Put 37s on the Jeep and blew my budget pretty good, so there was no way I was going to be able to buy a fancy spare tire carrier yet.

Instead, I decided to make one. I drew a couple quick circles in Autocad and some pilot holes for where I wanted the lugs. I imported the file into turbonest and found a nice piece of 3/8" mild steel plate to lay on the CNC plasma bed. Click the image to see the video:



After cutting out the circles, I cleaned off the leftover slag and deburred the pieces.



Then it was off to the mill to open up the holes. I put a hole in the center in case I wanted to run wiring through there for plate lights or whatever.



After double checking the spacing on my existing carrier



I pressed in the wheel studs I picked up from the parts store. I didn't take a picture of the press, but I did get one of the gauge, showing 3 tons of pressure to seat them



Ran out of time, so I didn't get a chance to cut the spacer and weld it in. I need some advice though... how far out, and how far up do I need to go to clear the bumper?

 

looks good!! sorry for saying this but with your skills can't you figure out where to set the tire? its easier to measure your tire and rim to know, tires and rims vary in size and offset from brand to brand, but I'm sure you already knew that.

 

Did you do anything to compensate for the extra weight.

 

Shhh...if you listen real close, you can hear the tailgate cry...



(Nice work though)

 

yeah, but I posted that at night when I got home from the shop and didn't have a chance to go out and mess with it. figured someone might know off hand.

Not yet, but I'll do that when I build the permanent carrier. This is just temporary (couple weeks maybe at most)
Not yet (see above). I have an idea for a new way to do a carrier that will still swing with the tailgate but not put the weight on the hinges. IMO the carries that swing down as well as the ones with a separate pivot from teh tailgate are a PITA.

Thanks for the compliment though

 

Heading back out to the shop. Here's what I'm thinking:

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measurements might be a little much ... the MBRP bracket is 2" out and 2" up and fits a 37"

you can probably get away with 2.5" out and 2.5" up

 

I read some where the the JK tall gate it rate for 250-300lbs. Is that wrong?