My truck never has had a spare tire since I purchased it. I know it goes underneath, but I am not sure how to mount it as I have never seen it attached. All I have under there is a small "s" shaped bracket but I can't see how to attach this tire to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

 

Tire tool with the hooked end goes into the slot under the bed, you crank down the slot and a wire with a stopper comes down. Put it intot he wheel hole and line the stopper to be level inside and crank back up.

If you dont have one of those your missing stuff.

 

I don't have any of that stuff... I wonder if it will be easier to try and find this stuff at a junkyard or fabricate something...

 

I know your going for the factory Look.

I have never had any of those under bed carriers work They all rust solid!!

Then are you going to crawl under to check the air.

In reality if you are going this route raise and lower the tire at least once a week unless you plan to drive only on Sunny days !!

 

I was thinking of making a plate with some lug studs on it and just mounting that somehow underneath... We don't get too much rust here in Texas, but you never know. I still do haul dirt and nasty stuff in the bed from time to time, so I'm not sure the bed mount would fare much better...

 

I lubed mine to death with wheelbearing grease, aint rusted in ten years lol.

 

Hey man -

I posted a similar thread here not too many days ago - Seems as though most just get the factory chain/cable hoist working or mount it in the bed... very little posted on a build for an under bed mount.. let me know if you come up with something as I'm working towards a solution for this as well!!!

 

Thread I started for any info!

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f120...-ideas-278207/

 

Will do it. I am not a welder, but I have a buddy who is. I am thinking of having him weld up something with some lug studs and just bolt the tire on. Might be heavy to lift, but I can do that at home with some help and shouldn't be to hard to get off away from home. If and when I make it, I will post pics...

 

Its not the lifting I'd be worried about, its the tire falling down with you under it while trying to remove the lug nuts holding it up.
Every truck basically has the same type of tire lift system. Id go to a junk yard and pull a factory one off another newer truck, doesn't have to be a toyota one. Shouldn't be hard to mount the thing to the factory cross member or have your friend weld it on. You just have to make sure you have a tool that fits and works the crank.

 

That's a good idea... I need to head to the junk yard and if I can get one to fit from any make I could just weld it on... That's probably what I'll do. Thanks again for the good info.

 

I know this is the lazy/bad answer, but I have never had a spare either. I carry a small compressor and tire plug kit and that's all I have ever needed to get by. Maybe risky, but in 18 years of driving and 5 flats, I have never had a blowout. You can plug a tire and pump it up quicker than you can change one on the side of the road. Now, if you are regularly offroad and may tear a tire on a sharp rock, that is a different story......