Thread: Spare Tyre Won't Fit - Aarrgghh

Maybe a little soap might help with the struggle to get the rubber in.

Have you checked if you can drop it down again? If the cable goes slack on these tyre winches they unspool inside the casing and birds nest very easily. Last thing you need to have happen when on the road.

Not tried.
But very aware and I will be careful to tease it out until gravity takes over.
But.
I won't need to use it.

Ralph

Originally Posted by Oztourer

Have you checked if you can drop it down again? If the cable goes slack on these tyre winches they unspool inside the casing and birds nest very easily. Last thing you need to have happen when on the road.

Originally Posted by Oztourer

Have you checked if you can drop it down again? If the cable goes slack on these tyre winches they unspool inside the casing and birds nest very easily. Last thing you need to have happen when on the road.

Yep, happened to a friend with larger tyres jammed in to fit within the existing space with the result being the winched packed it in when it was needed. Couldn't travel up or down.

Simple change of tyre on the side of the road turned into a 2+ hour job involving several people and jacks to eventually get the spare out. And then of course there is the problem of where you carry the damaged tyre once you do eventually get it changed now that the winch is knackered.

Lesson learnt.

The trick is to keep some load on the winch and never, never, never force it. If it tightens up - unwind with load on and try again - is normally OK - issues come when people force the winch.

Garry

Originally Posted by Ferret

Yep, happened to a friend with larger tyres jammed in to fit within the existing space with the result being the winched packed it in when it was needed. Couldn't travel up or down.

Simple change of tyre on the side of the road turned into a 2+ hour job involving several people and jacks to eventually get the spare out. And then of course there is the problem of where you carry the damaged tyre once you do eventually get it changed now that the winch is knackered.

Lesson learnt.

I can imagine putting it in cold with just enough air removed and trying to take it out expanded after having a hot exhaust nearby in some baking hot location.

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

I can imagine putting it in cold with just enough air removed and trying to take it out expanded after having a hot exhaust nearby in some baking hot location.

Don't know how it was ever fitted in there in the first place. I know she never squashed it up there by herself. Aided and abetted by tyre fitters I imagine but I wouldn't rush to blame them entirely either. They're just responding to customer demand - cause bigger tyres look cool. In her defence, they were on it and it was jammed up there when she bought the vehicle.

Think they were 285/55R20 if I remember rightly.