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Locsuna
Member Since: 28 Jul 2005
Location: MIT Co Durham
Posts: 46
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Hi, after years of fighting to wind the spare wheel down, the cable reel has now given up the ghost. It'll only lift the wheel a few inches off the ground.It looks like it was never wound on right in the first place. Anybody got a idea of the price of a new one? At least it sailed through the mot.
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 16th Jan 2010 5:58 pm |
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AVE
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3097
 
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It's quite a common problem... A new winch costs about �40 from memory and if you contact Nick, forum name 'The Large One' he will give you the correct details.
It is very easy to jam... if an electric gun is used to wind up the wheel, or if the spare is removed and the winch wound up empty, in this case you have to get someone to pull as you wind up to put the winch under some pressure.
It's very easy to replace, only about half a dozen bolts. As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
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| 16th Jan 2010 6:06 pm |
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disco_doozle
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Bree
Posts: 447
  
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So what would be the right procedure?
Winch down....take out spare......leave un-winched.....put other wheel in place....winch back up...?
Correct?
I have never done this before and I want to change my spare (the small standard one) with the same wheel & tire I run at this moment.
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| 16th Jan 2010 6:13 pm |
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AVE
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3097
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disco_doozle wrote:
Winch down....take out spare......leave un-winched.....put other wheel in place....winch back up...?
Correct?
Grtz
Yes... But... I had to put the spare on the car and leave the damaged tyre with the garage for a repair for a couple of hours, so wound up the winch empty... never worked properly after that. I then learnt that the trick is to always wind it up under pressure. As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
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RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
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| 16th Jan 2010 6:18 pm |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10299
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hang one of the smaller tyre fitters on the cable as you wind it up - seems to work OK.
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| 16th Jan 2010 6:40 pm |
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Locsuna
Member Since: 28 Jul 2005
Location: MIT Co Durham
Posts: 46
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I'm just wondering, wouldn't it be easier if it was just hung on the back. Swing away carrier is a poss if I can convince the wife it's cheaper than the factory idea. She would at least know where it is when the AA patrol turns up to change the wheel
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| 16th Jan 2010 6:51 pm |
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bigcarpchaser
Member Since: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Camberley
Posts: 2270
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Having had a rear wheel carrier I would say not.
Also £40 for a new winch. £600 min for carrier plus full size wheel and tyre. Welcome "Lola"
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| 16th Jan 2010 7:49 pm |
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AVE
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3097
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al cope wrote:hang one of the smaller tyre fitters on the cable as you wind it up - seems to work OK.
Al
 As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
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| 16th Jan 2010 7:54 pm |
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drzjoint
Member Since: 17 Apr 2008
Location: Gaylord, Michigan
Posts: 60
  
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mine was all jammed up I removed the winch and drilled out the rivets and took the thing apart got things lined up properly and back together woorks good now. took 45mins max. 2005 SE-7 BLUE
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| 19th Jan 2010 4:25 pm |
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eagleno36
Member Since: 24 Feb 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 3
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I've just got the same problem - wound the cable up without the spare while it was being checked for a puncture, and now it's knackered, won't wind up or down so I can't carry a spare until it's fixed. Why on earth isn't there a warning in the handbook? My car is still under warranty so I'm expecting the replacement to be covered....£78 plus fitting is what I'm told by the dealer.
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| 24th Feb 2010 5:00 pm |
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AVE
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3097
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I paid about 40 quid from Yeovil LR and replaced it myself... only about half a dozen bolts, didn't take long to do. As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
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| 24th Feb 2010 5:11 pm |
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