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walker · 02-09-2004, 10:26 PM

I went to put my new spare tire in the old carrier at the rear of the frame last night. Turns out that the wheel will not fit, it is a 15x8 wheel with a 23575r15 tire, it is too wide. I could cut those long bolts and add a piece in , or buy new, longer ones to make the carrier fit. OR... I could buy a cable type carrier off a newwer truck. Anyone done this, or have better ideas???
Thanks, Andy

67dragtruck · 02-09-2004, 11:07 PM

I had to do some real fabricating to get mine squeezed in just between the housings of my cell phone. I don't drive mine for my daily driver so I don't carry a spare tire.

*racedvl* · 02-09-2004, 11:22 PM

Mine is in the basement. . . . . . . . .

BowTieMan · 02-09-2004, 11:32 PM

Put it in the bed under a some sort of cover. Arizona sun will rot it in a week.

And run a cable through it

SWEET7T · 02-09-2004, 11:32 PM

I have a 235/75R15 spare hanging under mine. Used the tire carrier off of an early 90's Dodge pickup (that had 15" rims). I shortened the carrier ~4", drilled only 1 hole in the carrier and used existing holes in the frame.

I am now running 255/70R15 tires, still with the 235/75 spare, they are really close on being the same size so since I don't have a locker, I will get away with it.

So, what I'm saying is, get a longer bolt and stick that tire back under there. I just hope your truk is stock height! My springs are sagging a little bit (I'm guessing ~2") I just hope I don't have a flat on the rear while I'm carrying a load, or it will be quite the fight to get that tire from under there, just isn't enough room. Keep that in mind... Good luck

**Ironhorse** · 02-09-2004, 11:34 PM

I have my spare mounted on the left side behind the back glass inside the bed. Can't put it under the bed since that is where the blazer fuel tank is. Not enough room for both the tire and the tank.

william 70 c/20 · 02-09-2004, 11:40 PM

hey 67drag,
what's the weight of that super smoker.... thanks for building it...these trucks do have a place at the strip....

*Gee_Emm* · 02-09-2004, 11:43 PM

I have my 16" 8 bolt 3/4 ton wheel under my bed, the thing weighs about 60 pounds. Sure beats having it in the bed.

**smitty62** · 02-10-2004, 12:23 AM

I'm using a rear Blazer gas tank so don't have room for a spare. Plan on keeping a 12V compressor and a bottle of Slime where the cab gas tank was.

caspear78 · 02-10-2004, 12:32 AM

tire carrier ,,,,whats that, i didnt know these truck had them, well mine dont any way, not sure what happend to it either,lol

Perchjerker · 02-10-2004, 12:43 AM

Did they come with one from the factory, mine is missing as well.

Longhorn Man · 02-10-2004, 12:44 AM

back when I had 5 wheels for her.

lukecp · 02-10-2004, 12:47 AM

Mine lays in the bed too, and tends to slam into my tailgate when i mash the throttle, and slam into my toolbox when i slam the brakes

67dragtruck · 02-10-2004, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by william 70 c/20
hey 67drag,
what's the weight of that super smoker.... thanks for building it...these trucks do have a place at the strip....

3275 lbs.

Tom

krazy_texan · 02-10-2004, 12:56 AM

mine has been sitting in the bed but now i have a flat bed i am now thinking of wher to keep it.

dinnut · 02-10-2004, 01:17 AM

in the bed. i want to find another place to mount it though

Clancy68 · 02-10-2004, 01:34 AM

67dragtruck, if you don't mind me asking, how did you go about getting down to 3275?

--Scott

724x4a/cchevy · 02-10-2004, 01:37 AM

Im working on my spare tire setup right now. I just ordered a new "retainer" for my setup. I soaked it in muratic acid, and it turned the plastic into mush. It will be mounted in the original location, i got ahold of an original rim.

BobbyK · 02-10-2004, 03:29 AM

On the rear bumper of my Blazer.

And after the powder coating was applied

SWINGSAX68 · 02-10-2004, 03:48 AM

Under the bed, I had trouble with my spare being too wide, so I took some threaded rod and cut it longer than the older one, bent it up like I needed it to stay in the hole on the frame, ran a nut all the way up with a washer to hold it in place.bingo bango....luckily the rod was the same thread size as the original rod, and the thing that holds the spare up went on no probs.

tmad · 02-10-2004, 08:30 AM

I knew i forgot something. damn

Huck · 02-10-2004, 10:01 AM

Can't remember where or when but one of the neatest spare tire holders i've seen was when a guy took a spare "bucket---where the spare sits in a burb" and mounted it into the floor between the drivers side rear wheel tub and the front of the bed. Now he did have to cut some of the bed floor out and perhaps part of a bed floor support but----the spare tire sat in there low enough that the top was below the top of the bedside. REally neat setup. Not sure if that would work with a SWB but no problem with a LWB. Of course you can always get a fleetside spare tire mounting bracket and bolt the spare to the bracket but then it's very visable so you would want to cable or chain it in as well.

