Thread: Rear wheel carrier

Why would you airgun on the spare.......
Wheels maybe, but the spare?
If they're going to replace it, just get a D2 one.
Get it inverted while you're at it so you can put a larger tyre on the rear

EDIT:
Here's a link to a D2 and then a D1 carrier.
Looks pretty much identical to me, perhaps there are subtle differences.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LAND-ROVE...ee7d3c8&_uhb=1

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LAND-ROVE...1ad4345&_uhb=1

They have separate part numbers, presumably because the bolt spacing is quite different on the D2 compared to the D1.

Looks like the rest of the metalwork is quite similar, though. However, I'd make them pay for a proper new one.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Looks like the rest of the metalwork is quite similar, though. However, I'd make them pay for a proper new one.

There's no reason it needs to be new, the one that they broke wasn't new.

It sounds like the tyre shop made a mistake and have owned up to it and are doing the right thing. There is no point in pushing it further than it needs to be, if they're replacing a broken used one with a good condition second hand one, that seems perfectly reasonable. Forcing them to supply a new one, may just mean that this time you get a brand new one, but next time (and it might be someone else completely), they'll be ****** and deny that it happened at their shop because of how much it cost them last time. If they're being pleasant and helpful about it and have agreed to resolve it in an acceptable mean, why push it, there's many other shops that would just be ****** about it.

But the above is just my opinion.

Think about it though.
Spares may have to be freighted from the other side of the country, might be private seller, and you have no idea on its condition and lets face it. A spare wheel and tyre isn't a light item by any stretch of the imagination, the item might be stuffed.
As opposed to going to the local landy dealership or parts place, which will be a registered business (which makes things easier, I've had to deal with replacing items damaged at a tyre store, and they said it's much easier to have a formal receipt from a business, or for them to ring up and say how much). You've also got a much better chance of being able to claim warranty in the event that it's a dud.
I'd be going for a new one.

Originally Posted by Pinelli

Anyone know if the D1 and D2 real wheel carriers are the same?


Local tyre shop left it to the apprentice to put the spare wheel back on - with a air gun I'm assuming, crossing some threads in the meantime. I couldn't get it off , and it took them an impact air gun to get it off, leaving two bolts and nuts buggered, they're going to replace it, and I'd be happy with a second hand one if available. Will a D1 or D2a fit interchangeably?

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No they will be different given that the diameter of the circle the bolt holes are on the wheels is different. I think even the thread size of the studs is different. Easiest fix is probably a replacement of the studs, I have not looked to see how the studs are attached but it had to be assembled some how.

Hi there,

I just bought my D2 and it didn't have nuts for the spare wheel carrier. A friend of mine who has about 5 D1s in his own private graveyard had some so thinking they would fit I grabbed them. Unfortunately they are much larger on the D1 than on the D2.

Haven't been able to source any nuts for my D2 yet but once I do I can let you know also.

Tony

Originally Posted by oxley2903

Haven't been able to source any nuts for my D2 yet

Have you put the CDL back in?

Originally Posted by twr7cx

There's no reason it needs to be new, the one that they broke wasn't new........

In my post I didn't actually mean a brand spanking new item, I think fingers got ahead of brain a little.

The impression I got from the OP's post was that the company concerned were looking to cobble something together, rather than just replace the carrier.

My thought (which my fingers didn't necessarily manage to convey properly) was that just getting to go to a breaker, who often give a limited warranty on their parts, and get the right part, and bolt it on.

That to me would seem pretty fair.