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Car Forum / Jeep / March 200590YJ rear door tire mounting
does anybody know what the "weak" point in the tire mounting is, the tire-bracket-? the tire-bracket mounting to the door-? the door-? the door hinges? im thinking of beefing it up, running angle iron from the hinges over to the tire-mounting bracket, then building a 2-light-bicycle rack off the 31inch spare, thanks, johnp Hi John, It's plastic! I'd put a Real Jeep tailgate on it: http://web.archive.org/web/20040302001550/http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm And make or buy a spare carrier from Warn: http://warn.com/truck/mounting-systems/tire_carrier_rockcrawler.shtml God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > does anybody know what the "weak" point in the tire mounting is, > the tire-bracket-? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thanks, > johnp L.W. Hughes III (ßill) wrote: > Hi John, > It's plastic! I'd put a Real Jeep tailgate on it: http://web.archive.org/web/20040302001550/http://jeepskate.4x4.org/Tailgate.htm > And make or buy a spare carrier from Warn: > http://warn.com/truck/mounting-systems/tire_carrier_rockcrawler.shtml > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O > mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ Bill, far as i can tell my whole doors metal, wheres the plastic?? my outside and inside shell is metal,, johnp Did you put a magnet on it? God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Bill, far as i can tell my whole doors metal, > wheres the plastic?? > my outside and inside shell is metal,, > > johnp no but ive got a nice big dent in it, but ill do that in the morn,,, And rust? God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > no but ive got a nice big dent in it, > but ill do that in the morn,,, nope no rust, the whole jeeps pritty much rustfree, none on any of the body, and very,very little on frame, , got lucky when i bought it, it was taken care of, cept for one small crash, then they sold it, to me, johnp Cool. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > nope no rust, > the whole jeeps pritty much rustfree, none on any of the body, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > johnp so, is it tough enogh to handle two bikes? off the spare? johnp Until it fell off. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > so, is it tough enogh to handle two bikes? off the spare? > > johnp NO. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > so, is it tough enogh to handle two bikes? off the spare? > > johnp BILL< my son just ran a magnet around it, its all metal inside and out, , so is it tough enough?? , johnp Not if you have to travel a wash board dirt road for any distance. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > BILL< my son just ran a magnet around it, > its all metal inside and out, > , > so is it tough enough?? > , > johnp My fenders tore away from the floor from having a heavy spare on there. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > does anybody know what the "weak" point in the tire mounting is, > the tire-bracket-? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thanks, > johnp |
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