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Originally Posted by PARAGON
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Nope, absolutely true. I bought a new tire to match my unused spare (BFG Long Trail, 31x10.5R15) and put them on the rear till I could afford all 4 tires. The front tires had the same size rating but were a different brand (some no-name crap the dealer installed).
They didn't look much different to the eye (about what you'd expect for new versus used), but it was enough to put pressure on the locked 4x4 system. The diffs heated up and the weaker diff failed. I'm just lucky they didn't both fail.