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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus
So you're saying that the standard setup on the D1 doesn't let you put on the spare and put the alloy back on the carrier?
Thats basically what I've worked out (without actually trying the alloy back on the spare carrier.
If thats the case what the heck were LR thinking :eek:
I can't see what would be wrong with your own suggestion. Use the three steel wheel nuts from the spare carrier to hold the steel wheel on the hub. Then add two of the alloy wheel nuts to the hub. Then use the remaining three alloy wheel nuts to hold the now alloy spare on the back door.
The three alloy wheel nuts I have on my spare carrier are not suitable for use on road wheels I don't think. I think this is what Blknight was getting at.
they were thinking that if you were monied up enough to purchase a disco with the allys that youd also be monied up enough to pick up the spare as well. If you get the alloy spare you got the right studs and nuts.
you can run the steely on the ground using the ally wheel nuts but then you cant put the ally up on the carrier.
first thing I did after I read the line that said "the nuts used to secure the spare wheel to the carrier are not suitable to retain a road wheel" was to buy 5 more nuts and some spare studs and then throw the crappy ones away and then mod the carrier so that it had 3 wheel studs in stead of 3 welded bolts.
Thanks Dave. I'm on the lookout now for a matching alloy spare and some more alloy nuts. Will also consider your suggestion of replacing the spare bolts with studs.
Having 5 new Maxxis Bighorns fitted tomorrow morning, so I need to be able to rotate the spare with the others anyway. Was tossing up whether to buy 4 more steel wheels to fit them all on, but think I'll just just get another alloy.
Off to Tassie on Friday nite for 10 days so just wanted to make sure I had things covered before we leave. Will see if the local LR wrecker near work has a couple of alloy nuts in the meantime.
When I purchased an extra alloy to use as the spare, I found out that you need a spacer in between the back of the car and the spare alloy rim otherwise the rim sits too far back on the spare wheel mounts and the alloy nuts won't go on far enough to tighten the wheel on.
There are factory spacers for an alloy spare, or just use a few big washers or make a plate to space the alloy rim out a bit.
These are interesting responses. I had a 97 build Disco SE. It had 4 alloys and one spare steel rim.
The three nuts holding the steel spare (with built in washer type thing) were able to hold the 'punctured' alloys on the spare wheel carrier. And the the 'alloy' wheel nuts were used to hold the steel wheel on the car when I got a flat. No problems. I did this a few times and never had a problem so I am finding it weird to be reading that this doesn't work. I didn't need a spacer and it wasn't loose or anything.
Or have I mis-read the question?
Pete