Spare tire hardware

[AndyT]

Hey everyone. Today at work, we got a 97 Mustang GT convertible in on trade, and one of the guys in the shop grabbed it to safety check it. While he had it on his lift, I was looking over the car, and remembered that I didn't have any hold down for my spare tire. Later on after he lowered it down, I stuck my head in the trunk and grabbed the little hook thingy, and the plastic wing nut. After I got home, I noticed that the threaded arm/hook thing wasn't quite long enough to make it up through the center of the spare wheel, and it didn't look right anyway. So, my question is, what is the correct method of securing the spare tire in the car? My jack sits up against the wall of the pit in the trunk, and thats all secure. Just wondering about the tire. A picture would be great.

And the car ended up getting wholesaled, so don't think I just took something off a retail car.

 

[driller]

Compliments of eBay...

 

[JDS353]

spare should be a smaller tire and rim if i am rembering right and your flat sets in upside down to be secured to haul to the repair shop. getting to old for this frying of brain cells take care. jd

 

[NoLimit95]

Mine is laying in a toolbox drawer somewhere. The tire isn't going anywhere. I have the tire in and a cig lighter air pump, serp belt, tools wrapped in a towel and some other things in the tub. None of that stuff ever moves. Another reason could be because I have 150 lb to 200 lb speaker box setting on top of the back rounded section. The jack is mounted though. Never been used.

 

[philly0420]

I threw all that chit away the day I bought mine.

 

[chris2523]

my spare tire chills in my backyard with my brother's spare tire.
post hub swap and brake upgrade, it doesn't fit anyway.