Thread: door carriers

as far as i know.......the ones with alloys had 3 thick spacers that went behind the wheel.......to keep it off the door........

Originally Posted by dullbird

hi guys

can anyone confirm to me that a disco that came out with a factory alloy as a spare.... has longer studs on the rear door carrier than one that came out with a steel spare

as i'm getting a shovel and axe holder but when you look at my spare i dont think there is enough on the thread to be able to put a 1-2mm plate between the alloy and the carrier..........

i originally had a steel on the back of my car but i swapped it of for an alloy and the alloy really only just fits on stud wise

thanks

lou

Do you have a steel spare on your vehicle (or did it come with a steel spare originally)?

I just bought a shovel holder and it fits OK on my vehicle (which has 16x8 rims). I don't think the model with steel wheels had a different carrier but I could be wrong.

What length are the studs on your carrier?

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

as far as i know.......the ones with alloys had 3 thick spacers that went behind the wheel.......to keep it off the door........

mmmmm i dont really understand what your saying tony if all the carriers are the same and i put three thick spacers behind my alloy wheel to keep it off the door (not that it is on the door) then i dont think i could even get the spare on!!! i will post a pic tomorrow if i remember, to show you how much the wheel nut goes onto the stud.........

Dunno, dbird... I had a 95 Rossignol a while ago, which had four alloys on the road and a steel as the spare.

The door rig setup seemed the same as what's on the back of my current 93 model...same narrow nuts with plastic spacer/washers and the dress plate cover thinghy...

GQ

Hi Dullbird
Mine came with the steel spare,the alloy I fitted bolted on no problems at all,unsure what Tony means,with spacers the spare definately wont fit.
Andrew

well......the wheel nuts for the alloys go deep into the holes and grab the studs......

the wheel nuts for steel rims sit on the outside of the holes so the stud needs to stick out through the rim.......

unless the spacers were used for the steel rims.......
its been quite a few years.......
but either way......the carriers were all the same........


take off one of the nuts from your road wheels and see how much the threads poke through the rim.......
and dont forget.....with the spare.....you can get away with having a few less threads
holding the rim on......as all the nuts are doing is holding on the wheel......
not the weight of the whole rig.......

My mate's SE7 has a steel spare

My '95 D1a had a steel spare, which fitted nicely with the plastic cover etc .... when I fitted an alloy spare I found the studs were too long.
The studs "bottomed out" inside the alloy wheel nuts before the wheel was held securely and I fitted spacers behind the wheel to remedy this.

Stevo