Chassis Spare Wheel Carrier - anyone used these ?
- Thread starter Bellbirdweb
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It does look very low though , as if the tyre would hang below the bar..................if you look at my old Van page http://www.expandasdownunder.com/threads/drovers-14-44-3.4502/ you should find a pic of how I moved my number plate, worked out well.
I can't find the pic of ours now. But I'll tell you something I did . They are designed for the 15"s which have a different offset to the 16"s so when the genius at Jayco put the 16"s on it the inner dish of the rim just hits so I got some thick washers to space the rim out 4mm. But just to make it more I took to the webbing with a big ball pien hammer! Boy did it take some belting to create further clearance . Much more force than I think corrogations will inflict. They are adequate.
Yes I'm going to need to move the number plate and light, as well as the reversing camera.
Arrived today and actually looks pretty good.
Will move the number plate, light and reversing camera on the weekend and will fit it up and see how the wheel goes.
certainly looks stronger in the "flesh" as opposed to that pic on the web site
I would strengthen the weld between the two pieces. Seems to me like they would twist apart. Can't see it clearly but the join there looks like a significant weak point, not sure though as the pic doesn't show the join clearly.
No harm in putting an extra bit of strength there. Too late if it does come off and you have to turn back and travel 550km to retrieve your wheel!
Yeah agree with that. There is 2 holes there that can be used for the extra bolts
The welds look pretty good. I don't have ready access to be able to weld anything, hence the reason I wanted something off the shelf.
You can buy a couple of wheels studs with nuts at Supercheap, just match the size to your van and they hopefully will just hammer into the holes without having to mod them, way better to have studs than bolts and 2 or 3 hold downs for the wheel is a much safer option.
if you get the studs, a quick tip on fitting them up
push the stud in from behind (as you would) put a socket over the thread and onto the base plate, then wind up the nut
this should in theory pull the stud into the hole tightly
and should you ever need a stud while travelling, you just put the nut on to the end of the thread, put a piece of wood on it, and smack the living daylights out of it
it should in theory pop out again
Spot on @bigcol, I used a socket over the thread and a monster sized G clamp as it all kept jumping out of my vice, I recall, also drilled one hole too big so welded it in.
I bought one of these as a backup if I need to carry an extra 'spare'. Able to bolt it on the rear if required.
