Spare tire tool

[tinman]

I bought an '05 and discovered that all the tools for changing the tire had been removed. Does anyone know the dimensions of the square at the end of the rod used to lower the spare? I plan to make my own, because on e-bay they're abour $50 incl. shipping.

Thanks.

 

[Thumper8302]

where in the hell did u find that on ebay? lmao ive had my kon for over a year and a half and ive been lookin for one (even locally besides a dealer) and havent found one.. hope somebody chimes in

 

[trublew]

ill keep my eyes open at the junkyard theres a few trucks but id say check local salvage yards

 

[tinman]

No luck at salvage yards. My fallback will be to order one of these

http://www.alltiresupply.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=spare_tire_tool_kit

cut it in thirds and attach bushings as splices.

 

[Thumper8302]

ur talkin bout the green one for 12 bones right?

 

[tinman]

Yes, the green one for all late model GM trucks. A mechanic friend's now referred me to a salvage yard about 70 miles away that has 1 entire kit from an '05 suburban for $50 delivered. I'll probably go with that. I don't understand why these things are so scarce. I'd think that you could salvage the kit off of almost every junked truck, and they used the same kit for a lot of different models over a lot of years.