After buying my '94 Caravan I noticed there was no spare tire under it, and the part on the end of the cable which goes through the center hole of the rim was missing and only the frayed cable remained. Went to a junkyard to get another assembly and the first one I looked at was broken exactly the same. Are these prone to that cable end breaking off and letting the spare tire fall out going down the highway?? I thought it was strange mine was like that, and then to find another one similarly broken makes me apprehensive about installing an intact one because I'm afraid of it breaking like the others and the obvious damage that would cause, to my vehicle as well as the poor sap driving behind me. Has anyone else heard of this happening?
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18 years ago