Thread: TDCi Defender - Wheel Carrier

[QUOTE=one_iota;803819]Mine will be the one from Opposite Lock:

Opposite Lock Australia

Opens with the rear door.

In the order of $875 fitted.

I have just fitted one of these to my county,so far so good,I like the adjustable bush too.

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Originally Posted by one_iota

Mine will be the one from Opposite Lock:

Opposite Lock Australia

Opens with the rear door.

In the order of $875 fitted.

I have just fitted one of these to my county,so far so good,I like the adjustable bush too.

I have one of these OL numbers - they are OK until you do some real corrugations - Mine fell apart on the Gibb River road - here is a pic...




I didn't even realise it was about to fail until another Defender driver asked me about mine (he had the OL carrier too) as his had done the same thing - he actually pointed the weld break out to me. I had to remove the wheel and carry it on my roof. If he had not by chance been there and pointed it out to me - it would have failed on my way from Windjana Gorge to Derby.

Got it temporarily welded in Derby, but fixed properly by Alice OL - it was NOT the first time they had experienced the exact same problem either - you will need to modify it with the following gusset...




- if you use this carrier and don't do this mod - it will most likely fall apart if you drive rough tracks for any extended period of time - beware... Quality eh?

i have a kaymar wheel carrier also,no problems in 5 years.

A few photos of the Bearmach Carrier:



Top Mounting Point:



Door Mount:



This is the part that need modifing, I had to redrill the four holes that attaches the door mount to the plate on the back door:



The only thing I really don't like about this carrier is that the spare wheel no longer sits parallel to the back door. However the door opens so much nicer now.

If you are having trouble with your back door staying open its probably because LR did not tighten the nuts up that hold the "latching spring bar" in place. My one had just moved out of the way:



It should look like this:



Cheers,

Tim

Thanks Tim...I was wondering whether being crushed by the rear door closing was just another Defender thing...I'll have a look at that on the weekend.

I was thinking of mounting the extinguisher on the inside of the rear door so taking the rear door trim off to have a look will kill two birds with the proverbial stone.

Originally Posted by one_iota

Thanks Tim...I was wondering whether being crushed by the rear door closing was just another Defender thing...I'll have a look at that on the weekend.

I was thinking of mounting the extinguisher on the inside of the rear door so taking the rear door trim off to have a look will kill two birds with the proverbial stone.

I fitted a gas strut to my old 110, that solved the door closing problem. Couldn't get the door catch to hold well enough when the truck was parked on an angle, even the side of the road.

Getting back to the OL carrier and Scallop's experience, I have alerted the local OL man about this and he is going to have a chat with the manufacturer. He has not had any adverse feed back (and he has one on his Defender) so it will be interesting to hear back from him.

Originally Posted by jimbo110

Any chance you could take some more pic's of the mechanism etc, I can feel a project comming on..........................

Here are some more photo's of my Kaymar Carrier