[FC] spare tire again

[Dale Dewald]

At 17:49 8/27/2010 +0000, wern3 at juno.com wrote:
>I have a Rampy with an original "full size" tire for a spare in the stock 
>location behind the bench seat. The truck had no spare when i bought it 
>but there was this big wingnut and large flat washer screwed into the 
>sheet metal mounting bracket. Problem is that when i use the large washer 
>there are not enough threads to start the large wingnut, I wound up 
>holding the tire there sorta hanging on the wingnut alone. Were these 
>parts correct for this truck?

I am not sure about the Rampside/Loadside spare tire area, but I would tend 
to believe that the same wingbolt and washer were used as in the 
Greenbrier/Corvan.  Are you sure your spare has the stock 14X5 wheel.  I 
have 15X6 wheels on our Greenbrier. The spare fits in the stock location 
using the wingbolt and washer with maybe 1/4 - 3/8" engagement.  I do not 
think I could get a 15X7 wheel to engage.

>Also I have no wrench for this truck, is the wrench the same as the one 
>for the passenger car?

The FC jack is different than the car, but as far as I can tell the wrench 
is the same.

Dale Dewald
Hancock, MI