72c10step · 02-10-2004, 10:59 AM

I don't have a spare

. But when I get a set of ralley's, I'll use one of my chrome cheapies with an old tire as a spare. If that doesn't work.... I always have a cell phone and AAA

!

scotts67 · 02-10-2004, 11:21 AM

mines in the trash it wouldnt have done me any good its was flat

jamis · 02-10-2004, 11:50 AM

I dont carry a spare, I have a plug Kit and an air compressor. If its shreaded then I AAA it.

I have a plug kit in all me vehicles I find it easier and faster to just put a plug in it an air it up. I only use the spare on the other vehicles if a plug wont fix the problem.

02-09-2004, 10:26 PM	#1
walker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north of Phx AZ about 30 miles Posts: 698	Where are you guys mounting the spares I went to put my new spare tire in the old carrier at the rear of the frame last night. Turns out that the wheel will not fit, it is a 15x8 wheel with a 23575r15 tire, it is too wide. I could cut those long bolts and add a piece in , or buy new, longer ones to make the carrier fit. OR... I could buy a cable type carrier off a newwer truck. Anyone done this, or have better ideas??? Thanks, Andy __________________ Andy,Phx AZ '67 C-10 (Ahhh, done at last. Well there is that disk front end I want to put in and...) "23 C-Cab-sold '48 Ford 8N tractor(still working) '67 Scout(Now on the road) '70 MG B.-sold

02-09-2004, 11:07 PM	#2
67dragtruck Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bethlehem, GA, USA Posts: 389	spare tire I had to do some real fabricating to get mine squeezed in just between the housings of my cell phone. I don't drive mine for my daily driver so I don't carry a spare tire.

02-09-2004, 11:32 PM	#4
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Put it in the bed under a some sort of cover. Arizona sun will rot it in a week. And run a cable through it __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

02-09-2004, 11:32 PM	#5
SWEET7T Try spinnin 4 rear tars Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 757	I have a 235/75R15 spare hanging under mine. Used the tire carrier off of an early 90's Dodge pickup (that had 15" rims). I shortened the carrier ~4", drilled only 1 hole in the carrier and used existing holes in the frame. I am now running 255/70R15 tires, still with the 235/75 spare, they are really close on being the same size so since I don't have a locker, I will get away with it. So, what I'm saying is, get a longer bolt and stick that tire back under there. I just hope your truk is stock height! My springs are sagging a little bit (I'm guessing ~2") I just hope I don't have a flat on the rear while I'm carrying a load, or it will be quite the fight to get that tire from under there, just isn't enough room. Keep that in mind... Good luck __________________ SWEET7T 1970 C10, 2wd, LB, 307/TH350/3.08. PS, PB

02-09-2004, 11:34 PM	#6
Ironhorse Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Wellington, Ks Posts: 10,147	I have my spare mounted on the left side behind the back glass inside the bed. Can't put it under the bed since that is where the blazer fuel tank is. Not enough room for both the tire and the tank. __________________ 1971 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 LWB 350 V-8 Was sm465-now 350TH/np205 Tilt, Tach, Towhooks Original Truck AM/FM Wellington, Ks

02-09-2004, 11:22 PM	#3
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Mine is in the basement. . . . . . . . .

02-09-2004, 11:40 PM	#7
william 70 c/20 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: LV,NV Posts: 169	hey 67drag, what's the weight of that super smoker.... thanks for building it...these trucks do have a place at the strip....

02-09-2004, 11:43 PM	#8
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	I have my 16" 8 bolt 3/4 ton wheel under my bed, the thing weighs about 60 pounds. Sure beats having it in the bed.

02-10-2004, 12:23 AM	#9
smitty62 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,234	I'm using a rear Blazer gas tank so don't have room for a spare. Plan on keeping a 12V compressor and a bottle of Slime where the cab gas tank was. Attached Images __________________ Stepsides look like real trucks! Smitty

02-10-2004, 12:32 AM	#10
caspear78 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: biwabik, minnesota, what is this white stuff out here Posts: 334	tire carrier ,,,,whats that, i didnt know these truck had them, well mine dont any way, not sure what happend to it either,lol

02-10-2004, 12:43 AM	#11
Perchjerker Beer Power!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nacogdoches, TX Posts: 280	Did they come with one from the factory, mine is missing as well. __________________ Rather be fishin'

02-10-2004, 12:44 AM	#12
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	back when I had 5 wheels for her. Attached Images

