Homemade Swing Away Tire Carrier

I know you mentioned build but here is a cheap way to get a spare tire swing mount. Be sure to support the floating side of your swing out with a sturdy latch to maximize the life of your carrier.

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Go and buy a trailer hub + splindle kit.

Homemade swing away tire carrier. All you have to do is cut the flange off the hub and weld on your carrier. I then put a flap sander disk on the grinder and cleaned up the tube. Selling my custom stock bumper and swing away tire carrier.

Vehicle (s) 2021 bronco sport. Lets see if i can describe what i did. Discussion starter · #1 · may 20, 2010.

Works great as you can get the spindles with both square and round ends to mount into your bumper. First make yourself two pivots points, using 50mm box with one side cut out to form a u works well, epecially if you weld washers top and bottom to beaf it up. Do not mount your planned jerry can moutns, etc to the tailgate, build it off the bumper has the tailgate can't support much weight.

I am not quite sure i understand, you said you were going to build a swing out tire carrier bumpber that mounts to the tailgate. I've decided it is time to fab my rear tire carrier. After looking closely at these in magazines, catalogs, and the back of jeeps i thought these are nothing more than.

I have the bearing and mounting plate kits, i am just looking for cool ideas. I have a '97 tj, but the rear cross members are kind of similar and should work for your yj. Some simple supplies needed for the swing tire project.

My brain is starting to hurt, and it is getting squishy from too much thinkin!!!!help! I am out of ideas on what to use. I found a company that sells a heavy duty hinge, locking mechanism and plate to mount.

2014 jku, tera44, 4.56 gears, arb lockers, rk 3.5 flex lift, arb front & rear bumper, dual viair 400c w/2 gallon tank, zeon 10s, nitto tires, genesis dual battery kit, teraflex tie rod & flipped drag link, arb intensities and teraflex dual rate st sway. Sections of cut chain rated accordingly, spring clip carabiner, swivels, screw link carabiners, lag. This swiveling hinge is welded to your bumper and provides a pivot point that can support a carrier for your spare tire, fuel can, bike rack, or cooler.

I need some ideas on how to make the swinging part work for a 33x12.50 tire. Tomken rear bumper and tire carrier: You will need to take all the brackets and the complete rear bumper along with it.

#16 · oct 4, 2009. 2000 xj 6 lift, 35's mtr's, ford 8.8 rear, hp30 front w/ alloys. I have built my front bumper and sliders from 1 1/2 inch steel tube and i was planning on building my rear.

I had just a small 4x2 piece of steel on my 40 that i made while doing my restomod. Cj spare tire carrier diy. Price tag is a little much.

Anyway i went to lowes and. 4.3 out of 5 stars 125. Has anyone put together a swing away carrier at home?

I had planned on using that for my carrier build up but decided to go another route. Seen some wilco ones pop up used once in a while but still positive you could do it for a lot cheaper yourself. You need our heavy duty spare tire spindle and bearing kit.

Reinforced stock bumper and custom swing away tire carrier. When placing your order, please enter your vehicle year and model into the notes section and we will then customize the swing outs to suit your wheel lug pattern, vehicle width and bumper model. Drill mounting holes in the four pieces to match up with stock.

Basically cut off the lower half of the tire carrier at the weld. You gain over 4.75 square feet of extra cargo space plus a… So i was bored today and was looking at rear bumper/swing away spare tire carriers and was thinkin about how crazy prices are for things like that.i got an idea to try to make one myself to attach to my stock bumper at least until i strike it rich one day.:rofl:

I used a tire carrier hinge kit from ems offroad and 2x2 square tu. I used four 2 x 3 tubing cut into about 3 long pieces. After looking for some time for a good spare tire carrier that can hold something bigger than a 235 size tire i became quite disgusted.

Has anyone made a rear bumper with a swing out spare tire carrier?? Around 1987 or so jeep offered a swing tire mount as an option for the cherokee. Price and other details may vary based on product size and color.

I have a decent aftermarket bumper on the 95 and the price for new spare tire and bumper combos is ridiculous. Does anyone have any ideas on how to build a swing out tire carrier for a first gen 4runner? I've been wanting one for ours but keep thinking maybe i'll buy the parts and weld one up myself.

I used a cut off while and cut within ⅛” of the down tube. In this video i show you how to build a swing gate tire carrier using the stock bumper. Very cheap and very strong.

You see it is easy to find a good carrier if you have $500 or more. The following galvanized hardware for the tire swing with chain. Here is a shot of my before (this pic was taken before i installed my cage).

Built by my cousin for his fj. Smittybilt 76654 xrc black textured rear swing away. But i did mount a homemade bumper with swing away tire carrier this summer.

2000 xj, 5.5 lift, locked 8.8,sye, homemade bumper/sliders,skids, other stuff. Mount the top one so that a horizontal length of 50x25mm lines up with the tailgate catch on the nearside, fit it with a catch for said tailgate antiluce. I’d suggest to be careful not to cut too close to the down tube as you want to avoid any damage to the structural integrity of this bar.

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