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Sinle Tire Replacement Dilemma V70-XC70 1998

posted by  mbsl98 on  Fri Jan 20 12:33 CST 2006
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I had the same issue on our '98 XC with only 2/32nd wear. Volvo NA said to buy all four new, and many others said pretty much the same, but some gamble a little more with the mismatched sizes. The consistent size of all 4 tires at all times seems to be the most common thread in discussions about AWD failures, so it is really a tough call. I found a great answer on Ebay - I located an exact match tire with same amount of remaining tread - about $45 delivered to the door from Texas. Sngle tires don'w sell at a premium. There are quite a number of used tire businesses around so you might try a search to see what you can find. As for where to put the thicker tire, I forget, but there are a number of threads in the archives that discuss this with a fairly consistent answer- just don't want to guess on your dime here.
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Mike Sullivan ('95 855T (88k), '98 V70XC (92k), '95 855 NA (135k). Past Volvo's: '85 744 (256k), '86 245 (165k), '86 245 (195k), '88 745 (208k), '91 745 (196k), '93 965 (147k) .






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