02-10-2004, 12:47 AM	#13
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Mine lays in the bed too, and tends to slam into my tailgate when i mash the throttle, and slam into my toolbox when i slam the brakes __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

02-10-2004, 12:56 AM	#15
krazy_texan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Des Moines, Ia Posts: 3,233	mine has been sitting in the bed but now i have a flat bed i am now thinking of wher to keep it. __________________ Krazy Texan My Trucks are made with Wrenches not Chop Sticks 1967 GMC 3/4 ton "Johnny Cash" 1990 v1500 suburban 1967 Ford f100 Swb 4x4 "green bean" GOD BLESS JESUS, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE ALAMO

02-10-2004, 01:17 AM	#16
dinnut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: missouri city, tx Posts: 4,486	in the bed. i want to find another place to mount it though __________________ 70 longbed 496/th400/Ford 9"



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02-10-2004, 01:34 AM	#17
Clancy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA Posts: 354	67dragtruck, if you don't mind me asking, how did you go about getting down to 3275? --Scott

02-10-2004, 01:37 AM	#18
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	Im working on my spare tire setup right now. I just ordered a new "retainer" for my setup. I soaked it in muratic acid, and it turned the plastic into mush. It will be mounted in the original location, i got ahold of an original rim. __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

02-10-2004, 03:29 AM	#19
BobbyK Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Petrolia,Ontario,Canada but working in Port Huron,Mi. Posts: 1,771	On the rear bumper of my Blazer. And after the powder coating was applied __________________ 71 blazer,350SBC,approx.375HP,700R4,factory GM TPI.Dual electric fans,33x12.5x15 ATR on stock suspension. Petrolia,Ontario,Canada but working in Port Huron,MI. See ALL my Blazer pic's HERE Last edited by BobbyK; 02-10-2004 at 03:32 AM.

02-10-2004, 03:48 AM	#20
SWINGSAX68 Now the others dig........ Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,520	under...see??? Under the bed, I had trouble with my spare being too wide, so I took some threaded rod and cut it longer than the older one, bent it up like I needed it to stay in the hole on the frame, ran a nut all the way up with a washer to hold it in place.bingo bango....luckily the rod was the same thread size as the original rod, and the thing that holds the spare up went on no probs. Attached Images __________________ 68 Chevy C10 Stepside Black Primer 78 GMC Longbed White 09 Chevy Silverado Shortbed Granite Blue *LOOKING FOR A 67 4 DOOR IMPALA!!!Just like Sam and Dean Winchester!! 'Cause Mustangs are for p^#$ and you can fit a body in the trunk of a 67 Impala* MEMBER OF THE DRUM BRAKE CLUB Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies Texas State University-San Marcos, TX Certified Music Educator I hope Mom is up there watching and being my Guardian Angel "I've got a fever.....and the only prescription.....IS MORE COW BELL" -The Legendary: Bruce Dickenson "F#$@ 'em up!!!!!!" -The Legendary: Rogelio Escobar TRUCKY LINKS** http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=457750 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=461184 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=472848 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=417541 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=477788

02-10-2004, 08:30 AM	#21
tmad Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: youngsville pa Posts: 166	I knew i forgot something. damn

02-10-2004, 10:01 AM	#22
Huck Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Shelbyville, KY Posts: 3,269	where spare?? Can't remember where or when but one of the neatest spare tire holders i've seen was when a guy took a spare "bucket---where the spare sits in a burb" and mounted it into the floor between the drivers side rear wheel tub and the front of the bed. Now he did have to cut some of the bed floor out and perhaps part of a bed floor support but----the spare tire sat in there low enough that the top was below the top of the bedside. REally neat setup. Not sure if that would work with a SWB but no problem with a LWB. Of course you can always get a fleetside spare tire mounting bracket and bolt the spare to the bracket but then it's very visable so you would want to cable or chain it in as well.

02-10-2004, 10:59 AM	#23
72c10step WHYBYNU when old will do? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Loudon, NH Posts: 876	I don't have a spare . But when I get a set of ralley's, I'll use one of my chrome cheapies with an old tire as a spare. If that doesn't work.... I always have a cell phone and AAA ! __________________ -72 Chevy C10 Stepside -2002 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 4x4 -1984 Jeep CJ7 -1995 Polaris XCR600 Custom -2003 Honda 300ex

02-10-2004, 11:21 AM	#24
scotts67 New KISS Band Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 107	mines in the trash it wouldnt have done me any good its was flat __________________ 67 chevy 350 HP 4bolt main turbo 350 3.73 gears

02-10-2004, 11:50 AM	#25
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	I dont carry a spare, I have a plug Kit and an air compressor. If its shreaded then I AAA it. I have a plug kit in all me vehicles I find it easier and faster to just put a plug in it an air it up. I only use the spare on the other vehicles if a plug wont fix the problem.

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