Spare Tire Locked In Place

[SolidusJ]

Went to drop my spare and put in the the bed yesterday and the damn thing wouldn't come down. The steel rope came down all the way but the bracket that hold the rim was locked in. This isn't the first time that it happen, the first time is when I popped off the spare and put in my bed and roll the rope back in and I must of over tighten it and I had to drop the whole system and squeeze some clips and it drop. Now this time the tire is on I can't do this. I rolled it all the way up, drop it all the way down and tried shacking the hell out of it and nothing. I'm thinking I have to take wire cutters and just chip the rope but then I'm SOL on having a place for my spare, when the hell is tiregate going to make one for the T:gaah:.

 

[SolidusJ]

How it's looking.

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[JGBB04]

there's a safety lock on them, crank it all the way up until it starts clicking then it should come down right. it's on pg5-76 in the manual but their directions are a pain in the a**

 

[Bigunit]

Did it once also. If you can reach it, there is a lock pin on the right side of the lock mechanism that you need to push to unlock it. I did it with the spare removed so it was really easy to get to. Don't know how accessible it is with the spare under there and too hot to want to get under the truck to check right now.

 

[SolidusJ]

there's a safety lock on them, crank it all the way up until it starts clicking then it should come down right. it's on pg5-76 in the manual but their directions are a pain in the a**

Thanks for the info but no dice...

 

[SolidusJ]

Did it once also. If you can reach it, there is a lock pin on the right side of the lock mechanism that you need to push to unlock it. I did it with the spare removed so it was really easy to get to. Don't know how accessible it is with the spare under there and too hot to want to get under the truck to check right now.

I can reach the bolt when I get my tools, I'll use the jack to hold the center of it and drop the bolt and the whole system. This will be the LAST time it goes under there!!!!

 

[Portager]

That is why I got the ThorParts rear bumper. That and the added ground clearance in the back.

 

[Bigunit]

solid,
I removed my spare today so that I could take pics of the latch pin on the spare tire hoist assembly that you need to push in on the spare tire mount in order to get the retainer plate, cable and the spare to go down. You will need to support the bottom of the spare somehow so that you can push the tire up enough to push that latch pin in & get it to go back through the tube that the cable wire goes through (the tube has a square rubber gasket around it). In this pic, the pin is at the upper right side of cable latch.

Good luck!