Bongo Fury

My embarrassment knows no bounds.

How do you remove the spare wheel...? (So's I can Waxoyl underneath)

There's a funny shaped 'nut' holding it in place through its centre hole, but how do you...


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There's a winch you access through the rear crossmember which is exposed when the tailgate is open, you should have a tool (ooh er madam ) with the jack etc in the compartment exposed when the sliding door is open to wind it down.

Go to the side door,
open it ,
look down at the plastic trim,
remove the plastic cover,
reach inside for toolkit,
reach inside for lowering rod,
go to back of vehicle,
insert lowering rod into the hole,
lower rear wheel,
remove from support and your away.......

And if you haven't a lowering tool they are available or quite simple to make.

Trouble at t'Mill wrote:My embarrassment knows no bounds.

How do you remove the spare wheel...? (So's I can Waxoyl underneath)

There's a funny shaped 'nut' holding it in place through its centre hole, but how do you...


(Thanks )

Yep, slip the entire oblong thing sideways out of the centre hole of the wheel, whilst the wheel is resting on the floor via its cable. The nut is simply attaching the cable to the oblong metal effort.

If its a skinny spare, don't bother re-fitting it, nip along to your local bongo shop and buy a full size spare for obvious safety reasons...

Jeepers, thanks for the help, folks!

Blimey - no way would I have sussed that. Yes, I have all the tools as I checked that earlier.

Good tip about replacing with a full-sized wheel; these skinnies are awful things.

Thanks again.

Trouble at t'Mill wrote:
Good tip about replacing with a full-sized wheel; these skinnies are awful things.

I think they were designed as a spare button for the jolly green giants suit.

I came out to the bongo once with a flat tyre, i removed the punctured wheel, and put it into my car to take to the tyre fitters for repair,i had more confidence in the jack holding up the bongo than the skinny spare i had at the time of taking the weight!

A full sized spare quickly replaced the skinny wheel, Which i can now only assume is now residing in the jolly green's giants embroidery box.

haydn callow wrote:And if you haven't a lowering tool they are available or quite simple to make.

Thought I'd grease the mechanism last night - just in case I needed it. And guess what?.........

No lowering tool in the tool bag I'm sure it was there when I looked on purchase.

Has anyone got the dimensions (length, diameter, length and diameter of "pin", and distance off the end for the "pin") so I can make one up?

Cheers............

The unwinding(and jack lifting) bar is not in the tool roll. It is clipped into the upper recess of the hole where the toolbag is stored. Very well hidden !!

As Mick says, when you remove the tool box cover, you should - just - see the bar running along the top of the opening. Get your fingers around it, and pull gently down.

If you really don't have it, I'll get dimensions for you as I'm using it all at the mo'.

Details of the bar here

Cheers folks.......as ever coming up trumps

Internet was down at work today, but not before I read Micks reply. So as soon as I got home tonight I opened up the tool area........but couldn't find it. Felt all around the inside

Resigned myself to making one and logged on here hoping someone had posted dimensions (thanks g9dhe) and saw TATMs comment about "top of the opening".

One last look.......and there it is I wasn't expecting something so solidly mounted (and in my defence it is dark).

Thanks again.......

PS I'm taking her to Pwhelli tomorrow on her first long run since we bought her (and since my clumsy fingers have been fettling her). Finger crossed

No, thank you, Spout.


(For making my original post seem not quite so silly after all... )