Removal of spare tire assembly.

I installed a BAMF shock mount last year and rendered my spare carrier useless. I’ve put the impact on the bolts that seem to hold it in and went to town and got nothing. This is removable yes?

I’m thinking of lighting it up with the blowtorch and trying again.

That said it seems to offer up some structural support for the frame soooo maybe it stays?

It was in my way a bit while trying to install my L track...

 

I remember looking at doing this awhile ago and it didn't look easy, so I just zip tied the chain up and left it alone. Subbed though to see if anyone has a way of doing it

 

It helps keep the frame straight just like rest of the cross support members. It can be unbolted n removed but I wouldn't.

 

Looks like you could remove the little crane from it, but the bolts are on top.

 

I think they mean removing the tire carrier, not the entire crossmember

but yeah @JJ04TACO , the 4 bolts come out of the top of the mechanism, gotta lift the bed to take them out.

edit: a lot of these were replaced under TSB for "cold weather" states due to rust (surprise) so definitely doable.

 

https://www.carcarekiosk.com/video/...ab_Pickup/tires_and_wheels/change_a_flat_tire


my spare tire does not want to come out like this video
it will not lower all the way to the ground ... still has a couple inches to go i think
this is the first time i have ever lowered it and try to remove it so what to do now
<<< newb at the finest of levels
gonna hose it with some KB blaster to loosen it up see how that can work

 

yeah, probably rusted or could even be bound up on the spool. try giving the cable a few good "tugs" and see if it pulls out. the tire should be flat on the ground and the cable should have slack

 

a hammer did it and a nice long blaster soak on the steel wheel
cable might be jammed up in there i don't know
thanks!

 

took spare off (tilted at an angle with half touching the ground)
it looks like it was just bound up on the spool, cable was nice shiny silver, sprayed it with pB blaster (after tire off) and tried the wrench again. was able to get about six more inches which looked covered in yellow lube/grease (from the factory?)

might I need to grease the cable before spooling it back up and zip tie it?
the spare will be off for a period of time

 

Just went to replace mine because itss super rusted and didnt realize you needed to lift the god damn bed off

 

I cut so many out in this part of the country they rust fast after a few winters.

Besides crawling under the truck to check the air pressure got old fast

 

Two of the bolts on the top are right under a cross brace of the bed and I cant get em out. So annoying that they could have mounted this 0.5inches aft and it woulda been a breeze

 

I just rehabbed mine a little over a month ago. Cable was rusted to the spool and would only come down 6" or so.
You have to drill out the rivets in the corners. I't's a fairly simple winch.
I ended up welding mine back together as it was just quicker, but you could bolt is back.
I used a small square file to remove the rust from the spool.







My cross brace and the tire stabilizer arms were rusted to pieces, so I made a replacement. I was already replacing that part of the frame anyway.

 

I used 3/16" tread plate steel. I don't recommend the tread type for several reasons. That's almost double the original frame thickness. Original is about 1/8". I had that plate on hand, so I used it. For my truck, it was overkill since it is not meant for anything but minor off road, and here in the Midwest, that means mud, not rock crawling.

The raised treads become a nuisance for welding brackets, joints etc because nothing sits flat against the plate unless you grind them down at the attachment point.

Also, to save material in cutting out the main pieces, one side of my frame has the tread side out, the other is smooth side out. By accepting that little difference, I was able to "spoon" (left image) the parts on the layout and save about 1/3 of the sheet of metal. That put the treads facing in on one side, out on the other. Hey, it's hidden under the bed, so the savings was worth it to me.