Squeaking spare tire, tips to shut it up?

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Apr 18, 2007 | 10:28 PM

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Squeaking spare tire, tips to shut it up?

Well last year I messed around with my spare tire for my nitrous stuff. Now I can't get the damn thing to stop squeaking! I've tightened it down really tight but nothing seems to help. Anyone have any tips?

Apr 18, 2007 | 10:37 PM

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I cant say this is a good tip,but i took mine out completely.Think about a battery relocation kit in the place of the tire or nitrous in the passenger side,over the wheel well.

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Apr 18, 2007 | 11:03 PM

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Can't take the spare out, this car is my DD in the summer and I put about 8k miles on it a year. Plus I sold all the nitrous stuff, thanks for the comment.

Apr 18, 2007 | 11:41 PM

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Buy roadside assistance with tire repair. Then you can ditch it! lol

Do you have any idea where the squeaking is coming from? I would wd-40 everything. Check to see if that did anything. If its from the rubber, find the point of contact and put a piece of material such as cardboard between the friction point.

Apr 19, 2007 | 12:09 AM

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place a shop rag under the tire and also one on the bolt holding it down...just tighten the bolt around the shop rag and it should help things out

Apr 19, 2007 | 12:29 PM

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Dont know about you but my jack that came with the car wont even raise it high enough to get the tire off to put a spare on, so no spare or jack for me. But if you want to keep it in, ive used to shop rag method in my other car and it worked.