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#36020 01/04/2003 8:14 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 | I know it's not pre73 but I suspect a lot you may know the answer. I've been told everything from 205 up to 235/85/R16. | | |
#36021 01/04/2003 8:19 PM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Is there any info on the sticker on the inside of the glove-box door?
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#36022 01/04/2003 8:31 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 | The Glove Box Sticker gives the old numbers of 7.50 x 16. I'm not sur how to convert that to metric. | | |
#36023 01/04/2003 8:35 PM | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15 | If you have the vehicle....and no one has peeled it off or painted over it..(I hate that!) on either the edge of the door or the door jamb at the striker end there is supposed to be a sticker that lists the OEM recommended size tire for this vehicle at the time of manufacture.
Also....as the above thread indicates....usually inside of your glove box or center console door there is a GM sticker with a bunch of gobble-dee-goop printed....all letter and number codes. Any competent GM parts person ( is that an oxymoron or what?!?) can tell you more about your vehicle by identifying these codes.
If neither is available, the same parts person can de-code your VIN and print out for you this "code sheet"...then it will tell you a lot, such as alt amp output, H.D. Cooling, gear ratios, and all kinda usefull stuff. I usta have a little book from GM that told me all that stuff....now if I can only find it in all my junk!
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#36024 01/04/2003 8:36 PM | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15 | Guess I type too slow...take that data to the tire store for answers | | |
#36025 01/04/2003 9:44 PM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | This is not exactly what I was looking for but it may help.. - http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/lighttruck/truksize.htm
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#36026 01/05/2003 7:52 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 6 | Thanks Mechainiac, the link has just the info I needed. I went to 3 different tire stores and none of them were right. Two of them admitted they were guessing. One of them stated with convincing authority, "The closest to 7.50 x 16 is the 215/85/R16. It's only 1/4 inch difference in diameter." Accoring to the chart you referenced there is a full inch difference. It's settled, the 7.50 x 16 tire size that originally came on a 1978 GMC 1 ton Dually Crew Cab, converts to a 235/85/R16! | | |
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