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Will check out our local Walmart, hopefully they have the same price. Thanks,

Agree, after doing the modification started seeing other/better ways to do this modification. I took care tightening nuts so not to put too much stress on the sandwiched fiberglass and that could allow slippage with slots. The housing will hold the tire up, but I did not want the full tire's weight resting on just the fiberglass cover. Guessing folks with the 215/70R/16 spare may not need to move the tire mount, but if someone has a 225/75R/15, would try it first before buying a new spare. I'm in North Carolina and would be glad to test my spare on anyone's Ollie to see if it will fit without modifications.

More information, if someone wants to do this modification to their 2015 or 2016 LE2 Ollie and currently has a 215/70R/16 spare tire. 1. My original spare tire was a 215/60R/16, that's a shorter tire than the 215/70R/16, meaning the aluminum mounting plate might not require modification for a ST225/75R/15 to fit in the original fiberglass cover, test fit with a 225/75R/15 spare tire/wheel first. All new LE2 Olivers have this spare tire and I'm sure Oliver has plenty on hand, too. 2. Since my original spare tire was a shorter tire, it might not be possible to reach the top two allen head 1/2 mounting bolts from the basement like I could with my modified allen wrench due to your tire being taller. Bottom line test fit of 225/75R/15 first and if aluminum plate needs to be modified, be sure top two allen head 1/2" bolts can be reached before purchasing a new tire and wheel. Also, if you can reach the top two allen head 1/2" bolts, a new mounting plate from Oliver with a relocated tube on the plate instead of slotting the mounting holes would be the best mounting plate modification in my humble opinion. I don't know if Oliver would supply modified mounting plates, just a thought. Edit: The aluminum wheel mount tube could be ground a little on the bottom, then using a shim between the top of the wheel mount tube to raise the spare tire tire to prevent removing the aluminum wheel mount. There are several ways to approach this. 🙂

David, Appreciate that. Thanks, Bill

The machine shop slotted each mounting hole on the aluminum spare tire mount lower by 7/16" retaining original hole width. This allowed raising and centering the new Goodyear Endurance ST225/75R/15 spare tire fitting easily in the original rear fiberglass spare tire cover. 🙂 Keeping 16" LT tires on our LE2, just wanted a higher capacity spare tire that fits in the original fiberglass spare tire cover. Understand 2015 and 2016 LE2 Ollies had this 15" spare tire cover with later years having larger spare tire covers to accommodate 16" LT tires. Another way to modify this aluminum spare tire mount would be to relocate the round tube in the center by moving it up by 7/16" leaving the mounting plate in the original location. I normally keep Ollie's spare tire in the pickup bed, but when I started this project wanted a Load Range E spare trailer tire that would still fit in the original fiberglass spare tire cover. Before modification: After modification:

Art, Thanks for sharing the story and video! We have never had Ollie in a hail storm, good to know how tough an Oliver is!!!!!!!!!!

I like how you think!!!!!!! 👍

Agree, hope they resolve this quickly. I'm not getting into manufacturer's names, but during 2021 purchased a new pickup and it stayed in the dealership shop during 2021 over 30 days during one time waiting to be fixed correctly. Next vehicle purchased was this 2022 Tundra. Had 4 recalls on the Tundra so far.

Here's notice a Tundra owner received this morning from Toyota Canada: "We would like to confirm that Toyota Canada initiated Safety Recall Campaign SRC RH0 (XH0) to resolve an issue related to the engine may stall. We would like to take this opportunity to advise at this time Toyota Canada is currently in the process of manufacturing the efficient amount of parts for this recall. We do apologize, however we do not have a time frame when they remedy will be available. Please be assured that we will notify you by first class mail as soon as the campaign remedy parts are available. At which time you can make an appointment with your dealership to have the recall completed at no cost to you. As we previously advised should you have concerns regarding this recall, please reach out to your dealership. We trust this information is helpful and thank you again for taking the time to contact us."

Edit: Changed video about 3.4 Engine

David, You are very kind! Looking forward to camping with Ollie later this month!

Found one nice size curly shaving from machining or drilling in the first differential drain. Hard to see how it was missed during assembly.

Yes, use tow mode with Ollie and normally tow in 7 & 8 gears in NC & TN Yes, there were some early turbo failures, too. These engines were in some Lexus vehicles for a few years first, but different turbos were selected for the Tundra

Added some Toyota items after purchase (mud flaps, bed mat, side-rails, Tonneau cover) but only aftermarket item was Timbren Load Enhancement System on the rear differential. The more I look at this, going to change oil/filter every 5000 miles (required when towing) but will do this towing or not. Each oil change, will take an oil sample for analysis and monitor engine oil condition until Toyota resolves this recall. There are some folks with over 100,000 miles on their 2022 Tundras without any issues.

