Posted by mkirsch on August 21, 2014 at 10:42:10 from (72.45.143.81):
In Reply to: Spare Tire Rant posted by John T on August 21, 2014 at 09:07:51:
If you can wiggle the wheel around to where you can see the winch through one of the holes, you should see that the tire hanger has a shank that inserts into a socket on the winch. Part will be black, part will be silver. The silver part contains a notch that latches into the winch body.
The silver part retracts sideways into the black part, releasing the latch and allowing the tire to drop.
What has happened is the silver part and the black part have become dirty/corroded, and will not slide against each other.
In one instance, I had to reach up through the tire with a conglomeration of wrenches and detach the bolt holding the winch to the truck frame. Once I had the tire and winch out from under the truck, I was able to force the latch to release. It's only one bolt, but it can be fun to get to. Also once the bolt releases, the tire falls on your head.
The second time it happened, I was able to insert a long screwdriver up in there and pound the silver piece into the black piece until the latch released.
After that, I ground the notch off the silver part, so the spare is now only held by the cable.
It's a stainless cable, and it's been that way for several years now. The spare is still there.
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