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Originally Posted by truckin 79
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The second question is spare tire removal. I am getting tires changed and want to get a different tire on spare. I do not have the slide out tire just the standard type. I have not messed with it before, the spare tire on there now is like Christmas story spare. My spare is only a spare in the academic sense, it is round and once made of rubber with tread. Is it just as simple as unscrewing the nut with the eyelet and the taking spare out? Does the spare tire cross bar just fall to the ground or swing to the side? Is rim secured by a bolt or but that might be rusted?
Thanks in advance
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Loosen but
do not remove the big nut near the bumper. It is a keyhole so when it's got some slack just lift up slightly on the end of the cross bar and tip the long bolt so the nut fits through the hole. Then let the whole thing down being careful not to have any body parts between the tire and the ground. Then just drag the tire out.
Getting the spare tire back up there is a bit harder but just the reverse the procedure. Make sure to secure the cross bar if you don't put the spare back up there right away.
We did this for many decades or else just carried the spare in the pickup bed.