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Technical => Miscellaneous Technical => Topic started by: grandad on August 24, 2009, 03:46:27 PM

Title: spare wheel
Post by: grandad on August 24, 2009, 03:46:27 PM

thinking a bout mounting my spare wheel on the left hand rear door any one done this if so how do the hinges hold up

Title: Re: spare wheel
Post by: eddy on August 24, 2009, 05:39:59 PM

simple really ...... they don't  :-\

Title: Re: spare wheel
Post by: ben on August 24, 2009, 05:50:48 PM

hey grandad they dont even hold up without a tyre mounted on the door. cant imagine how the door would close with an extra 10kg!!

you can have a swivel mounting frame mounted of the hinge thou. works well and no extra strain on the dor. ill have a pic somewhere it think.

ben

Title: Re: spare wheel
Post by: cfjeff on August 24, 2009, 07:23:56 PM

mine is mounted to the rear door hinges havent had many problems over the 15 years or so mine has been mounted.

Title: Re: spare wheel
Post by: ben on August 24, 2009, 07:43:05 PM

yeh thats the one i was refering too

cheers
ben

Title: Re: spare wheel
Post by: grandad on August 24, 2009, 08:11:49 PM

Quote from: cfjeff on August 24, 2009, 07:23:56 PM

mine is mounted to the rear door hinges havent had many problems over the 15 years or so mine has been mounted.

thats the way i was going to mount it sorry not just bolted to the door

Title: Re: spare wheel
Post by: wraithknight on August 24, 2009, 08:43:52 PM

but if you put two on then you would have a good back stop if anyone hit you lol :o