OK I drive an FJ40 but my Daughter's 89 Runner needs a new spare tire holder. The old lifter thing fell apart. I was thinking of welding a big bolt were the lifter goes and using a huge wing nut and washer or coming off the roll bar and mounting it inside. Any ideas? The Runner is stock but pretty beat up.
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How did it fall apart? They are very serviceable units as long as you didn't loose any of the important parts...
A friend mounted a cable pulley down where the lifter goes. He then ran the cable to a winch he buried into the fender area. It has a set of holes on the winch drum and base so it can be locked with a pin or padlock.
on my 80 it unbolted with the bolts going in from above it. i had the bed off, so it was a cinch.
if your truck is the same it will probably be best to use a gear wrench to remove the bolts.
if your truck is the same it will probably be best to use a gear wrench to remove the bolts.
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If the housing part is ok, it's a piece of cake to change out the guts. Just a C clip holds it all in... What exactly is wrong with it?
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I won't be able to get under it now until next week, daughter is out of town. Looked like a plate came off the housing and a horseshoe shaped spring fell out. The plate looked badly bent but the whole thing was so rusty I probably will see about getting one off E-gay or at the pick&pull.