Spare tyre winding lock thingy broke :(

gday
There is a complete spare wheel winch on ebay at the moment for a few dollars....if you need a new one...
this is what my friend did....he drilled a hole through the 2 lands (on the wheel lifting winch) the hook sits in....he went to the wreckers and got a hilux or early 60 seriesjack bar that is about 3 foot long with a hook one end......He got a splitpin and inserted it through the drilled hole with the jack handle hook in it, so it now is perminantly in there..he might hve trimmed the length to suit the rear bumper..
Sooooo, now there is a perminent square bit sitting in the rear bumperbar, waiting for you to insert the handle and one bar into....not as theft friendly as b4, but im sure u could improvise and make it an allen key or similar if reqd.
Andrew

Just go to the wreckers, I got a spare tyre winch for about 20 bucks and relocated the spare on my camper from the drawbar to under the rear.

Athol

Nah, a hacksaw wont be any good if the chain winch thingie is stuck, there's no easy way to get the blade at it. Its actually pretty theft proof, at least on the 75 series it was as I discovered when mine was stuck after I bought the car second hand. It took a while with a long range oil squirter to free the mechanism sufficiently to lower the spare wheel.
Took the lot apart, greased it and also fitted a bell shaped 'chute' to where the hook engages into the slot of the chain drum. Now its easy to engage the hook rod without having to jiggle it all over the place to get into the slot.
One of Toyota's worse design feature, IMO. This thing definitely needs checking 'before' going on a long trip.

Klaus

I can't believe anyone would want to mount their spare tyre underneath anything.

If you are bogged in mud etc., where do you think the spare tyre is????
IN THE BOG!!!

That is why people spend big bucks for a Kaymar Carrier solution on their Cruisers and why trailers have the spare mounted on the drawbar or rear tailgate.

Any other solution is inviting disaster IMHO.

Love all that technical stuff I do. "Spare tyre winding lock thingy" Then again what is it called.

A broken thingy and battles with the taxman too. It is all going wrong for you.

I am with you in mounting the spare on the back. Have seen a few "rubber grader blades" that needed grinding back into shape. I suspect that ragged look doesn't hold air all that well.

Chuck the spare inside til you get it mounted on the back, maybe something at the wreckers in that line too.

Good luck
Duncs

Viz,

If you go to an LPG installer, he will have them out the back.
I recently got a brand new assembly from "LP Gas 1" in Lilydale Melbourne. He had a large tin of them out the back. They have to remove them for the gas installation.

good luck!