Spare Tire wobbles inside the fiberglass cover

[Dirt Duff]

Please view the two movies attached below.  The spare tire in my LE2 is lose and wobbles.  I assume that the large "wing nut", when tightened, should be snug against the surface of the spare wheel.  However, rather than being snug against the wheel's surface, the wing nut is snug against the two nuts on the threaded post.  This results in a 1/4 gap between the spare wheel and the wing nut.

Is my lose spare tire typical of other Olivers?

Is there a remedy? 

Thanks

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Edited 7 hours ago by Dirt Duff

[Townesw]

I have hull 313. This is what my spare tire mount looks like. It looks like you have an extra nut.
 

Those two pieces of UHMW plastic keep the spare from rubbing and staining the gelcoat.

 

 

I use a disk cut from a bucket lid to make the large ring that secures the spare easier to tighten. 
 

 

Bill

Edited 7 hours ago by Townesw

[rideandfly]

@Dirt Duff

No that is not typical. 

On our Ollie the fit is snug when the wing nut is tightened.

Is this mounting plate tight against the fiberglass hull?

 

[rideandfly]

7 minutes ago, Townesw said:

I have hull 313. This is what my spare tire mount looks like. It looks like you have an extra nut.

 

 

I use a disk cut from a bucket lid to make the large ring that secures the spare easier to tighten. 
 

 

Bill

I like the pads (assume) you installed on the fiberglass. Ours has two nuts on the stud, but I like the single nut with disc on yours, too.

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by rideandfly

[Townesw]

10 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

I like the pads (assume) you installed on the fiberglass. Ours has two nuts on the stud.

Yes I put those on there. I got a roll of stick-on UHMW from Rockler. People put it on tablesaw fences. 
 

Bill

Edited 7 hours ago by Townesw

[Townesw]

5 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

Ours has two nuts on the stud,

 

 

Ok now I’m thinking that the second nut is a jam nut to hold the first nut on and both have backed off somehow. I would remove both nuts and see if the aluminum cylinder is threaded on that rod and check for something that might have loosened.

Bill

[rideandfly]

6 minutes ago, Townesw said:

Ok now I’m thinking that the second nut is a jam nut to hold the first nut on and both have backed off somehow. I would remove both nuts and see if the aluminum cylinder is threaded on that rod and check for something that might have loosened.

Bill

Yep, That sounds right, it's not likely the elastic locks nuts loosened clamping the plate to the fiberglass hull, but still check when the spare is removed. Good advice! 

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by rideandfly

[Hokieman]

24 minutes ago, Townesw said:

27 minutes ago, rideandfly said:

I like the pads (assume) you installed on the fiberglass. Ours has two nuts on the stud.

Yes I put those on there. I got a roll of stick-on UHMW from Rockler. People put it on tablesaw fences. 

I did something similar but less elegant to keep my hull from getting scuffed.   I used 4 plastic adhesive door stopper discs from Home Depot. 

[Dirt Duff]

Always comforting to know that I am not the only owner with a wobbly spare tire. I go with either the Home Depot and Rockler pads.   Thanks 🙂

[Townesw]

1 hour ago, Dirt Duff said:

Always comforting to know that I am not the only owner with a wobbly spare tire. I go with either the Home Depot and Rockler pads.   Thanks 🙂

Mine wasn’t wobbly. It was very secure. Always has been tight. I just didn’t like the stain that the tire was leaving on the gelcoat. 
 

@Dirt Duffyou’ve got something else going on. You need to determine what is loose.