Re: Quattro & spare tyre

[dieckeaw@plu.edu]

On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Psychos 'R Us wrote:

> > 	I read in Complete Car4	 Mag. that one Opel 4X4 owner 
> > just change the
> > rear tyres (with the same size with the fronts) ,after that the 
> > transmission gone (because of slightly differrence in radius between
> > front tyres and rear tyres.
> 
> If there are different radius tires in the setup, I imagine the 
> differentials would go first. Can anyone explain why would the 
> transmission go south?
> 

Its possible that the transmission problems are completely unrelated to 
the change in tires.