Thanks for the responses guys,

I've never heard of a Watts Linkage before,....pretty cool bit I don't think it will fly with my setup. I am going to go down to the store and see if I can "borrow" a 265/70 R17 and set it in my wheel well. I know it will be slightly different given that it wont be mounted but it may give some insight.

The more I think about it, I think the rim will be okay, my problem will be the tire cross section of 10.7".

Well see, I'll report back.

Dust