameter be careful of clearance on your rear quarter panel with the rear door fully open.

[n plus one]

I say yes... i regularly stand on my spare wheel when accessing stuff on the roof

Standing on it's nothing compared to what 5000ks of corrugated road will put it through...:p

I've found the gearing fine on 255s on my Puma. But I'm probably 50% up on the standard power output :twisted:

[rijidij]

Standing on it's nothing compared to what 5000ks of corrugated road will put it through

I agree, static load is nothing compared to dynamic load when the vehicle is in motion. Driving through some of those dry creek dips in the Flinders Ranges at speed for example, could possibly triple (guesstimating) the load of the spare wheel on the door, and those outback corrugations will fatigue anything over time.

Cheers, Murray