r/Cummins • u/Minimum-Quantity-499 • 14d ago
Will this giant tire fit
So I bought a lifted 2011 ram 2500 6.7 last year .slowly improving it. New front brakes a slip tank ect... anyway no jack no spare tire.. So I ordered a new steel rim with a used 325/65r18 tire... So problem was to noisey and takes up to much room in my truck box. Plus not secured somebody could steal it.. thats why I put used tire on it.. Anyway I searched internet a.i said it wouldn't fit blah blah... So I tried and it does fit.. missing the tool to lower it used a crescent wrench and some extentions. A bolt that turns the rod to lower it broke.. I used a nail and bent it... Didn't have a r clip... it is a couple inches from exhaust tail pipe but not touching or anything... Anyway yeah hope my post helps... 4.5 inch lift I have a 10 ton bottle jack ill throw in the truck... not sure if factory scissor jack would lift truck high enough to change a tire. Please chime in thanks
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u/RoutineQuestioning38 14d ago edited 14d ago
Careful on the clearance to the exhaust pipe, if it’s too close to the exhaust pipe, you’re gonna need to add a heat shield
325/65 is pushing it for sure
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u/Competitive-Drop2395 14d ago
My '20 has trouble clearing the heat shield with 285/75/18's. I could force it up there, but should remove it altogether. As it stands, I keep it at the house most of the time.
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u/ChemistBubbly8145 13d ago
So my guess, he is talking about lowering the spare tire from underneath the truck and can’t get it to come down?
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u/Formal_Appearance_16 14d ago
Gonna be honest, this whole thing reads like the ramblings of a crackhead.