Has anyone got their spare wheel on the back door?

[paulrichardson]

Hi Guys,

I had my spare wheel stolen a little while ago and have not got around to replacing it yet.

I'm going to have a refillable gas tank fitted in May by Propex, if I don't put the spare wheel back where it was they say I can have a bigger tank fitted, which sounds a like good idea to me.

I wondered if the spare could be fitted on the rear door, land rover style and if anyone has done this I would love to hear from them.

How was it done? where did the bits come from? is the door too heavy, with a wheel hanging off it?

Or if anyone has any brilliant ideas what to do with the spare, I'm all ears.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Regards,

Paul

[Brains_transit]

Id say the wheel is too heavy for the transit hinges

[ake]

Id say the wheel is too heavy for the transit hinges

I agree

[paulrichardson]

Oh dear,

This doesn't sound very promising.

Paul

[cocksocks]

It has a thin plate on the outside about 400x400 MM. thick and another inside think it's 1mm steel

[paulrichardson]

Thanks for the photo.

That's just what I was planning to do.

Have you noticed any extra wear/damage to the hinges.

Regards,

Paul

[cocksocks]

No but they might be different to yours as mines a dormobil. Also don't really know the layout of your can but my bathroom is behind that door so never really gets opened anyway, I use the other back door for getting in

[Keef]

I've got a Mk3 with the spare wheel on the rear door. It's got a triangular frame fixed through both n/s hinges with the third fixing on the door.

It seems to work ok but I'll be putting the spare back under the van when I get time just because I don't like the look of it.

Sorry, I can't find a photo at the moment and I'm 100 miles away from it.

[paulrichardson]

I've got a Mk3 with the spare wheel on the rear door. It's got a triangular frame fixed through both n/s hinges with the third fixing on the door.

It seems to work ok but I'll be putting the spare back under the van when I get time just because I don't like the look of it.

Sorry, I can't find a photo at the moment and I'm 100 miles away from it.

I can't think what the MK3 hinges are like compared to my MK7, do we think it would fit on my van?

Regards,

Paul

[ake]

I've got a Mk3 with the spare wheel on the rear door. It's got a triangular frame fixed through both n/s hinges with the third fixing on the door.

It seems to work ok but I'll be putting the spare back under the van when I get time just because I don't like the look of it.

Sorry, I can't find a photo at the moment and I'm 100 miles away from it.

I can't think what the MK3 hinges are like compared to my MK7, do we think it would fit on my van?

Regards,

Paul

Hinges are totally different between MK 3/4/5 and 6/7
I think you'd want a carrier with its own hinges fixed to the pillar independently of the door hinges

[paulrichardson]

Hinges are totally different between MK 3/4/5 and 6/7
I think you'd want a carrier with its own hinges fixed to the pillar independently of the door hinges

Hi Ake,

Thanks for the info, do you think such a carrier is commercially available?

Paul

[paulrichardson]

Bit radical but what if.................

I don't have a spare wheel?

Many of the motor homes aren't supplied with a spare wheel, you just get a can of tyre seal.

Paul

[Keef]

Bad idea. You'll be right up sh*t creek if you get a puncture that the tyreweld won't fix.

My daughter hit a curb and burst the tyre in a new VW that didn't have a spare. What should have been a 15 minute tyre change took half a day to sort out.

Also a lot of recovery insurance won't help you unless you have a spare and the tools to change it.

[DodgeRover]

How big a gas tank are you wanting fitted? Is it only for cooking/ fridge/ heating or are your running the van from it too? I'm not sure if they are freely available with a vapour rather than liquid take off but you can fit 'torpedo' style tanks underneath the older vans along the side

[paulrichardson]

How big a gas tank are you wanting fitted? Is it only for cooking/ fridge/ heating or are your running the van from it too? I'm not sure if they are freely available with a vapour rather than liquid take off but you can fit 'torpedo' style tanks underneath the older vans along the side

I'm only going for a torpedo one for Heating/Cooking but 25 is the biggest they can fit in the space I've got left (after water tanks etc).

Without a spare wheel they could probably double that. It would mean much longer between refills.

Paul