caravan spare tire removal

On Tue, 29 May 2007 18:21:55 -0400, justabeginner wrote:


A good swift kick should jar it loose.  Put some ass into it.

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I've kicked, i've pried with a crow bar, two crow bars.  I'm thinking mabe
there might be some kind of a locking mechanism that is not working problery
but the tire won't come down far enough for me to see or get a hand up in
there to feel around.  I'm sure most of the holding attachment is plastic
like everything else so there probably is something holding it in there.
Spraying everything with WD40 that I can get at has not helped either.

On Tue, 29 May 2007 18:54:06 -0400, "justabeginner"


I had the same problem with my 1999 Caravan.
There is a spring-loaded, wire actuated metal clip that holds the
spare from dropping.
It actually prevents the mushroomed end of the plastic sleeve on the
tire cable from passing.  You have to loosen the tire, then reach in
with your hand and squeeze the clip with one hand, and angle the
plastic sleeve with the other to release the tire. After I got mine
down, I took the wire piece out. I think the wire piece was supposed
to be some kind of release, but it doesn't work very well.
Doug B.

Had some time this evening to look at the spare again and was able to get
the locking mechanism to let go of the tire.  The wire piece that was
suppose to release the tire was inside the rim so was not working.  Anyways,
thanks for the tip.

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:53:02 -0400, "justabeginner"


I've seen this question several times here. I asked it once myself. I
don't get why the Chrysler techs never mention the lock.
Doug B.