Tyre spacing- Rijidij tyre carrier

[Toxic_Avenger]

I'm most of the way thru installing a rijidij tyre carrier on my defender.
The instructions mention that you need to measure the distance from the hub mating surface to the bottom of a straight edge that sits on the styre sidewall.
This leaves a space of approx 15mm between the sidewall and the upright of the carrier.

Is this the correct spacing, or is the tyre sidewall meant to be firm against the carrier upright?

[ozy013]

When I set up mine, Murray said to have the tyre sidewall hard up against the carrier upright.
Been running it that way for over a year, and no problems. Will take a photo tomorrow if you need, Mitch.

We all know how everyone here loves photo's......

[Toxic_Avenger]

Thanks for that!
I was thinking that some contact with the upright would be ideal as another point of support.
The slide must have moved when I was tightening it, or I buggered up my measurements.

[alien]

Thanks for that!
I was thinking that some contact with the upright would be ideal as another point of support.
The slide must have moved when I was tightening it, or I buggered up my measurements.

For some reason I recall -5mm as the setting.
You may find the rear door will need adjusting as the wieght of the spare is off it.
I removed the door strap also as it was flexing the panel with door locked open, that was with the extender fitted too.

[Toxic_Avenger]

All fixed now, looks like I threw an ID 10 T error on that one!
With the door strap, I have the mulgo gas strut, which seems to work fine with the rear bar. The strut is not quite long enough to lock the door catch open but a slight nudge maybe 10mm or so will get it fully open.

[debruiser]

I have the spare against the upright.

Also found that with the stock rear door arm thingo the wheel carrier wouldnt lock open, so I removed the stock door thing. WOrks good and it's now redundant.

[rijidij]

Just saw this thread.
Yes, the tyre needs to sit firmly against the upright. Anything which firms up the mounting and helps prevent any movement will aid in preventing any possible long term fatigue.
Another reason is to add support to the whole assembly if any accessories are added to the rear of the wheel, for example, a Hi-Lift jack holder, jerry can holder etc, which can be mounted using the wheel studs. In effect, with the tyre firmly against the upright, it's triangulating the upper part of the carrier which is a basic bracing method.

Cheers, Murray