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I've been searching this topic but the posts I find are old with dead links and deleted Photobucket pics.
On my 67 F100 I am trying to figure out how the spare tire rack is assembled. It looks like I have all the parts.
On the eye bolt it looks like the nut that attaches to the frame may have been a J-nut based on the square nut. But do I have the eye bolt attached to the support properly? I can see how the slot allows the eye to pass through but it doesn't look very secure if the bolt was to turn and allow it to slip out.
Is the flat square piece in the center of the support at the correct angle? And whats the large washer for?
You have it backwards and you are missing a very important part, the caged nut that clips on the frame. That is what the square nut fits into. The welds have been broken so it turns in place. You need a new caged nut and clip. Try your local hardware store. The large washer fits outside the tire bracket.
The flat washer is supposed to be on the other side. On the Bolt next too it's head. That nut was a U-nut. Ford part number 384581-S100. Discontinued. If you can't find one at a hardware or automotive paint store you can buy a N.O.S. one at one of these places.
Part Number:384581-S100
Seller Dennis Carpenter Ford Restoration Parts
Description:NOS** NUT & RETAINER
Phone (800) 476-9653
Part Number 384581S100
Seller:Green Sales Company
Description
:Phone (800)543-4959
OK, I see how the small washer goes up against the support's slot. I can see how it can't move because the slot is angled down.
You said, "The flat washer is supposed to be on the other side. On the Bolt next too it's head." Sorry, are you talking about the large flat washer? Other side of what? What head? The bolt on the other end of the support? I think I've positioned it in all the possible ways.
I had a hard time getting the "J Nut" for that, so I welded a nut to a piece of 1/8" thick steel that was about three inches long. The free end of the bar stops against the frame when I want to tighten or loosen the eye-bolt.
My wife lost the spare tire while driving on the freeway. Thankfully, no one was killed. Afterwards, we got a length of chain, wrapped it around a crossmember under the bed of the truck, dropped both ends through the center of the wheel, wrapped it once around the tire support and put one end through the eye of the eye-bolt before locking it to the other end with a padlock. Running it through the eyebolt prevents the eyebolt from backing off if the chain is tight enough.
Thanks guys. I also wound up fabbing up a U/J nut using the the original square nut and some heavy sheet metal for the clip. Bent the clip in half, drilled through it and welded on the nut. The clip isn't as tough as the original but it's not going anywhere.
The large washer was too large according some specs I found on the 44735-S part#. Found the proper size and placed it on the bolt at the other end of the support.
Thanks guys. I also wound up fabbing up a U/J nut using the the original square nut and some heavy sheet metal for the clip. Bent the clip in half, drilled through it and welded on the nut. The clip isn't as tough as the original but it's not going anywhere.
The large washer was too large according some specs I found on the 44735-S part#. Found the proper size and placed it on the bolt at the other end of the support.
Works like a champ!
Considering how much dirt and road grime can build up in that area, you might want to coat the threads of the eye-bolt with some anti-seize. Crud build-up is what led to the ruin of my last eye-bolt. The threads plugged up, the J-bolt broke and I had to cut it apart with my 36" bolt cutters. Unfortunately, when the bolt came apart, the bolt cutters smacked me in the eyebrow and sent me to the E.R. for some skin glue.
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