Fitment Of Spare Wheel

[Guest T6 KFR]

I've bought new minilites for my recent purchase Robin hood. after exposing the rear wheel from it's cover I noticed it was only sitting in the frame cradle and attached through the wheel bolt hole....take it with the supplied threaded rod c/w nuts.

 

the fuel tank is now in the way to fit another 1-3 threaded rods to hold the wheel against the body.

 

can you let me know if the 1 bolt connection is sufficient?

 

thanks

kev

[johnlrichardson]

My 2b spare sits on the cradle and has one bolt holding it to the back panel

Its been there 5 years

 

HTH jon

[Guest T6 KFR]

That's great news then.....I started reading preivious posts and some people had fabricated allsorts.

 

I'll ensure its tight when fitting .

[Guest peter2b2002]

mines the same as jon , mines only been for 6 years , even used the spare as a brace for a bike rack when I went to Le Mans 1st time

peter2b

[Jamiep]

my exmo has a two stud fixing and no cradle and mines been that way for over ten years. don't over tighten the bolt as It will pull the rear panel into the recess of the wheel and distort it.

[agent_zed]

if you think about it this way the wheel when holding up the car is on 4 bolts and is carrying 250kg+ of car (one corner of a 1000kg car). When its just holding the wheel on the back of the car it is just holding itself on ~15kg of wheel and tyre. So other than making sure the nut doesn't come off (nyloc or thread lock) it shouldn't be a problem on a single bolt. On the 2b the weight will also be held by the wheel carrier with the bolt just holding it in place.

 

always amazes me how strong nuts/bolts are. take a look at the front suspension the entire front end is held up by the nut on each balljoint holding the hub!!! on second thoughts best not to think about it.

 

hth

[Guest T6 KFR]

if you think about it this way the wheel when holding up the car is on 4 bolts and is carrying 250kg+ of car (one corner of a 1000kg car). When its just holding the wheel on the back of the car it is just holding itself on ~15kg of wheel and tyre. So other than making sure the nut doesn't come off (nyloc or thread lock) it shouldn't be a problem on a single bolt. On the 2b the weight will also be held by the wheel carrier with the bolt just holding it in place.

 

always amazes me how strong nuts/bolts are. take a look at the front suspension the entire front end is held up by the nut on each balljoint holding the hub!!! on second thoughts best not to think about it.

 

hth

 

great point well said. I am planning on finding a tread lock nut as with the vibrations I would feel safer ....than stopping finding out I've lost my new wheel :-) I'll post pics soon so you guys know what car I have . not many if any rb2b owners up here in Scotland I don't think.