Slim
Must be a 4 X 4 thing. My 03 Duelly cranks all the way down and don't need
to add anything from the dealer to re-store it. It's a Chevy. 1 ton.
Everything works on mine but I carry a large bottle jack, and better tools
to remove and torque the nuts.'
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
To: "Landspeed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 12:26 PM
Subject: Not LSR -- GM pickup spare tire
> Somebody please tell me that I'm not reading the owner's manual
> correctly! I hope this isn't true.
>
> I decided that it's a nice, sunny day -- a good time to learn how to
> use the factory-supplied jack and other tools to remove the spare
> (from my '04 GMC 4x4), just like if I had a flat tire and had to
> replace it with the spare. So I opened the owner's manual, found the
> ten or so pages of instructions and cautions on how to get the jack
> out, get the various rods and extenders and lug wrench/crank out of
> the hiding place, and proceeded. The instructions told me to stick
> the rods/crank through the little hole in the bumper and crank
> counter-clockwise 'til the spare comes down on the cable. So I
> cranked, cranked, and cranked some more -- 'til I noticed that the
> wheel would only come down about three or four inches before it'd
> stop its descent. HUNH?
>
> So I read the next three or four pages of instructions and discovered
> that this truck (evidently) has the secondary safety tire hold-in
> device. Okay, now I'm ready to follow the instructions, which sure
> seemed like they wanted me to balance the jack on top of the metal
> wheel chocks, place this tinker-toy assembly under the center of the
> wheel, then crank up, then crank down, and so on until the wheel
> magically is free, free at last!
>
> But it didn't come free, so I read another few pages -- and
> discovered that (ready for this?) the secondary wheel hold-in
> assembly is to be discarded and replaced after removal. The spare/
> flat CANNOT be replaced using the original part!
>
> What the heck? Remove the spare one time and then have to visit the
> dealership to put the dang thing back in?
>
> Any of you ever try this? Any of you ever figure out how the heck to
> do it?
>
> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
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