welcome back guys this is part three of the tire carrier series um sorry this one took
a little bit long to upload i just been super busy with family life and you know how that goes
aside from that in this video we're going to cover the relocation of the lysine plate and the wiring
needed to illuminate the license plate led the wear pad plate that i made for the swing out arm
the lock pin and some minor improvements i made to fine tune everything also i want to take this
time to thank everybody that has purchased the build plans for this tire swing out
um i'm just blown away by all the support feedback that i got from this so thank you again okay let's
pick up where we left off aesthetically i want the wheel to sit as close to lift kit as possible
i left about a quarter inch gap between the tire and the tire carrier frame
then marked and trimmed off the excess and welded it firmly in place
now with the spare in the center it covers the license plate
so i'll need to figure out how to relocate it but before i do i installed the silicone
mirror plate cover to prevent it from rattling from metal to metal contact
next was to install a license plate light and bracket mount this would
help provide the illumination needed to make it legal when driving at night
i chose to place it here as it would keep most of the wiring needed hidden and tucked away
to provide power to the led of the bracket mount i chose to use a heavy duty 4-way
trailer wiring harness that would be plugged up to the factory trailer plug connector
when plumbing the harness i tried to leave enough slack to allow the swing arm to open
without straining the cable but not too much where it could possibly get caught or pinched
per the instructions of the bracket mount i needed a supplied parking
light 12 volts for the black bar and a ground for the white wire from the
car side of the four-way harness i used my multimeter and tested the white to be ground
then switched on the parking lights and tested the brown to be my supplied parking 12 volt wire
then i soldered an electrical tape all my connections and confirmed the light
was working as intended
also i forgot to show this but i also welded in a pull pin that would be used to lock the swing
arm in the open position this is especially useful if you need to keep the swing arm open
while keeping it locked in place when parked on a hill or a non-planar surface
now was to get this ready for paint normally from prep work
i usually discuss everything down with the scotch brite pad then wipe it clean with acetone
after letting the paint cure for a few days it was time to do the final install
i first installed my receiver pin lock then tighten it down
and torqued it to about 100 foot pounds
one thing the point about how this anti-wobble system works is as you tighten the nut it also
gets rid of the slack in the receiver pin so you don't have to really worry about it rattling
then i installed the wear pad that i made out of some delrin plastic
you can recall it from part two of the build series as i shimmed it to allow for it
this would give the swing arm a place to rest and slide over without dolling up the frame
then i installed the oil lite self lubricating bushings
after getting the arm in i torqued down the nut so that there was
some drag when the swing arm swung open
here you can see i modified the latch handle by welding in some round tube
then adding a bike handle grip to give it a comfortable firm feel
finally for the last time i installed the wheel and torqued it to specs
so
here is a quick video clip on where we stopped at a resting area
during our three hour road trip to our camping spot
luckily i made it there safely without needing to reach for my spare tire but it was there if i
needed it and that's the do-it-yourself spare tire carrier swing out yeah that was kind of a mouthful
anyways you guys get the point so aside from the bent round tube that i did for the
diagonal support um everything can pretty much be fabricated using basic fabrication tools so
there's no real special tools needed like a sheet vendor anything crazy cut so that was a whole
goal of mine was just so that you can go to your metal supply store get the pieces cut
well grind cut weld and piece it all together and the cool thing is this hitch mounted tire carrier
thing whatever you want to call it is really universal as long as you have a hitch receiver
and you can access the anti-wobble from the back side when you tighten it down and it should fit
most vehicles if you take in consideration of the dimensions i mentioned in part one um just you'll
have to make some minor tweaks anyways i'm actually glad to wrap this project up i really
enjoy the process of building this one up down the road i may add a pull out table or some sort
or some type of attachment to it i'm not quite sure yet
let me know what you guys think in the comment section below
also i left links in the video description below on all the items and tools i used to make this
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and subscribe anyways i hope you guys enjoyed this mini build series and i guess i'll see you
guys in the next project or uh whatever else i decide to build i'll see you guys later take care