Insurance screwing me on tires?

TequestaStroker · Feb 9, 2015

Hey guys, just a quick question... I have mickey thompson baja atz 325/50/20 on my f350 4wd now and they're discontinued. I got into an accident and my insurance is replacing two tires. They can't find the mickey thompson so they're going to put the terra grappler g2 305/55/20, because I don't think the 325/60/20 will fit... Will having the two different size/tread pattern tires my my truck up in any way? I heard it could screw up the transfer case... thanks

Atsah · Feb 9, 2015

I had a jeep that I did the same with because of two flats and the transfer case would NOT disengage after being locked, I don't think it will turn out well if you have different size tires.. It will also track weird because of the two tread designs..

Koda22 · Feb 9, 2015

Different tread won't hurt, but you for sure will want the same tire on the front or in the back don't put one on each....

psduser1 · Feb 9, 2015

Same size tire all the way around, unless your insurance company will buy you a new driveshaft/ujoits/transfercase/transmission. Any one or multiple of above is pretty likely.
If it were my truck, they'd buy all four. I wouldn't run two different brand tires, even if they were advertised the same size.
Too much variation.

TequestaStroker · Feb 10, 2015

Looks like they're not going to replace all 4... just two

Charles · Feb 10, 2015

I used to blow the rears off until they were slicks, then front to rear, new on front.

The difference in tire height was more at that point than what you'll likely see. Just make sure you get tires whose MOUNTED dimensions are the same, not the nominal sizes.

On my truck when the tire sizes were way off the only time you would know was on pavement like in icy conditions when you would actually be in 4x4 on pavement. I would just air down the fronts so the loaded radius was the same. Problem solved.

Course I had a MANUAL T-case.... one that actually does what it's told by your right hand. With the pos electric T-case.... who knows. May never do right. Hell, they don't even work under ideal conditions most of the time...

PSD-BLACK-CLOUD · Feb 10, 2015

If you have 325 how would new ones not fit? Bad idea running 2 sizes on a 4x4 plus it will look horrible.

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TequestaStroker · Feb 11, 2015

PSD-BLACK-CLOUD said:
If you have 325 how would new ones not fit? Bad idea running 2 sizes on a 4x4 plus it will look horrible.

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Because of the height difference... 325/50 and 325/60 are totally different sizes...

PSD-BLACK-CLOUD · Feb 11, 2015

TequestaStroker said:
Because of the height difference... 325/50 and 325/60 are totally different sizes...

I would take the 325 then just buy 2 more and you have a whole new set. I ran the 325 60 on my old truck with a leaveling kit

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Ford_Fan1 · Feb 11, 2015

Koda22 said:
Different tread won't hurt, but you for sure will want the same tire on the front or in the back don't put one on each....

I thought the same thing until we did this on an old truck and when someone finally engaged the 4x4, the truck would drive 30 feet just fine until the difference in torque caught up between the wheels and the truck would then "hop" and repeat.

I would only run the same size tire.

TequestaStroker · Feb 12, 2015

PSD-BLACK-CLOUD said:
I would take the 325 then just buy 2 more and you have a whole new set. I ran the 325 60 on my old truck with a leaveling kit

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I'd love to, but thinking about it with the 50's I literally have a quarter inch... there's no way anything larger would fit... thanks for the info though.

TequestaStroker · Feb 12, 2015

PSD-BLACK-CLOUD said:
I would take the 325 then just buy 2 more and you have a whole new set. I ran the 325 60 on my old truck with a leaveling kit

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We're you running 12 inch wide 20's?