spare tire mechanism stuck

[possumsquisher]

On the spare tire ***** you can lower the tire to a certain point and then it just stops. The cable continues to drop but the metal bracket holding the tire stops moving. It seems to be stuck inside the housing. Does anyone know what is causing this and how to fix it?

 

[wmgood64]

did you try kicking or hitting the tire with something it should drop down with the cable!

 

[possumsquisher]

kicked the hell out of it. Rocked the tire back and forth rotated it still nothing.

 

[wmgood64]

That's weird it def. must be catching or hanging up on something!!! What does it look like the bracket might be catcin on??

 

[possumsquisher]

don't know it seems to be something inside the ***** housing.

 

[Sasquatch]

there is a secondary latch on the part that holds the wheel up.

if it`s the same part on the nnbs i found this info on getting it down.

sorry about the link, it wouldn`t let me copy and paste.

http://www.justanswer.com/questions/1s8jq-chevy-tahoe-2004-winding-down

good luck.

 

[MASS-HOE'Z71]

What year is the truck, happened to a buddy's 05 silverado and it was completely rusted (new england weather is brutal on vehicles) so he just cut the whole thing off and kept it without the spare but I'm pretty sure gmpartsdirect has em for $160 or so if it has to come to that

 

[possumsquisher]

it's a 2005 tahoe. Got it at an auction and then found out it was from New York. Everything under it is rusty.

 

[MASS-HOE'Z71]

Hmm, don't remember exactly how its set up under there but and I can only assume you can't get a great look at the mechanism, I'd say try be soak watever parts you can see with wd40 or sumthing like that, leave it for awhile and if that doesn't seem to work cut it out, it'll handle nice for the few days until you replace it without the weight of the spare and brackets, sorry couldn't be more helpful but with an exposed spare thses things are gunna happen

 

[nc6600]

it's a 2005 tahoe. Got it at an auction and then found out it was from New York. Everything under it is rusty.

happened to me too. Bought an 07 Denali that i later found out was from NY, and was a lease return. That thing was rusted to hell, luckily the dealer i bought it from (it was a GMC dealer and the truck was CPO) honored the buy back guarantee.

 

[wmgood64]

poss did you try the link that sas posted???

 

[possumsquisher]

That link was great. Didn't help me though. The secondary lock had seized up
(salt and rust) lucky though I could get it down just enough to reach in with a cut off tool and cut a notch out of the bottom of the ***** so that the secondary lock could slide through.

Had some luck though I had found a spare tire with the ***** off of a chevy in the road a few years ago hopefully it will fit.

Thanks for the help

 

[Nfamous60]

HEY WHAT THE HELL YA"LL TRYN TO SAY BOUT NY VEHICLES? I Live out here and mine trucc isnt rusted underneath at all and i have mines since april 2007!!!

 

[wmgood64]

glad top see you got it off.. Rust Blows!!!!

 

[JD Larue]

HEY WHAT THE HELL YA"LL TRYN TO SAY BOUT NY VEHICLES? I Live out here and mine trucc isnt rusted underneath at all and i have mines since april 2007!!!

Shit, I was in Buffalo this weekend and from what I saw everythings rusty back there.

 

[S4NM4N]

12 years since the last post but I am currently having this same issue. This is the fix that I found for it. Hope it helps anyone that may currently be experiencing the same thing.

 

[89Suburban]

12 years since the last post but I am currently having this same issue. This is the fix that I found for it. Hope it helps anyone that may currently be experiencing the same thing.

Pretty swift.

 

[S4NM4N]

Another video. Super short and a bit of a different method. I did try hammering on the hook part like the other video without any luck. I will try this tomorrow.

Also watched another video where they used a ratchet straps to hole the tire up and went through the center hole with a large flat head screwdriver and banged on the hook part at that angle. It's seems to be rust holding the hook in the out/open position and not retracting.

Good Luck!!

 

[FrankU]

Shit, I was in Buffalo this weekend and from what I saw everythings rusty back there.

The people too !

 

[S4NM4N]

Got it off. Strapped the tire to the frame, dropped the cable, got a light shining between the spare and the frame to what was going on. I had to adjust the spare so the mechanism was able to be turned. The spare was putting pressure against the hook safety mechanism so I could not spin it. The safety mechanism was initially facing away from my view so I spun it until I could see the hook side. I used a long flat head to put pressure against the hooked part of the mechanism. Finally got it to drop out.
Screwed up thing was the spare was flat anyway. Thank goodness this was not taking place road side with a flat. I will not be putting the spare back under the truck. Thinking about getting a hitch attachment to store it. Anyone have any recommendations?