Thanks for the tip Gary,
I used to ride bikes until i got crushed by a drunk driver. What a night
mare that would be to see a spare tire bouncing toward you!!
I'm going to grease up the cable boxing day.
Frank WJ
>From: "blackdak" <blackdak@twcny.rr.com>
>
>I can vouch for this one, In addition to the new 2000 Dakota, we also have
>a
>93 Ford Explorer. I had all 5 tires changed on it and the garage told me to
>watch the spare tire holder, it was badly frayed. Yeah, no kidding, only
>one
>little wire holding the spare tire up...the other 7 or 8 strands in the
>wire
>cable were broke/rusted off. I went down to Ford, and being the nice guys
>they are, let me have a new one for only $70+. The new one I covered from
>top to bottom with wheel bearing grease, hopefully that will stop the
>corrosion in the future. When I got the Dakota, i put on the spare tire
>lock
>and also greased the very similar Dodge spare tire crank the same way. If
>any of you guys or girls ride motorcycles like me, then this should scare
>the crap out of you. Imagine driving behind some smoke spewing Ford and
>just
>when you get used to driving on the manatory oil and trans. fluid
>leakage....boom! the big 'ol spare tire hits the pavement in front of you.
>Killed by a Ford...kind of sucks. If you live where they salt the
>roads...do
>me a favor and check the spare tire holder on whatever you drive...the
>cable
>will rot out right at the bottom where the cross piece is.
>
>Thanks,
>Gary
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