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Spacesaver spare
I searched the forum, but got no result.
How the heck do you get this thing to deflate so you can get it back in the trunk? As far as I can tell, all the air is out of it, i losened the valve stem and no more came out. But its not collapsed fully and won't fit back where it belongs. This is an RS America if it matters.
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Take it to a tire shop?
Seriously, when I blew one of my rear tires, I ordered a new set from Tire Rack. While they were installing them, I asked them to collapse the spare and put it back in the trunk. They acted like it was no big deal and did exactly that.
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Well, didn't think about the tire shop, but the spare was still on the car while I had the new tire put on the wheel.
Interesting that only one person has had this problem.
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Can you take a pic of the tire? I've never seen one inflated, or even partially inflated for that matter...
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You can take it to a tire store as mentioned or buy a valve core remover tool so all the air can get out. It will go mostly into shape itself then. I have done this many times using extra space savers to roll a car around. Goodluck.
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Yeah, I inflated mine and when I pulled the valve stem valve to deflate, it went back to being colapsed on my 74'
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Emission,
the tire is nearly flat, so I don't think it will show you anything. Unfortunately, nearly flat is not good enough to get it back in the trunk. kycarguy 935 I have a half dozen tools to remove valve cores, it gets the tire almost flat, but not quite good enough to fit in the trunk. I had to use the spare once before, and it went back to collapsed easily, but this time I left it on the car for 3 days until I got the new tire mounted. It doesn't quite go flat enough to fit. I guess I'll use the cuss and swear method until it fits. Thanks for all the suggestions though.
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Never seen one inflated? I have
 Four guys go for a little drive. I rip a rear tire. That's me to change it, two of the guys to help inflate the spare, and the remaining one to document the little "adventure" with a camera. Driving through town to get back home I was so embarassed. I just knew everyone was staring. It sure ain't no Fuch. Of course, I doubt the tread width was anywhere near 225... 
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"I doubt the tread width was anywhere near 225..."
Yeah, and a really long ways from 255. Thanks for posting the picture for Emission, I was too embarrased to take one. Its twice in three years that I've wrecked a rear tire. I went so many years before that with no flats at all.
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You could always change the wheel.
 
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Read the manual in the glove box. The spacesaver spare is never to be mounted on the rear of the car. If you have a flat on the rear corner you should put the front tire on the rear corner and the spacesaver goes on the front corner. The spacesaver is too flexible to deal with the torque of a drive wheel and it isn't designed for the weight of the rear of the car.
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So what do you do when you have a wide body car and one of your rear tires goes flat?
It seems that your simply screwed. I ask this because I noticed a screw in mine last night, though the tire hasn't started to deflate from it yet. Which figures, since the tires have about 2K on them.
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I know. Took a chance. At the time, I just wanted to get back to town with as little fuss as possible. Had about 20 miles, took the back roads, and drove "real slow."
It was one of the Bridgestones that were on the car when I bought it last fall. I was going to drive them for the fall, and replace them this spring. They had tread left, but were about 7 years old. So perhaps there's some truth to the caution that tires have an "age" life as well as a tread life. I sure didn't see anything in the road that I might have run over. But I probably did run over something. Topic beaten to death, but I do like the Yoko ES-100s I put on. Quote:
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Yep...don't put the spare on the back. The differential action will always be 'working' due to the diameter differences. Wil
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Quicksilver,
Thanks for the advice. I hope I never have to use it though. I would prefer not to experience a flat in my 911 (crossing my fingers). The diameter of my front and rear wheel is the same, but the width is quite different. I just need to take it off and get it plugged before that screw finds a way to pop out.
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Another thing...the wheel nuts are unique to Fuchs to have a semi-hemishpere head where it contacts the similar shape embedded within the wheel. No such luck with the steel spare. I would use "cone" profile nuts.... 14 mm x 1.5 pitch is available as a truck part in may common auto parts stores.
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You are saying the Fuch lugs aren't compatible with the steel spare? Porsche shipped it from the factory like that? - Mike
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