Spare tire stuck

[89Suburban]

Take off license plate and use a long bar to smack the rusted latch. Get a flash light so you can see . It's that damn simple.

Love this post!!!

 

[hmclaughlin67]

See if you have a place near you like this:
Dallas Makerspace

Then get it up on a lift to check it out.

Alternately, you could be an ass like me: I took our Suburban to Firestone under the assumption I still had the factory spare; the factor spare from 2004, and it was now 2019... I bought 5 tires from them, and asked them to change the spare out for one of the new tires... Worst case scenario THEY break it. For me, they got it down, swapped out, and my spare carrier still works...

I ended up jacking up the spare tire like it says in the owners manual to release the secondary latch, except i just held up the tire and not the latch and let it hang. Then I used a flathead to pry the latch off myself and dropped the jack until the tire came loose and fell to the ground. All in all took about 10 minutes and was super simple. I thought about replacing the whole hoist system, but decided to just stick a flathead with the spare tire removal kit and call it a day. Thanks for your help everyone!

 

[SilverSport]

does anyone just remove the spare and leave it off???...it sounds like so many of us have this issue partially because they've never had to use the spare or is the spare part of the "rear end crash system" where it provides some protection for occupants in a rear end crash?

Bill

 

[Fless]

I don't live in the rust belt but we do have corrosive de-icers applied to roads in the wintertime. I exercise my spare at least once a year by dropping it -- usually when I rotate tires -- and lubing the mechanism as needed. Use it or lose it, is my thinking.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

does anyone just remove the spare and leave it off???...it sounds like so many of us have this issue partially because they've never had to use the spare or is the spare part of the "rear end crash system" where it provides some protection for occupants in a rear end crash?

Bill

I don't carry a spare, as I had to remove it to install my Gibson Extreme cat back dual exhaust system. Instead, I carry this with me for a potential flat tire.

 

[S33k3r]

I don't live in the rust belt but we do have corrosive de-icers applied to roads in the wintertime. I exercise my spare at least once a year by dropping it -- usually when I rotate tires -- and lubing the mechanism as needed. Use it or lose it, is my thinking.

Do you only rotate your tires once per year? This is one of the few pieces of information I did not learn from my dad...

 

[Fless]

Do you only rotate your tires once per year? This is one of the few pieces of information I did not learn from my dad...

Yes, every 5K miles. It's not my DD.

 

[Marky Dissod]

I don't carry a spare, as I had to remove it to install my Gibson Extreme cat back dual exhaust system. Instead, I carry this with me for a potential flat tire.

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Pray tell, where did you get this?

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Pray tell, where did you get this?

I'm pretty sure that I got it from Amazon.

 

[S33k3r]

I'm pretty sure that I got it from Amazon.

I found these:
Slime Smart Spair Flat Tire Repair For Standard Cars
Smart Spair Plus Flat Tire Repair Kit
Tractor Supply: Slime Smart Spair Flat Tire Repair Kit

There are also MANY on eBay.