can anyone tell me what we may be missing on the bed underside of our '40 kc 1/2 ton where the spare tire is to be carried?..

we have what appears to be a track which is mounted to the underside...looks like we'd need a carrier that would bolt to the spare and slide up on the track and something that would keep it from sliding off?..

what are we looking for and where might we find them?..

epi

The tire sits in a long U shaped carrier.The front of the carrier slides in the track. the rear is held up to the rear of the bottom of the box by a bolt that fits into a bracket on the rear ( brkt. may be mounted to the frame?)The center of the carrier has a retainer to keep tire and wheel from sliding out.The parts fit 1937-40 1/2 tons.

Kepi, I think I have one of these from my '37. I'll look for it this weekend and post some pictures (if I can find it).

chevgene & grumpy,

thanks...I think I have a good mental image of how it'd work...hope to see grumpy's pics soon, then...does anyone sell these?..

say, lenn, do you need some tips on how to post those photos?..there's a good step-by-step in the help section, if you can read latin...

epi

I don't see the photo help section yet... Bill probably thinks it's too complicated.

It wouldn't matter if the instructions were written in latin, the same number of people would read it (zilch, nada, zero, null).

I have a really simple photo posting method I'm testing on my computer. You just click a link, select the file you want to post from a directory window, then hit a submit button. The code does the rest. It works, but requires server space, is not secured, and needs error checking and an automatic re-sizing routine for pics that are too big. I've run low on time to work on it in the last few weeks, but I'll get back to it eventually.

grumpy,

you've done great things for this site...you take me waaay too seriously...

epi

Well Kepi, looks like we are in the same boat regarding the spare tire carrier: the one I was thinking of belongs to my '31, and is obviously not the same. It still seems like I saw this part laying around, but I can't find it anywhere today.

Chev Nut, the retainer at the center you refer to: is it a circular disk that indexes into the center of the wheel hub? Seems like the part I'm thinking of had this feature.

Grumpy, It runs the length of the carrier, looks to be about a foot long at most, is slightly bowed and has ears on the ends that mount inside the wheel .It is no wider than the carrier-not round.They keep the wheel centered and locked in......some day I will learn to use my scanner also.One picture is worth a thousand words-as this ancient German said I'm still learning how to turn on a radio

Hi fellows,

Is this of any help to the discussion?

Yep, like it has been said many times "A picture is worth......"
I remember useing one of these many times at the 50's Sinclair fillin' station I worked in, It was a weight lifting exercise laying on my back ,lifting the spare in the carrier up and fastening the nut, if you had one arm about 4' long it helped. then I found out one could use the floor jack to raise the whole thing up....Duuuh!

One customer cut a notch from one side into the hole so the nut didn't have to be removed, I don't remember ever seeing one with a lock....bad idea, he hit a bump in the gravel road and spare bounced out and smacked the 46 Chevy school bus he was meeting right in the center of the chrome grill.

Ouch......!

Thanks Antique Mechanic. That isn't exactly how I thought it looked, so I guess I can stop looking for the wrong thing and start looking for the right thing!

antique mechanic,

thanks for the diagram...

now, does anyone know where we can find these parts?..we need all the numbered parts except the crossmember & track...

epi