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[Surfscottydog]

I’m looking into buying a new rear bumper to replace my stock one. The one I’m looking at is made by 4xinnovations.com. It’s drawn over mandrel pipes, with a couple of places to put some retrieval D rings and a class 3 tow hitch. The only problem is I might not have access to my spare tire unwinded thing from the original spot. I would have to devise a new convenient way to lower the spare with a ratchet. Any comments I should consider?

 

[Road]

I’m looking into buying a new rear bumper to replace my stock one. The one I’m looking at is made by 4xinnovations.com. It’s drawn over mandrel pipes, with a couple of places to put some retrieval D rings and a class 3 tow hitch. The only problem is I might not have access to my spare tire unwinded thing from the original spot. I would have to devise a new convenient way to lower the spare with a ratchet. Any comments I should consider?

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It's a GM product with the access hole right above the bumper that uses the iron from the scissor jack? I'd see what 4xinnovations says or suggests. I'll bet they've run up against the same exact thing before.

I helped an old timer once who was under his Chevy pickup in the desert just down from where I was camped. He was banging on and trying to unscrew the big butterfly holding up his spare. He was frustrated and about to have heat exhaustion. I showed him that it's not a big wingnut and doesn't unscrew, but lowers and how that works, then helped him change his tire.

Someone else pulled up and asked "You need anything?"

I said "Yeah, a rack of Shiner!" then "no, we're all set actually."

The old timer and his wife heard that, and when I got back to camp later there was a six pack of cold Shiner Bock on my camp table with a sticky note saying "Thanks, Road!"

I'm interested in what you find out and what you do to solve it. I'd like to switch up the bumper on the back of my van, though already have a Class 5 hitch.
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[Surfscottydog]

The guy told me he couldn’t remember if it interfered with the lowering or not. That tells me it does. That’s why I was thinking of a long extension for a ratchet to raise and lower. If I can even do something like that. How did you manage to get the guy’s spare lowered?

 

[Road]

The guy told me he couldn’t remember if it interfered with the lowering or not. That tells me it does. That’s why I was thinking of a long extension for a ratchet to raise and lower. If I can even do something like that. How did you manage to get the guy’s spare lowered?

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I showed him how to do it with his own jack crank, then did it for him.
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