for those with swing away tire carrier

[mattzj98]

*** long rant***

So this morning I was late for work. Pulled into the parking spot head on, usually I back into a spot but today I had no time to screw around..

2:55 I am calling it a day. Got in my jeep, turned on music, rolled down windows and the sunroof since it was so beautiful out.. collections dept. People start coming out the door as I am ready to back out.. I went to back out of the parking spot, stopped to turn the wheels and go forward and hear this REALLY loud bang!

Not knowing what happened I throw it in park and run to the back.. my tire swing swung wide open. It almost took out one of our collectors and hit our company vehicle..

We prank each other at work daily. Literally.. but whever effin thought this would be funny is going to be in a world of hurt!

Either that, or someone was trying to steal my hi lift jack. We had a couple illegal immigrant caught breaking into employees cars a while back.

Anyway, as a reminder, check our swing away tire carrier and make sure its always latched. In the mean time, I will be looking for a way to padlock mine, so it would require a key to open and try to find the joker..

[Jackie]

Ouch! Was there damage done? Glad no one got hit cuz that could hurt even at parking spot speeds.

[Chris]

I had my old one swing out a number of times, once giving my rear panel a huge dent otherwise I was always lucky. I asked Pete to add a couple safety pins on my current truck. If they do swing out it would only be from someone's malicious intent.

[mattzj98]

Well that's just the thing.. my rear bumper came eqipped with those spring loaded safety pins. One when closed, one at swing so that it couldn't hit my jeep.. so someone left it unlatched and not closed all the way.. just enough for it to look ok. The 2nd pin caught the carrier before smashing my own jeep

[96blkbeauty]

I've had that happen with my Bronco. Left school one day...took a left hand turn and I saw the tire carrier swinging in my side mirror. Got out, and checked the damage...bent up my rear quarter pretty good. Killed me inside a bit because the truck was/is so clean.

[glacierpaul]

better add this to the 'locks' thread, tire carrier lock? YES

[Brody]

I use a bike cable threaded through my Hi Lift and spare tire. I goes to welded on hoops tied into my roll cage. Can someone eventually get these off? Sure, but it will be a PITA unless someone has a battery powered grinder with a cut off wheel. Those pretty much sail through locks and cables like they aren't there...What you end up doing is simply making it too hard for someone to bother stealing YOUR junk and they will hopefully move onto easier pickings....

Also keep in mind that if you have a bearing spindle on your carrier, which most do, all someone has to do is to pop the bearing grease cap, take off the retaining nut, and lift the whole assembly off the rig, tire/Hi Lift/gas cans....

[Mporter]

Right now I just got a 1/2" bolt with 2 nuts holding it on, but I need to change that since (although yes, it's secure) it's a b***h to get open quickly.

[jesse05lj]

I would bet someone was trying to take the HiLift. I don't think ron or rob would mess with your jeep

[MelloYello]

Also keep in mind that if you have a bearing spindle on your carrier, which most do, all someone has to do is to pop the bearing grease cap, take off the retaining nut, and lift the whole assembly off the rig, tire/Hi Lift/gas cans....

That would suck!!

Sorry to hear that happened to you Matt. Trust no one... ever. :mad:

[Heather]

Yikes. Glad you have all your stuff, and glad no one was knocked out by the swingy stuff on your arse!