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2002 blazer spare tire carrier hoist seized , how to?
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2002 blazer spare tire carrier hoist seized , how to?
OK so the spare tire hoist is seized up it won't budge, I can cut this thing off the bottom and get the tire out but my question is does anyone know how to remove the hoist without taking the bumper off? I sprayed everything with penetrating oil but is there any trick to getting it to work ? I have my doubts it will ever work this is what it looks like
Yeah probably going to have to cut the bottom piece or the cable to get it out, take the bumper off and put a new hoist on to get it all fixed up.
Right now I have to get it out of the way to replace shackles
Be very careful and inspect the cable fully. Being this age, they won't have the strength they did without proper maintenance.
I snugged mine up, the gave it a boot to test it on a "severe bump feel", and it was fine.... until I gave I a second boot for that unexpected pot hole, and it fell...
Thanks I will check it out further after I take it back out again, I smacked it with a 3 pound hammer and it stayed up in there, for now I'm happy to get it out I have to put shackles on the back so it needs to be out of the way
The cable itself looks good but I will need to check further where it hooks onto the bottom part , that is where it might fail