Spare Wheel Carrier?

Hi,
I about to fit an new rear door to my 90, at present the old door has a spare wheel carrier bolted to it.
Im thinking wether I should either fit the same carrier to the new door, or wether to fit a swing away carrier.
Has anyone used one of these if so which is the best make, and how much of a pain are they to use when opening the back door?.

I have only ever seen photos of these and never actually eyeballed one.

Got this off fleabay.
Works great, nice and solid and does nor rattle.




This is the one.

http://www.britpart.com/Accessory.asp?pageref=4&AccessoryRef=2331

Not sure if it will work with a cab door model as mine was originally a pick up.

I have a Bearmach carrier and its as easy as opening the door to use. My 12 year old can open the door no problem. Good solid piece of kit which takes the strain off the door hinges.

We supply the following:
Defender Parts | Defender Accessories | Defender Bits always in stock from our Somerset Warehouse
this is from Travall which is the make supplied by Bearmach and have had good feedback on them, I used one on my 90 after the rear window smashed due to developing a crack bellow the window through to the rear wiper hole. I welded up the crack and fitted the wheel carrier to take the pressure off the rear door. It was dead easy to open even with a larger than standard wheel on it

Yep thats the same as the one I've got. Good solid piece of kit and a doddle to fit.
Took me about half an hour and that was with me taking my time.

my swingaway had a built in high lift jack mount aswell

is it a safari equip one ?

wiltshire landyman said:

my swingaway had a built in high lift jack mount aswell

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I just won one like this on eBay for £10.50, keep an eye out, they come up quite often...

Cheers for that, I have got a couple in my watching section of flea bay lol

Oh well My newly won spare wheel carrier turned up today, so it will be another project for when I get home next week, I think ill fit it to the old door and try it before I fit the new door. Hope to get some photos on here.

norfolkmick said:

Oh well My newly won spare wheel carrier turned up today, so it will be another project for when I get home next week, I think ill fit it to the old door and try it before I fit the new door. Hope to get some photos on here.

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Good idea. That way you can make mistakes and not bollix your new door.

Thats exactly what I was thinking lol, Im sure it will go in the right place first time but Im not taking any chances lol.

mmm, I think the otherhalf will be ****ed with me, I dont get off here till late Friday which means I wont be home till after tea, so thats me been away 3 weeks whats the betting she wont understand my reasoning for wanting to go and fit this sparewheel carrier on Friday night, she should understand I cant do it Saturday as I'm going shooting all day, and then Sunday were are round to her sisters for lunch and a few beers.
So if I dont get to post anything on here you will know that I am either chucked out of the house with no access to the internet or having a spare wheel carrier surgically removed from some place it wasnt designed to be fitted(eyes are watering just thinking about it lol)

a few pics of my spare wheel carrier being fitted

Defender Bits said:

We supply the following:
Defender Parts | Defender Accessories | Defender Bits always in stock from our Somerset Warehouse
this is from Travall which is the make supplied by Bearmach and have had good feedback on them, I used one on my 90 after the rear window smashed due to developing a crack bellow the window through to the rear wiper hole. I welded up the crack and fitted the wheel carrier to take the pressure off the rear door. It was dead easy to open even with a larger than standard wheel on it

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Interested in this and my parents live in Ilminster so might pop in next time I'm in the area. My spare is rattling like hell.

One question: the bottom hinge mount locates thru the rear chassis member but is the top hinge just located through the aluminium body panel or is there a plate fixed behind it?

Bit the bullet and bought one from Defender Bits. It arrived two days after order and I fitted it last night. Well chuffed - no more rattles. Took a while getting the old bits off as after 20 years a few of the nuts / bolts had rusted solid and you need double jointed fingers to fit the top bolt of the bottom bracket to the rear chassis member.

Total time around 3 hours in the dark with a torch.

Edit: I notice Norfolkmick didn't fit the bolt in question.........

is that a standard 90 hardtop or a fibreglass one, it looks great if GRP, where did you get it?

I will have to replace my rear door soon ( no my back doors not been smashed in!) and thinking of making a seing away spare wheel carrier.

Bought this baby today for £60 :0



So what I am thinking is. Use 3inch mild steel pipe bend to shape and weld the existing carrier to it when I remove the door. Few basic welds at the bottom and should have one for not a lot of money.

chunkymunky said:

I will have to replace my rear door soon ( no my back doors not been smashed in!) and thinking of making a seing away spare wheel carrier.

Bought this baby today for £60 :0

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So what I am thinking is. Use 3inch mild steel pipe bend to shape and weld the existing carrier to it when I remove the door. Few basic welds at the bottom and should have one for not a lot of money.

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sounds similar to what I've done for mine, i used 1-1/2" pipe which is a little excessive. i would say 3" would be difficult to say the least. take a look in my project page http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/project-1989-90-bruce-197591.html

Sam

I was thinking 2inch. Basic design.