1995 blazer spare tire

I have a 1995 blazer 4 door with the spare tire under the car. my problem is that one day i heard a rattle under my car. i thought that it was the spare tire. since i was only a mile away from home i thought i would check it when i got home. when i got there, i was missing my spare tire. a problem in my eye. i found the tire 1/2 mile away. the spare tire holder under my car snapped off. the wires holding the tire on. they all snapped. easy fix? or expensive dealer fix? or am i carrying my spare in teh back of the blazer? thanksin advance

I bought one on Ebay for like $35.00
It took maybe 45 min to change out. I think there is a total of 4 serews.

thats not that bad at all. what did you get with that purchase? the wires? or the whole set up?

It was actually the whole deal. Granted it was used but all I did was grease it all up before installing and it works fine.

I have a temporary donut on my 1997...anyone know if that wire and mounting assembly can handle the added weight of a full-size rim and 15" tire?

As far as I knew it was made for the full size spare. That donut must have been put there by someone other than the factory.

mine came with a donut too...

Really???

Huh, maybe mine is supposed to have a doughnut also. I guess its possible.

So to SpectreSE the answer is: Yes, cause I have had a full size tire in mine for over 20k now.

Reviving this thread to ask a question about the '97 Blazer (4 door, 2wd) ability to carry a full size spare on the underbody holder. Looks to me like the size won't be a problem but I don't know for sure about the weight.

Had a blowout last weekend & didn't like having to creep along the interstate on that donut...
-Mike

Yes, I still have my doughnut spare under there, but wonder if the steel wire mounting assembly has only one version to accept the weight of doughnut vs. a fullsize rim and tire.

I can almost imagine hitting a good sized hole or bump, and the retention wire cable snapping off leaving my new aluminum wheel and full-size spare in the roadway...

The spare tire mount should hold the weight of a full sized tire. Where else you gonna put the blown tire if you have a flat? My 95 Blazer has a full sized spare under it. It came with a full sized and It's been under my Blazer for the last 157k miles (thats the originals miles on the Blazer).

Well my 95 uses a full size spare from the factory, so it shouldn't be a problem...

my 95 also came stock with full size spare, but i also had to replace the spare tire assembly becuase my wire holding it up snapped and i lost the spare tire but luckily i found it on the side of the road...