Subaru Tire Help?????????

Question

I have a 2005 Subaru Outback w/Turbo. Now I have All-Wheel Drive and I popped my back left tire. I called a tire place they said I need to replace all of the tires or it won't run right and it'll dammage the axle now if i replaced them all it'd be like 800 dollars so I think he is trying to jip me. Can someone help ?

Answer 1

The tire store you talked to is absolutely right.

This is why you have to replace all 4 tires.

Subaru's use a viscous coupling to transfer power from the front to the rear and vise-versa.

Here's a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscous_cou...

The viscous coupling has fluid in it. This fluid heats up when a wheel is slipping to transfer power... This heating is fine and dandy under normal use. However, when you have uneven tire wear (which you would, just replacing one tire) the viscous coupling is always slipping and heating up. The fluid never has a chance to cool down and the coupling siezes together.

Here's another link http://syncro.org/VCTest.html

Replacing a viscous coupling costs a lot more than $800.

Try to sell the other two good tires to someone with a 2wd car.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

All the tires need to rotate at the same speed in an AWD car so they need to be within a certain diameter from each other.  IF you're still skeptical, read your owner's manual and it's in there.  Now if you go to a good tire shop, they can sell you a new tire and shave it down to match the others so ask them to do that.  Then you don't have to buy a new set.  Also, I don't know where you went but that's way too high for your size tires.  Should not be more than $500.

Answer 3

i work on a tyre centre in ireland and the size of the tyre if im right is....either 205 50 16 or 205 50 17 u can buy them seperatly dont listen to those langers an the only thing that may be affected is balancin should cost you less than 100 all in!!

Answer 4

They always say that and it is only partially, and barely true.

Get the same identical tire at a different more understanding dealer, breand new.