Spare wheel probs

ANDREA1 · Nov 14, 2009

When i purchased my beloved 90 it was fitted with 4 freestyle alloy wheels with 265 75 16 tyres .
The spare was a chrome modular with 265 70 16 tyre mounted on the rear door (steel wheel nuts).
Just bought a freestyle and 265 70 16 , went to hang it on the rear door to find the bolts on the carrier are not long enough . Also it looks like the tyre would foul the rear wiper .
I have ordered 3x alloy wheel nuts , but the prob is as above .
Regards
Andrea

bevhelee · Nov 14, 2009

I've got 285/75x16s on mine and don't have a problem, measure the length of the bolt.

90boy · Nov 14, 2009

ANDREA1 said:
When i purchased my beloved 90 it was fitted with 4 freestyle alloy wheels with 265 75 16 tyres .
The spare was a chrome modular with 265 70 16 tyre mounted on the rear door (steel wheel nuts).
Just bought a freestyle and 265 70 16 , went to hang it on the rear door to find the bolts on the carrier are not long enough . Also it looks like the tyre would foul the rear wiper .
I have ordered 3x alloy wheel nuts , but the prob is as above .
Regards
Andrea

try putting the wheel on back to front

bevhelee · Nov 14, 2009

90boy said:
try putting the wheel on back to front

won't that put a lot of strain on the door hinges.

90boy · Nov 14, 2009

buy a mantec then

bevhelee · Nov 14, 2009

90boy said:
buy a mantec then

funnily enough i've just exactly the same, ordered it from Craddocks, 125 of your pounds, it's a Bearmach, don't know yet if any good but will tell you lot if it ain't. Lee

Shifty1962 · Nov 14, 2009

bevhelee said:
won't that put a lot of strain on the door hinges.

Wheel weighs the same whichever way round you mount it.

bevhelee · Nov 15, 2009

Shifty1962 said:
Wheel weighs the same whichever way round you mount it.

I beg to differ, the further it is away from the fixing point the more strain there is, also i didn't say it changed the weight.

Beast o Bodmin · Nov 15, 2009

personally id go bonnet mount me self.it will kill the door eventually and the bonnet goes up way leess.

Shifty1962 · Nov 15, 2009

bevhelee said:
I beg to differ, the further it is away from the fixing point the more strain there is, also i didn't say it changed the weight.

The door hinges will be holding the weight of the door plus the weight of the wheel. The wheel mount will be holding the weight of the wheel. My door carrier has adjustable stops on it which the wheel is tightened against so merely reversing the wheel makes no difference to the actual point of contact between wheel and wheel mount. Any increase in leverage will be on the wheel mount and not the door hinges. The small increase in leverage on the wheel mount comes from moving the C of G of the wheel slightly further away from where the wheel mount fixes to the door by nature of the wheel offset. Hence the overall weight of the wheel experienced by the door hinges remains the same.

bevhelee · Nov 15, 2009

Shifty1962 said:
The door hinges will be holding the weight of the door plus the weight of the wheel. The wheel mount will be holding the weight of the wheel. My door carrier has adjustable stops on it which the wheel is tightened against so merely reversing the wheel makes no difference to the actual point of contact between wheel and wheel mount. Any increase in leverage will be on the wheel mount and not the door hinges. The small increase in leverage on the wheel mount comes from moving the C of G of the wheel slightly further away from where the wheel mount fixes to the door by nature of the wheel offset. Hence the overall weight of the wheel experienced by the door hinges remains the same.

you're presuming that there is a wheel carrier, I'm presuming there isn't which i think is the case.

Beast o Bodmin · Nov 15, 2009

The rear door is probably the best place if yer crap at reversing but it WILL **** the door up.

wack it on the bonnet.This also gains 2-3mpg due to aerodynamics changes.

bevhelee · Nov 15, 2009

Eh BoB it almost feels like you're agreeing with me

iannotts · Nov 15, 2009

Beast o Bodmin said:
The rear door is probably the best place if yer crap at reversing but it WILL **** the door up.

wack it on the bonnet.This also gains 2-3mpg due to aerodynamics changes.

Call me fussy, I like to see out of the winscreen, wurley with a wheel on there the visability is compromised,

stick the wheel on the roof

:doh:

Shifty1962 · Nov 15, 2009

bevhelee said:
you're presuming that there is a wheel carrier, I'm presuming there isn't which i think is the case.

Never said anything about a wheel carrier. My wheel mount is bolted to my rear door.

bevhelee · Nov 15, 2009

how about we agree to disagree.

Sean · Nov 15, 2009

Beast o Bodmin said:
wack it on the bonnet.This also gains 2-3mpg due to aerodynamics changes.

can't let this comment go without some explanation

so if i strap me spare tyre to me nooish mundaineo i'll gain a few more MPG ?

bevhelee · Nov 15, 2009

Sean said:
can't let this comment go without some explanation

so if i strap me spare tyre to me nooish mundaineo i'll gain a few more MPG ?

reckon it's worth a try, report back would you.

ANDREA1 · Nov 15, 2009

Not had a chance to measure yet but this is the identical type of carrier

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regards
andrea

Shifty1962 · Nov 15, 2009

ANDREA1 said:
Not had a chance to measure yet but this is the identical type of carrier

regards
andrea

Thats what I have on mine. Fixes direct to the door.

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