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  1. 21st January 2009, 08:22 PM #1
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    Disco 3 Spare Wheel cable jammed

    My bloody spare wheel cable release jammed and is totally seized. Any other 3 owners experienced this before?
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  2. 21st January 2009, 08:37 PM #2
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    Not an unusual fault.

    It will require replacement of the winch mechanism, which is a 10 minute job.

    Hopefully yours is still under warranty.
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  3. 21st January 2009, 09:52 PM #3
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    If it's not under warranty, you can remove the rivets, pull it apart & sort out the cable yourself. Use small nuts & bolts instead of rivets for when it happens again.

    From what I've seen, the problem is caused by over 'unwinding' of the cable. It extends fully out then starts winding back in again in the wrong direction.
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  4. 22nd January 2009, 07:08 PM #4
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    One needs to maintain downward pressure on the cable at all times. Local tyre joint stuffed mine up. I will be explaining what is needed next time
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  5. 27th January 2009, 08:16 PM #5
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    Don't let the tyre joints use the rattle gun on them as it can stuff up the clutch

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  6. 28th January 2009, 09:30 PM #6
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    Oddly enough mine is in at the dealer at the moment with the tyre winch being one of the items that needs repairing.
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  7. 19th March 2009, 03:53 PM #7
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    had mine jam half way down after a flat change. Took ages of frigging about till I managed toget it working again. hope it is ok now!!
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  8. 19th March 2009, 04:07 PM #8
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    mine was replaced by the dealer just before i bought it (90 000 kms) because it was jammed and they could not get the old flogged spare out from underneath to give me a shiny new one.

    Seems pretty common
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