Spare Wheel

[Guest DROID]

Me again Folks,

 

The screwed rod for holding the spare wheel, any prefered way of attaching it the car?? Don't remember seeing it on the videos.

 

Thanks

 

 

Andy..........

[Guest paul mercer]

i put a piece of angle across the back of the two vertical tubes on the chassis(inside the boot), and then bolted onto that.

[Guest ColinR]

Just a thought - Richard suggests leaving the wheel off for the SVA. It's not a legal requirement, but if it's there they will check it for sharp edges etc.

 

I'm planning on leaving everything off that doesn't have to be there to avoid complications.

 

Colin

 

Don't forget to add the ply to the back of the rear panel.

[Guest Twoscoops]

Don't forget to add the ply to the back of the rear panel.

 

Colin

 

What ply is this....???

 

Cheers

 

T.

[Guest Fred2b]

Passed SVA on Monday this week with the spare fitted, but it was fitted with a plastic wheel trim. No problem.

Peter

[Jon Bradbury]

I think he means "strengthen your back panel with a piece of plywood".

[ibrooks]

The ply is referred to somewhere in my build video's but I did the same as Paul Mercer by the sounds of it.

I also bought a length of threaded bar the same thread as the wheel studs and used one of the pretty chrome nuts from a Capri I killed for a 2.1. I used one of the huge washers from the top of the mcpherson strut (the one you see under the Sierra bonnet) in the centre of the wheel held on by the wheel nut to actually secure the thing. Looks pretty and I only need the wheel-brace to remove the spare as it is the same sort of nut as the wheels are held on with. I could also at a push replace a lost wheel nut and get home with the spare in the passenger seat.

 

Iain

[Guest joop]

Hi Andy, why bother. I use no sparewheel at all. To be on the save side I have a so called ""homecomer"" in the back above the tank. It is the sparewheel from a Saab 900. They are made until 1993. Greetings Joop

[Guest bugsy]

Would `it be an issue if the spare had a Cover on it as i have seen a few about?

[Big Jim]

I didn't like the threaded rod either, you can see what I did from our build tips page Here.

[swan]

hi I use the screwed rod only as a means of holding the wheel to the car.

 

The weight of the wheel is taken by a block of wood about 3" thick and about 6" long which is shaped to the inner radius of the alloy wheel. This is fastened through the back panel with a stiffener on the inside and the wheel rests on this.

The car was originally fitted with just the stud and over aperiod of time it started to elongate the hole in the wheel so aquick fix was needed.

 

swan

[Guest Bob Rowell]

Good idea Swan, I think I will try the wood trick with mine.