The spare tire carrier and spare have always been lose in the bed of my truck and I'd like to put them back under the bed. What I don't have are the threaded fasteners that secure the carrier to the 2 threaded rods that hang under the bed.

To mount the spare it appears:

1. The spare is placed on top of the carrier.

2. 2 threaded rods hanging from the frame slide into the slots on the ends of the carrier.

3. Fasteners on the rods are tightened to pull the carrier up and sandwich the tire between the carrier and the bed.

Anyway, what I'm looking for are the fasteners or illustrations of the fasteners (nuts, wing nuts, washers, Etc?)

Thanks in advance,

-Tony

 

This is a pic of my trucks rear end with the bumper off so you can see how the big J-hook is attached with a big wing nut. To get the spare out you remove the wingnut and the carrier drops down and the spare slides off. The bolt at the other end stays hooked to the carrier. It is a special bolt., I have a picture of it that I will post when I find it.

 

here is a pic of an NOS spare tire bolt. This hangs the carrier from the cross piece that goes under the frame.

someone should be along later to show a diagram from a Ford book...

 

Abe that is F100 ONLY as the f250 uses a different style. I dont think I have any f250 styles at the moment

 

Thanks for the Pics Abe. It looks like your setup is a little different than mine as my truck has 2 threaded rods hanging from the frame instead of the J hook and spare tire bolt. Also, the carrier has slots in the ends rather than holes so it seems that what I'm looking for are nuts and some kind of special "washers" to keep the rods from sliding off the slots. I'll post pictures of the carrier tomorrow. Maybe that will make sense of what I'm looking for.

 

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You can also go to the "Garage" tab and start an album right here on FTE. After you post pictures to an album, we can look in your album, but you'll also be able to "insert a picture" by pasting in a link to the picture in your album.

It seems awkward, but whenever you "insert a picture" to one of these threads, the forum is looking for the picture somewhere on the web (which is always available) rather than from somewhere on your hard drive (which isn't always available).

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Originally Posted By Jolly Roger Joe

Welcome to FTE!

Go to Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and sign up for a free account. Then create an album for your truck. Upload any pics you want to post on FTE to that album. Have this album open on your computer when you want to post pics on FTE.

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Your pic will be placed in the post.

Hope that helps.

Here's a tutorial Bob put together: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/67...-pictures.html

 

I was wrong - There's a hole in one end of the carrier and a slot in the other. Carrier and hangers:

 

Looks like you are just short one nut. I may have that! I will look for you and let you know

 

Ah, of course, the F250 wheels and tires are bigger and so a different carrier...

My bad!

 

I was able to get all of the original parts for my '54 F100 spare but found that the spare tire that came with my truck had a larger profile than the original spare - meaning the carrier bracket did not hang low enough to secure the spare.

I was able to accomplish using the underbed mount with modified hardware using a 1/2" carriage bolt on the forward side with the spare carrier's slotted hole.

For the rear side / round carrier hole, I bought a 1/2" J-bolt from McMaster Carr and heated the J-hook in a vice with an oxy-acetylene torch and used a box wrench to enlarge the J diameter. A longer J-hook really helps when you are on the ground trying to lift a spare and thread the J-bolt through the spare carrier hole to get the wing nut started.

 

Thanks Bigwin!

In case you don't have one around if the nut that I'm missing identical to the existing nut?

 

Shown here: 1948/56 Ford Truck Parts Catalog / Volume II ~ Illustrations, Page 12 / 1948/56 Model D (F2/F250) / 1948/52 Model Y (F3).

Several members have this catalog on a CD (available from hipoparts.com), can scan and post pics.

51-1476-A .. Nut-used with threaded spare tire carrier rods / 5/8" -18 / Obsolete

1948/52 F2/F3 / 1953/56 F250/350.

MATLOCK FORD in Franklin IN has 2 = 800-987-3673.

KAHOKA MOTOR CO. in Kahoka MO has 8 = 660-727-2181.

GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH has 9 = 800-543-4959.

ANTIQUE AUTO SUPPLY in Arlington TX has 11 = 817-275-2381.
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2) 82Y-1471 .. Bolt-Spare Tire Carrier / 5/8" -18 x 10 3/4" long / Obsolete

1948/52 F2/F3 / 1953/56 F250 / No Ford Dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any.

 

I just went and looked at the only f250 frame I have here and it still has both of the drop down threaded rods but neither has the correct nut.(they both have double nutted square nuts on them. )

And man is that frame rusty! Pretty soon it will come back as a Kia!

Sorry I couldnt be of more help. I will look around in my boxes of misc parts but I dont think I have anymore.

 

30 of the correct nuts listed in post 12.

 

Thanks ND!