Spare wheel removal?

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Originally Posted by Bundalene

Remember to put the original wheel nuts back onto the spare (those with a dimple out) as these wheel nuts have a longer thread than those used on the wheels. If you use the standard wheel nuts on your spare you will break the studs on your spare holder before they become tight.

Erich

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In the light of day, I found someone has already done this. :bat:
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Is the carrier held onto the door with nuts & bolts, or are the female threads captive?

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Is the carrier held onto the door with nuts & bolts, or are the female threads captive?

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Unfortunatley nuts and bolts so if you undo the bolts the nuts will drop down inside.[bigsad]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

In the light of day, I found someone has already done this. :bat:
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That may not be the case. Might have just had an "oversized" spare on it and the metal developed "tears" around the studs like mine did. [emoji1]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

In the light of day, I found someone has already done this. :bat:
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This is an easy fix, Just weld up the cracks [thumbsupbig]

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Originally Posted by AllTerr

That may not be the case. Might have just had an "oversized" spare on it and the metal developed "tears" around the studs like mine did. [emoji1]

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It's never had anything but the wheels it left the factory with, mounted to it.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

This is an easy fix, Just weld up the cracks [thumbsupbig]

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Yeah, the bashing and welding is the easy part. Getting it off to effect the repair is going to be a pain.

Drape a wet bag or thick towel behind it and weld it "in situ".
It's only thin metal so it shouldn't need to be welded both sides.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

Drape a wet bag or thick towel behind it and weld it "in situ".
It's only thin metal so it shouldn't need to be welded both sides.

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What about battery disconnection and computers?

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

What about battery disconnection and computers?

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I don't know about that sort of thing Mate, I could be wrong but just disconnecting the battery is what I would do.
This is the first car I have owned that is run by a computer so I don't know the answer to that, Maybe one our learned colleges will pop in with the answer [thumbsupbig]

Only the company that gave us an overhead inlet/side exhaust valve engine could come up with a vehicle that has three different types of wheel nuts.[bigwhistle]

Just be thankful LR didn't go for LH thread wheel nuts for the passenger side then the vehicle would have five different types of wheel nut (or 6 if you count the one behind the wheel[wink11])

Deano :)