Spare wheel carrier (under slung)

[daithediver]

Can anyone confirm that there are two types of winding mechanism,one mounted centrally above the spare,and one mounted on the nearside.Just took me about 1 hour to lower and raise my spare. There is no way the long handle can locate in the winding mech on my Surf which is the offset N/S type as there is a box welded immeadiately behind the hole in the rear bumper which only allows the handle to go down the centreline of the vehicle,it then locates perfectly in a short tube just behind the winding mech. I had to resort to getting under the rear and use a short flat bar in the slots to lower the wheel.If there are two types as previous threads suggest,has anyone got a centrally mounted winder spare.

[daithediver]

Problem now sorted,Thanks again Slugsie.

[Blizzard]

AFAIK there are two types. In the "easy" one the bar enters at 90º of the bumper, the difficult one it's something like 45º.

When I did my SAS a friend stealed my ex spare hanger because mine was the easy one and his was a b*tch to hang down...

David