Some info

[maxwedge]

For all of us in the rust belt. Try your spare tire hoist periodically, mine would not lower the spare, created a hell of an issue getting the tire down, The hoist was corroded and rusted up internally, had to replace it on my 2002 TB, 78.00, made in in Isreal, nice huh, American Jobs!!

[rodeo02]

Hey good call Max. Those winches can be a royal pita after a bunch of years in service . Is it a cable or chain winch on the TB's? It's amazing how much crud sits in/on the spare tire rim .

Joel

[maxwedge]

Cable and reel.

[rodeo02]

Cool. I know my rodeo (mostly GM parts) had a vinyl coated chain hoist. Those would lock up tighter than a drum just the same if you didn't *exersize* them.

Joel

[ericn1300]

if you have a rear mount spare like i do you might want to lossen and tighten the lug nuts every once in awhile too. my wife had a flat and couldn't get the spare off. took a breaker bar with a pipe extension to break it free.

i bought five tires this time and put the spare into the rotation pattern so it shouldn't happen again.

[obronknob]

Words to the wise, be very careful if you crawl underneath and try to get the tire down.
I had an 04 TB and when I was changing a tire, the whole thing broke and nearly took my head off.

[rodeo02]

Originally Posted by obronknob

Words to the wise, be very careful if you crawl underneath and try to get the tire down.
I had an 04 TB and when I was changing a tire, the whole thing broke and nearly took my head off.

Just out of curiosity, how were you cranking the winch and laying under the truck at the same time. Atleast u didn't get hurt.

Joel

[ericn1300]

Originally Posted by rodeo02

Just out of curiosity, how were you cranking the winch and laying under the truck at the same time. Atleast u didn't get hurt.

Joel

LOL i know how he did it, or how i did it anyways. on my dads 81 1/2 ton the spare wouldn't drop even after running the winch handle back and forth a few times so i put some slack in the winch line and crawled under to wrestle the tire loose. i was flat on my back with both hands on the tire when it came loose. luckily not to much slack, just got the wind knocked out of me and a bit of common sence knocked into me.