. Good to know. I'll flip mine.
Spare Tire Storage
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Spare Tire Storage
How do you store your spare tire,,,,with the valve up or the valve down? I just bought this 2014 F150 and I am pretty sure the spare tire has never been removed. It is a steel wheel and stored with the valve up. With the valve up you have to drop the spare down to check the air pressure.
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I store mine the way it came which is with the valve up. I sure do love these winches as compared to the older models where you literally had to get under the rear of the truck to drop the tire. Not much fun if you're old or frail.
I operate the winch at least once a year on the Expy and the truck to check the spares and the winch cables.
I operate the winch at least once a year on the Expy and the truck to check the spares and the winch cables.
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Laughing Gas
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Have always chosen to eliminate the issue by removing the spare (and all of its mechanisms) and secure it in the bed. *It's a rust-belt thang.
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- eliminates the rim rusting.
- eliminates the tire sidewall chafing (from where it rubs on the frame)
- eliminates the possibility of not being able to lower the spare.
- elimiates the hastle of checking/filling the air pressure
etc., etc., etc., etc..
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All manufacturers that utilize a spare tire hoist will store them valve stem up from the factory. The reason is because it keeps dirt and debris from accumulating on the hub flange (and with some of the customers I have, that can be a lot in a little amount of time thanks to gravel).
It seems silly to many of us but not everyone will know the hub flange needs to be clean when mounting the spare or it could fall off because it doesn’t get pulled tight against the hub.
I don’t agree with it either - at work we make sure they’re stem down if we drop them for any reason - but there’s plenty of solutions for anybody that wants to maintain the pressure.
It seems silly to many of us but not everyone will know the hub flange needs to be clean when mounting the spare or it could fall off because it doesn’t get pulled tight against the hub.
I don’t agree with it either - at work we make sure they’re stem down if we drop them for any reason - but there’s plenty of solutions for anybody that wants to maintain the pressure.
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From: Lincoln, NE
Have always chosen to eliminate the issue by removing the spare (and all of its mechanisms) and secure it in the bed. *It's a rust-belt thang.
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.
- eliminates the rim rusting.
- eliminates the tire sidewall chafing (from where it rubs on the frame)
- eliminates the possibility of not being able to lower the spare.
- elimiates the hastle of checking/filling the air pressure
etc., etc., etc., etc..
Gravel roads plus lots of salt and brine used on the paved roads in the winter and I can almost guaranty it would not function properly when I needed it to. Just easier to keep it clean and dry in the shed, ready for use if needed.
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