Spare tire cover won't go on |
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Goose
Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672 |
Topic: Spare tire cover won't go on Posted: 27 Aug 2013 at 3:58pm |
Was easy to make, a sheet and a half of aluminum, a few 1/8 inch pop rivets and 4 short pieces of 3/4 inch aluminum angle so that it can not slide off. I did move the spare tire hitch into the receiver about an inch and a quarter so that it is closer to the rear of the trailer. Goose
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Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 at 12:49pm |
I like that. I hadn't noticed the collar in your sig pic.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Goose
Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 at 11:12am |
Lost ours the second day out on our first trip, decided that there had to be a better way. Have not had any trouble since I made the tire cover. Goose
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Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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Sleepless
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jun 2013 Location: Titusville, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 556 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 at 10:53am |
Good idea! Thanks.
Bob |
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2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD)
2009 Chevrolet Avalanche |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 at 10:25am |
Little "brass" grommets from the hardware store work great for weep holes.
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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Sleepless
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jun 2013 Location: Titusville, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 556 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 at 9:32am |
The elastic in mine gradually "died" so I bought a new cover last month. Fits tightly, but tends to hold a little rain water during our current rainy season inn Florida. Time to create a weep hole at the bottom of the cover.
Bob |
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2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD)
2009 Chevrolet Avalanche |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 at 8:36am |
I took mine off once.
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shroomer
Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236 |
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 9:08pm |
My suspicions are being confirmed.
Thanks all for the info. |
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Larry and Debbie w/Rosie the mutt. Old: '13 177, '06 Silverado V6
New: '15 Whitehawk 20MRB '14 Silverado V8 |
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Racer|X|
Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 237 |
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 8:32pm |
I use mine to cover my mounted t.v. In the garage.
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 7:57pm |
I couldn't even get the factory cover off the factory tire. I swear they grew that tire inside the cover! I knew if I ever got it off I would never get it back on. I trashed the factory cover and bought an aftermarket cover that fit. Good luck.
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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