Spare tire Falls OFF!!

[01HDtahoeNJN]

About Three months ago while on a slightly bumpy road with a speed limit of 40 mph i lost my tire...All I heard was a couple thumps and figure a ran over a branch untill i saw my spare 1/4mi back....apperently the cable broke


just wanted to know if..?

1) This happened to anyone else?

2) does anyone know where to get replacement parts

Thanks,
Garry

 

[Alex33]

1) I have heard this does happen. So you're good on that end.

2) I don't know the part # for that assembly, sorry bud.

 

[Gzes]

It was rotted the cabke i mean. Id hust go to the yards and pickup a good one gonna be about $15 part

 

[Wake]

Look on ebay. I've seen new OEM units going for around $20 last time I came across them.

Make it a practice to once a year or however often you check your spare tire pressure to lower the tire and check the condition of the parts. I check my spare and assembly usually twice a year.

 

[imi4tth3w]

at discount tire, we check the spare pretty much every time we work on a vehicle. although for the chevy's if the valve is down we'll just air it up under the vehicle. we don't have too many problems with rusting cables here in central texas though.

 

[alacran]

so im not the only one lol. this happened to me maybe 4 months ago. just riding around the spare fell out lol the road was nice and smooth. the cable gave out. only problem was a friend called me and said he seen me picking up a tire off the road lol.

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

I had this happen with my pickup a couple of years ago.

 

[drjay2012]

 

[Pachanga02]

$20 is a great price. I called the stealership and they wanted 225 for the complete setup with the hanger and plastic pipe

 

[hoe]

I had mine hanging down just so slightly, being lazy not to wind it full back tight, cause my tools seemed to strip on it.. but after riding 3 months like that, the thing spun so many circles, that the metal wire, broke 1 strand at a time, and 1 day I was about to do some work under the truck, and noticed, nothing was there but the broke off cable.