Spare Tire Location
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Spare Tire Location
Where was the spare tire stored on the 61-3 Unibody trucks?
John Pajak
1961 F100 Longbed Unibody
1976 F100 LWB
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John Pajak
1961 F100 Longbed Unibody
1976 F100 LWB
http://jspajak.tripod.com
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From: Glendale Arizona
The factory mounted the spare under the bed aft of the rear axle. If you look between the frame rails there will be a piece of strap steel about 2 inches wide and 3/16th thick to act as the upper restraint. typically near the rear axle there will be on the drivers rail the remnants of the factory installed swaged nut.
As the factory system of removal left a lot to be desired, most people threw away the original swing mount and put the tire in the bed.
Garbz
As the factory system of removal left a lot to be desired, most people threw away the original swing mount and put the tire in the bed.
Garbz
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I guess you could put your spare in the factory location, but try getting that thing out when you have a flat in the back and are on the side of the road in mud or other. I put mine on my custom made(by me) stainless steel rack. I make sure I never need it by keeping good tread on the ground. Pic at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dsbarr...lbum?.dir=778e
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Originally Posted by JSPajak
I hear that some folks have adapted the Toyota crank down spare tire holder underneath the Ford trucks. Anybody done this?
I decided to use the Nissan chain winch thing, (similar to Toyota's,) for my spare after having a tire reapair done and the tire man put the spare in place with the stock mounting device. Again, off road in Mexico, a day later my spare was GONE. It wasn't stolen because there was nobody around. Spent a half day backtracking, never did find it.
