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Post by chauncey2020 on Aug 30, 2020 8:04:04 GMT -8
I sure hope some of you are still around! Does anyone have more info regarding putting a 205/75R/15 on a 71' Shasta 1500? If I can't get them on can I safely move the axel down to the spring. We I say "I" I mean a shop of course unless some handsome devil in MD wants to come help me.  |
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Post by Ten on Aug 30, 2020 11:49:29 GMT -8
I have been looking through the brochures I have and cannot find the original equipment size tires that were used for the 1500, but I am making an assumption that the 15 inch should fit on an early-70's model. The 16SC and 1400 from '70 and '71 used 15's.
I have ST205/75R-15 Maxxis 8008 8-plys on mine. They will not go on the trailer under the wheel wells with the trailer jacked up by the axle. I have to jack from the frame behind the axle, and let the axle "hang" from the springs in order to get clearance enough for the wheel to fit up underneath.
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Post by vikx on Aug 30, 2020 18:59:55 GMT -8
Another trick for tight wheel wells is to let the air out of the tire. Even a tiny 12 volt compressor will fill up to 50 lbs.
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Post by WhitneyK on Aug 31, 2020 8:38:27 GMT -8
I sure hope some of you are still around! Does anyone have more info regarding putting a 205/75R/15 on a 71' Shasta 1500? If I can't get them on can I safely move the axel down to the spring. We I say "I" I mean a shop of course unless some handsome devil in MD wants to come help me. Referring to a quote from the Red Green Show "The women don't find me handsome, but at least they find me handy"!  |
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Post by chauncey2020 on Sept 12, 2020 18:01:57 GMT -8
Thanks for the responses. The guys I hired to pull it to me couldn't get them on b/c it was on soft ground and they advised I don't do it anyway. I'm returning them and going a bit smaller.
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