New to the forum and tried searching about this, but nothing came up. Pretty basic question and feel ignorant about asking. I know to lower the spare tire you need to put in the T-shaped portion of the jack tool above the license plate, but how can you see where that T-shaped portion is supposed to fit in? I was messing around with it for about 30 minutes and cannot find it. Does anyone have pictures of what I am looking for? Thanks in advance and I am looking forward to learning more from the forum.
u needa get a flashlight.. look inside n you'll see it. its pretty much just straight ahead. nissan Effed up on this design. they needa have atleast a tube to guide it in. its just way to hard to feel for it.
its in the cargo area behind my back seats. if you look under the carpet there is some d ring things you can tie stuff down too. i got a ratchet strap and went across on an angle and got it mostly centered over. it dosnt move around at all. im going to build my rear tire carrier. a lot of people do it. to save on money.
But don't order from these guys. Find the part from your dealer or another online parts company. It is not worth the lower advertised price. I originally ordered it and they shipped me the wrong part. I returned the part (ended up paying shipping costs, which was actually more than the cost of the part) so the part could be entered into the RMA. I was never given a shipping credit. After countless e-mails and phone calls, I finally found someone to discuss the issue with. They eventually routed me to technical who confirmed that it was a catalog error on their end. (This is after days of back-and-forth). They finally sent me the t-rod later but of course lied about the shipping arrival day. I was supposed to get the part on Monday for a cross-country trip I had planned. Received the part 4 days later than as promised. Bottom-line, don't use these guys. This was the biggest headache in internet purchasing I've ever had.
I had a flat and used the spare. After getting the new tire I cranked the spare back under the truck. I guess I didn't have the T-Rod in all the way at some point. The plastic "funnel" to the tire crank got bent and will not allow me to get the T-Rod out. I checked beneath the truck and everything is covered by metal. Outside of cutting the rod how do I get the rod out now? Ideas?
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