Securing the spare tyre

[pbkid]

Ross,

Here are some images of the spare tire area in the rear hatch. As you can see there is a large metal "flange" that is held in by a bolt. The flange sqeezes the spare tire between itself and the mount in the rear hatch.
Hope this helps.


Spare mounted in rear door


Close up of flange and bolt


Flange and bolt

hey mark, quick question...what are you keepin the stock spare in there for?? you know you cant use that with your oversized tires right???
you keeping it there so you dont lose parts if you ever decide to sell?? (thats the only thing i can think of)

[nfpgasmask]

hey mark, quick question...what are you keepin the stock spare in there for?? you know you cant use that with your oversized tires right???
you keeping it there so you dont lose parts if you ever decide to sell?? (thats the only thing i can think of)

Bart

[MSHardeman]

First off, I will NEVER get rid of the VX. OK, never say never, but it would take a catastrophic event to force me to get rid of Vicki.

Between the bigger tires and the lift the VX won't fit in my garage with the basket and full size spare up top because the garage door is too short. I figure that while I'm in the Aspen valley I'm never really that far from home so having the dinky little spare to limp home on is better than nothing.

No comments from the peanut gallery Bart.

[tom4bren]

I've still got the brackets for my spare. Free to a good home, just pay shipping.

[nfpgasmask]

Between the bigger tires and the lift the VX won't fit in my garage with the basket and full size spare up top because the garage door is too short.

Yeah, I had the same problem with my garage. But in my case, it was a matter of about half an inch. So, I pulled the top most piece of trim from my garage door opening off and replaced it with a much thinner piece of wood. Now, my VX with spare just barely fits. Actually, every time I pull in the spare tire on the roof rack just nudges the retracted garage door.

I've still got the brackets for my spare. Free to a good home, just pay shipping.

I have mine sitting here and ready to go to AussieVX, so I got it covered there, bub...

Bart

[tom4bren]

"so I got it covered there, bub..."

I'm closer.

Are we heading down this path again???

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ght=Spare+Tire

BTW Bart, you never responded to my last post on that thread (Wazzup?)

[nfpgasmask]

"so I got it covered there, bub..."

I'm closer.

Are we heading down this path again???

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ght=Spare+Tire

BTW Bart, you never responded to my last post on that thread (Wazzup?)

Ummm, uhhhh....no takers yet, it's still takin up space in my garage.

And maybe I am way off, but I think Melbourne is closer to the west coast, eh?

Bart

[MSHardeman]

Jack,

I think you're totally correct about using the little spare with the oversized tires, but I'm talking about limping home if I had a blow-out. No highway driving, all back roads, and keeping the speed LOW. I would prefer to crawl home than leave my baby somewhere with a blown out shoe. If it really is that much of a problem maybe I need to rig up a mount inside so I can carry my full sized spare with me.

OR, maybe I'll do some major surgery on my garage door so I can keep the spare up top because I'm NOT leaving my baby outside over night.

[pbkid]

First off, I will NEVER get rid of the VX. OK, never say never, but it would take a catastrophic event to force me to get rid of Vicki.

Between the bigger tires and the lift the VX won't fit in my garage with the basket and full size spare up top because the garage door is too short. I figure that while I'm in the Aspen valley I'm never really that far from home so having the dinky little spare to limp home on is better than nothing.

No comments from the peanut gallery Bart.

someone correct me if im wrong, but once you get oversized tires you can use the factory spare at all....it will screw up your TOD, cause your x-case to overwork and overheat i believe...

[tom4bren]

Theoretically, you could still use it on the front since it's an open differential up there, but ... I wouldn't risk it.

[JAFO]

Theoretically, you could still use it on the front since it's an open differential up there, but ... I wouldn't risk it.

Manual says not to put the spare on the front. If you have a flat front tire, you must first swap the compact spare with a good tire on the rear. Then swap the flat with the good tire you removed from the rear.

[TheGanzman]

Manual says not to put the spare on the front. If you have a flat front tire, you must first swap the compact spare with a good tire on the rear. Then swap the flat with the good tire you removed from the rear.

That's pretty much "protocol"; Porsche says the same...

One MORE reason to ditch the spare and carry a compressor, two cans of tire jiz, and a very good plug kit; oh, AND your AAA card and a cell phone!

[Ldub]

Manual says not to put the spare on the front. If you have a flat front tire, you must first swap the compact spare with a good tire on the rear. Then swap the flat with the good tire you removed from the rear.

That's assuming that you have stock size tires.
Having the doughnut on the rear in this situation, is going to put undue wear on the clutch packs in the LSD...

Bottom line, even "limping it home" on the doughnut is gonna put the hurt on something...