I'm at a loss as to exactly how my spare tire carrier works. I can visualize most of it except for where the hook attaches at the top. [/ATTACH] The attached pictures show the back end of the truck and the spare tire carrier. Where does the hook attach? Thanks in advance, Ken
Underbed Spare Tire Carrier Ken ; That's a funny looking one ~ maybe for 8 lug wheels ? Anyways , the usual ones are mounted at a 45° angle with the inner end on the left ,mouting stud goes into the left frame rail and there's a hole for it . Right side gets the rearward end and the J hook (IIRC) holds the front end of it and you need another , different bolt to hold the rear end of it , as there's a funny looking nut that screws up onto it , passing through a key hole shaped hole I don't see in your picture . If you go to the home page and look in the flies of photos , there's a diagram of two different typs of underbed carrier , the sliding typ (pre '51) and the cross typ , different but similar to the one you have there... maybe you can print out the diagram and crawl under the frame and figure it out ? or look in the '53 owner's manual or the assembly manual ~ I'm @ SWMBO's house so all my books are far away right now , sorry buddy .
Bad Angle on earlier pic Nate, it's the original carrier that came on the truck. Larry, thanks a million for the pic. It all came together when I saw your setup. Here's a shot of mine at a different angle.
