D4 - Rear wheel carrier

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Originally Posted by rocket rod

... but see if the Ridiji can be removed easily.

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Yes it can. It comes with a threaded cover for the bearing stub. I currently have my spare wheel on the roof. You just have to remember not to enter any car parks! This is easy for me as I rarely need to do so and I used to carry a spare wheel permanently on the roof of my SIII so I'm aware of it being up there.
Actually, despite being worried that I would find moving the Rijidij spare wheel carrier out of the way all the time, I was surprised to find that it didn't bother me at all. I only removed it to fit a bike carrier and just haven't bothered putting it back on.

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Originally Posted by rocket rod

I've mentioned this in other RWC threads but see if the Ridiji can be removed easily. This way you only install it when going country. It means driving without a spare on city roads but think about it, when was the last time you had a flat? I carry a plug kit so roadside repairs are possible anyway. If you're not confident about this then leave the carrier on all the time.

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I'd be keen to hear peoples experiences with taking the carrier off too. Having a few mates with RWC I honestly don't think my wife would be able to open some of them.

I saw another thread that mentioned the Tyre Trek ones which looks like a perfect alternative if you're not towing.

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Originally Posted by Birdboy

I'd be keen to hear peoples experiences with taking the carrier off too. Having a few mates with RWC I honestly don't think my wife would be able to open some of them.

I saw another thread that mentioned the Tyre Trek ones which looks like a perfect alternative if you're not towing.

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I had twin Kaymar units on my LC100 when I had that. I wanted the long range tank more than a spare wheel, but wanted the touring certainty capability offered by two spares, so I had the original bumper units fitted (so no replacement big steel rear bumper) and as rocketrod said, for six years of around town driving in it, I just left the wheel carriers off, covered the stub with the screw on cover they come with, and all was good. RWC is a pain if you do need to bring your vehicle into shopping centres as there sometimes isn't enough room to swing the wheel away to open the rear door with the small car parking spaces in many urban centres. Then you are stuck trying to get all your stuff into the car via the side doors.

Never had an issue the whole time running without a spare around town, and dropped the carrier (or both) back on for trips away.

It didn't look too intrusive even with just a small bracket on the outside that supported the stub axle for the carrier, with most of the hardware under the bumper. Worked a treat!

As for opening and closing, generally they are very easy to open and close, even with the spare wheel on, as the support is typically fitted with double bearings (top and bottom of the stub axle) making for a very smooth opening and closing action.

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Originally Posted by Birdboy

I'd be keen to hear peoples experiences with taking the carrier off too. Having a few mates with RWC I honestly don't think my wife would be able to open some of them.

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The first complaint you'll get is "it's ruined my nice new.."insert clothing item here"", the next will be " I can't open the blasted thing anyway". At least that was my experience.

My wife doesn’t have any problems opening and closing our Outback Accessories RWC. It has a gas strut to assist.

No problems here with my Mantec RWC, which opens with the door. We also have a gas strut to hold the rear door.

I've got the Outback Accessories jobbie, easy enough. Learned my lesson when having to unload the entire back of the cargo bay in the RRS to get to the spare after a blowout on the Gibb a few years ago.
(The other Disco is my brother's. He hasn't had a flat tyre yet.)

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Originally Posted by goofyr

My wife doesn’t have any problems opening and closing our Outback Accessories RWC. It has a gas strut to assist.

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Its more the unlocking latch that I’ve found super stiff on mates cars. Not the actual swinging. Glad to hear others aren’t having that problem

This is where the sensor was moved to on my D3 RWC. Unfortunately don’t know who manufactured it as it was on the vehicle when I purchased it. Works fine. No interference with any sensor.

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Originally Posted by Birdboy

Its more the unlocking latch that I’ve found super stiff on mates cars. Not the actual swinging. Glad to hear others aren’t having that problem

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My latch is pretty easy to use looks like below, the sensor relocation also shown. This sensor is not my problem, it’s the corner one which I have had to put a pad on for sensors to work correctly.

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