Securing Spare Wheel To Roof Rack

Mike ,
I just put it hard up against the front rail and then secured it crossways with a wide hvy duty ratchet strap . I just did 12,000 km with it and it never moved .
Cheers ,
Willie .

Mike,

J bolt is best way I've found. What is the base of your roofrack constructed of? If mesh, use two...in fact, use two anyway. Travelled many km in the Navara with a rhino rack and basket this way with no problems. Used a good quality ratchet strap as a redundancy measure.

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Cheers. Mick

I converted a ratchet strap into a 3 leg strap with two fixed legs and used the ratchet part on the third leg. Used a stainless ring in the middle to join the three legs. Got the local upholtress to stitch up the staps.

Glen.

Mike

All I use, or have used, was a few bits of the good old Telstra rope. But I suppose any rope will do.

Go over, in thru and around, and the tyre is on the roof racks for good.

Cheers
Bucky

Mike make your own J bolt.
Go to Bunnings etc get a bit of all thread at least 10 mm bend it into a J, cut it to length.
Fit a bit of hose over the bolt to stop thread cutting into your rack. Buy a nut, preferably a nylock, to suit your diameter of all thread and you have a neat and easy to use J bolt.
I have been using these for years without any problems.
cheers

Mike GU
4WD megastores have a Heavy Duty 3 way tie down just made for that job, Vlad designed and had it made for the outback challenges and I have used mine on many occasions, good stuff.

Colin.

I use to curry second one on the roof rack in the past. As other said – ratchet strap or rubberized rope will hold it absolutely secure. Problem what I have found however is centre of gravity moved up and that makes car to do more bodyroll that I like. Mind you it was leaf-in-all-corners 60, it is very stiff by nature. Now with full coil 80 I do not put anything heavy on the roof.

Cheers
Serg

Nath welded up some pole for the landcruiser that had a bolt on top of the wheel....dunno how else to describe it.....bit of metal, somehow attatched itself to the roofrack and somehow bolted on the wheel....held it real well.....!

Another easy way would be to get 2 large plates ( steel plates ) and some threaded bar --- plate goes under your roof rack cage -- Then place in the center of the wheel and the threaded bar goes through the 2 plate and through one of the wheel stud holes -- nut at either end -- tighten as required ...


Boc

How about this simple idea. Get a bit of 50x8 flat bar (or similar size), weld a piece of angle underneath and then drill a hole through the middle. Get some M12 allthread (zinc plated or stainless of course), heat the end and form a small hook, and secure it by hooking the hook under the wire base, slipping the plate over and tightening up with a nut handle.

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Make sure you put something between the rubber of the wheel and the steel of the roof rack,mine rubbed through the outer (wall) layer of rubber and I wasn't game to use the wheel again.

Geoff43.

goodday guys
many ways of fixing to the rack but i always put a bit of chain thru with a padlock as ther are some dubious people around who would like an extra wheel for there trucks

steve

This is a hook to suit an ARB roof rack, after making it or buying it drill a small hole and fit a pad lock use two nut as a lock nut.

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Cheers

Richard