Spare tire lowering tool

[Twisty]

I don't keep my tire under the bed, but my friend does. Neither of us has any idea which tool to use to un-wind the cable. Can anyone take a quick snap shot of what it looks like to see if we have it? Thanks.

[Geonovast]

Isn't it just held up by a ginormous wing nut?

[summerinmaine]

I don't keep my tire under the bed, but my friend does. Neither of us has any idea which tool to use to un-wind the cable. Can anyone take a quick snap shot of what it looks like to see if we have it? Thanks.

 

I just use the crank handle from the factory jack.

[summerinmaine]

Isn't it just held up by a ginormous wing nut?

 

Not originally. It's a cable lift that will wind down to lower the tire to the ground.

[WahooSteeler]

your jack assembly should be 3 pieces: the jack; a thick, folding lug nut wrench; and a long, skinny folding jack crank handle. the crank handle, as noted, is what you insert in to the tube to crank down the spare.

[Twisty]

your jack assembly should be 3 pieces: the jack; a thick, folding lug nut wrench; and a long, skinny folding jack crank handle. the crank handle, as noted, is what you insert in to the tube to crank down the spare.

 

Thats what I suspected. Thanks for the help guys!

[HOrnbrod]

Instead of digging out the jack handle every time I just ground down the socket end of an old rusty 3/8" drive speed handle I had laying around (not the one pictured :D ) to something approximating a blunt flat head screw driver and use it to lower and retract the spare. Works great.

 

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[WahooSteeler]

I'm sure it's chrome like the one pictured! :laughin:

[HOrnbrod]

I'm sure it's chrome like the one pictured! :laughin:

 

:eek: :eek: I could never grind on anything w. perfectly good chrome plating! :cheers: