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Will it hold!?? Or am I going to kill nuns!??

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This is the spare tire winch off my 02 Duramax.
I made this cable lock to replace the original design because as you can see the old cable end is jacked.
The threaded bolt will be cut off after the cable is in and tightened down. I might be able to drill through the plastic hub and add a cable clamp for added safety. Haven’t checked to see if one will fit yet though.

Question is do you think it will hold a 255/85/16 with a steel wheel?

A replacement winch is 300.00 ! :haha:
 
that and put a tack weld on the backside of the cable and I think you'd be good. the weight of the tire should be held by the loops around the pulley when its up. I'd just support it on the way up and down to be safe.
 
The spare tire came loose from under my old S10 once, while driving down a residential street. No nuns were lost.
 
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Smokinthehippies said:
It’ll be fine until it isnt
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That's what I`m trying to not experience... the isn`t! :doah:

Blazooki said:
that and put a tack weld on the backside of the cable and I think you'd be good. the weight of the tire should be held by the loops around the pulley when its up. I'd just support it on the way up and down to be safe.
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My thinking as well. That cable is SS you think it would tack with regular mig? :thinking: I`ll try it on the scrap chunk. Good idea!

Bent77 said:
Kill em all!
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:saweet: Epic album Thanks Bent should crank that up!

USSkoval said:
The spare tire came loose from under my old S10 once, while driving down a residential street. No nuns were lost.
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Yeah!? Maybe Maybe not...I was driving forward didn`t really notice the crash behind me...Sorry! Lol! :eek:

SpeedlabDan said:
If it doesn't, your problem will be behind you
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^^^^ :haha:

ryoken said:
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That feels good Paul. It`s fock`n cold out side! Jump in the fire! :cool:

Abusfullofnuns said:
I’m not sure why all you guys are after me and my girls. :weapon2:
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Just seems to happen...:dunno::D
 
We had a motorcyclist hit a spare tire after its cable broke. The driver died. Hard to believe manufacturers haven't come up with a better way to hang a spare.
 
thearborbarber said:
We had a motorcyclist hit a spare tire after its cable broke. The driver died. Hard to believe manufacturers haven't come up with a better way to hang a spare.
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And i can see that happening more as these get even older... poor design... no fail safe. Your comment is a good reminder.
 
I've removed every under the vehicle spare tire and put it in the bed or inside the vehicle...I'm getting too old to be crawling under a vehicle on the side of a interstate,(and it usually happens tires go flat in the rain or snow too)--and most of the time if you get a flat rear tire--you cant get under the vehicle,or the tire out from underneath it..
And crawling under one after it is jacked up is practically suicide..:eek:
 
my 2wd 92 GMC has the hanger.... surprisingly, the mechanism works pretty flawless.. shot some lith in it and ran it up and down a couple times... BUT that rim is pretty much toast from joysey salt...

had a flat right before my surgery, the rust on the rim nut seats was so bad, i had to stop and retighten it 2 or 3 times as it worked its way thru the scaley rust...

*reminder - find a new spare rim this summer... *
 
ryoken said:
my 2wd 92 GMC has the hanger.... surprisingly, the mechanism works pretty flawless.. shot some lith in it and ran it up and down a couple times... BUT that rim is pretty much toast from joysey salt...

had a flat right before my surgery, the rust on the rim nut seats was so bad, i had to stop and retighten it 2 or 3 times as it worked its way thru the scaley rust...

*reminder - find a new spare rim this summer... *
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The spare tire under my parent's '93 Caravan had never been used before,till one day I decided to remove it ,the rim was so rusted and flaky I figured it was useless if I ever needed it anyways..tire was still new,had all the nubbies on the tread,and that blue dye on the white wall..to my surprise it wasn't all dried out and cracked..

I hadn't used one of those factory spare "lowering devices" before--didn't read the owners manual,should have..I saw what looked like a hex nut sticking out of the center of the rim,I assumed it was what held the tire up..

I stuck my air impact on it and tried spinning it off,then realized it was just a crimped thing on the end of the wire rope,which was now a ball of fuzzy shrapnel ,sharp as razors..
I took my torch to the cable and cut it off,and the spare almost took off my arm when it crashed to the ground..:eek:.

I took the tire and rim in my garage and put 35 lbs of air in it--it was nearly flat ,so it would not have been of much help if I had a flat--nor would I have ever got it out from under the van if a rear tire went flat..
Soon as I inflated it,I heard air hissing out all around the beads,I put soapy water on it and it blew bubbles all around the rim..
Then I flipped the rim over,and saw the back side was peeling layers off it--I whacked it gently with a ball pein hammer to knock the flakes off,and it went right thru it,and all the air blew out in like 3 seconds,plastering my eyes with rust flakes...:mad:..good thing I never tried using that rim..:eek:..it was paper thin in spots!..

I ended up getting another rim at the junkyard and put the spare tire on it..despite it being 15+ years old at the time,I drove on it several thousand miles with no issues,and its still on it now,full of air..yet I've had other tires look like they are 100 years old that were only 5 years old..guess they don't make rubber like they used too..
 
max 02 said:
And i can see that happening more as these get even older... poor design... no fail safe. Your comment is a good reminder.
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Rusting in half and dumping a tire on the side of the road? Yeah, that's Pinto-level lawsuit material in the hands of the right lawyer. :rolleyes:

I would consider a 3-point cage to be the minimum protection for an under-slung spare tire.


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