Just returned from a trip to Michigan (not towing) through West Virginia and Ohio with over 1400 miles and the pickup got over 24MPG. Read every post I could find on a Tundra forum today, confident Toyota will solve the issue.

John, Congrats to you and Chris!

Since Toyota plans to have a solution by late July, we still want to continue towing Ollie on local Blue Ridge Parkway trips while waiting for Toyota's solution. From my information gathered so far, failure rate is much less than 1% of 102,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

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No failures with 30,000 miles so far on our 2022 Tundra. Changed the engine oil at 1,000 miles, then 5,000, and 10,000 miles trying to get rid of debris from engine manufacture. Also changed the differential oil at 1,000 miles and found metal shavings on the drain plug/magnet that was larger than expected. 😐

Found a Drag Race Car shop in Lincolnton, NC to weld Ollie's frame earlier this year. Found an engine builder, machine shop, with engine dynamometer (Dyno) this morning at Iron Station NC to do the machine shop work on Ollie's aluminum wheel mount. This area is close to Charlotte Speedway with many shops involved with NASCAR. The owner of this shop used to build race engines at Joe Gibbs Racing. He had a low boost/supercharged Marine engine on his Dyno this morning. Removed the aluminum wheel mount yesterday and the machine shop now has Ollie's wheel mount for modification.

Here's how the modified allen wrench fits in the top two allen head 1/2" bolts in the basement due to clearance issues between the inner hull & inner aluminum plate for removing elastic lock nuts that secure the aluminum wheel mount on the outer hull:

Yep, inflation at work! This is the first time I have purchased Goodyear Endurance ST tires even though I own two utility and one motorcycle trailers in addition to Ollie. Our original spare tire is a P215/60R/16 when other owners have a taller P215/70R/16 on their 2015 & 2016 LE2 and the new ST225/75R/15, about an 1.1" larger in diameter (using your handy calculator), taller 15" Goodyear Endurance on the right. The new Goodyear Endurance ST225/75R/15 fits easily into the original housing, like Oliver said, Two problems so far, the aluminum wheel mount needs to be moved up about 1/4" to 3/8" for the new tire to clear the bottom portion of the fiberglass housing. Planning to take the aluminum wheel mount to a local machine shop to have the existing holes milled lower to reposition the new tire higher to clear the fiberglass housing. The other problem is getting an allen wrench & allen ball driver in the two top bolt heads to hold while removing outer elastic nuts securing the tire aluminum mount. Had to cut part of an allen wrench off to clear the hull, it works too. Letting Oliver know what I found, so far.

I have been doing research lately and found generally 16"X6" 6 lug/5.5 spacing aluminum trailer wheels are a more expensive than 15"X6" 6 lug/5.5 spacing aluminum trailer wheels of the same model & manufacturer from the same vendor. On the other hand the ST225/75R/15 Goodyear Endurance trailer tires (MSRP $199 ea) are not much lower in cost compared to good quality LT225/75R/16 tires. Walmart had Goodyear Endurance ST225/75R/15 on sale for $187, Discount Tire matched that price. Discount Tire Denver NC told me some good news while there today. They said they will install LT tires on trailers as long as the maximum load capacity of the LT tire when multiplying number of tires meets or exceeds the trailer's Gross weight, but they would have to see the trailer's documented GVW. One of the first 2010 Oliver LE2 had 15" wheels/tires. For several years many folks called ST tires "may pops" because they never knew when they would pop. Goodyear Endurance ST tire made in USA is a great quality trailer tire.

You're Welcome! The 15" Sendel S20 wheel and Goodyear Endurance ST225/75R/15 tire are coming from Discount Tire. They have the tire on hand, but the wheel will not arrive until 6/1. They will price match, so all I need to do is let them know who I can buy from at a lower price and they will match the price. 🙂

ScubaRx gave Oliver's reasons here: This thread is a good read, one of the earliest LE2s had 15" tires and LE2 spare tires are discussed, too. From information in this thread and over internet Goodyear Endurance ST tires have a good reputation. There has been a couple cases mentioned on this forum that Discount Tire will currently only install ST tires on travel trailers, when in the past they would install LT tires on trailers like they did on our LE2. I want a higher load capacity spare tire, Goodyear Endurance 225/75R/15 maximum load capacity 2833 pounds, because our original spare tire is a 215/60R/16 has a 1521 pound maximum load capacity. The full size LT 225/75R/16 is too large to fit in some of the early 2015 & 2016 LE2 spare tire housings.