Re: Step side spare tire carrier
Palf70 has it. As I said in the first pix, the top two legs looked like they were gone off that bracket.
If you're running 5-lug wheels, like it looks like you might possibly be, in the top picture, you'll have to do a very minor mod to the spare bracket.
On mine, since I had changed-over from the stock 1968 6-lug rims, to newer 5-lug rims, I had to cut off two of the threaded bolts off the bracket. One of them was all that would "catch" a hole right for a 5-lug wheel. The spare sits very-slightly too-far forward from stock position, using that one bolt, but nobody really sees it, & I can't believe you'd have enough load on it to need three lugs holding the spare on. I thought I'd try it for a while, & tack another lug bolt back on if needed. Has been that way ever since, for 5 years.
I have checked mine, to see if that one nut has ever loosened-up over time, & it hasn't moved.
Last edited by 68shortstep; 02-03-2009 at 10:11 PM.
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