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  1. 12th September 2006, 11:28 AM #1
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    Spare Wheel Carrier

    Here are a couple of pics of my "new" spare wheel carrier.
    I modified a free Land Cruiser carrier to suit my ARB rear step.
    The total cost was about $80, including one bracket, new bolts for wheel studs and wheel nuts to retain the spare wheel.

    http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?i...pics143qq9.jpg
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  2. 12th September 2006, 05:52 PM #2
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    Looks good Jon.
    I'll have to do something like that soon. I don't really like carrying my spare on the roof all the time.

    I assume you welded a trailer type stub axle into the rear bar.
    How does the ARB rear bar handle the weight on the end ?
    Did you do any reinforcing ?

    I was given a carrier with my parts RR but it's very home made & uses tie rod ends that bolt to the body . I'm going to modify it & use a stub axle type arrangement as the pivot point.
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    looks nice and strong!

    and easy to open.



    the RR needs a tub though---
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  4. 13th September 2006, 08:19 AM #4
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    I used the original stub axle setup that came with the spare wheel carrier. I just had to lop it off to an appropriate length. I used an oxy to blow a hole in the top of the step bar and the stub axle reaches all the way to the bottom where I have welded it on. There is a little flex in the outer end of the step bar , but not enough to concern me.

    As far as washing the Rangie, some weeks it will get cleaned 2 or 3 times, other times it goes for a month without seeing soap... It is just about due again now, but I am driving to Adelaide in 9 days and it will just get bug covered on that trip anyway...
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