Spare Tire Orientation

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Put my spare back on the tailgate. Should the tyre shade to one side or the other? The snubbers are not lining up. The tyre is centered with the tailgate and the receiver on the bumper. Really never paid attention when I was putting the old 31" tyre on.

It's on the MORryde tailgate using the standoffs they provide. Stock carrier.
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The morryde offset plates allow you to center the tire. Your tire is centered from that but it's not centered from the factory. So the snubbers are offset to the hinge/passenger side. You'd have to unbolt the offset plates and put them back in the leftmost bolt holes on the gate to align it to the snubbers.

Or make your own snubber extension to accommodate it.
 
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RINC said:
Put my spare back on the tailgate. Should the tyre shade to one side or the other? The snubbers are not lining up. The tyre is centered with the tailgate and the receiver on the bumper. Really never paid attention when I was putting the old 31" tyre on.

It's on the MORryde tailgate using the standoffs they provide. Stock carrier.
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Yes the tire sits over to the passenger side, it is more noticeable with a larger tire. I just did mine and messed with it to get the bumpers right. I ended up cutting the mounting lip off the top of the factory carrier and welding flat bar below the top edge then I added a piece of flat bar to the bottom mount and mounted it right to the Morridye tailgate reinforcement. I was able to install the factory bumpers ( I had 2 different sizes) now the tire sits right up against the gate and contacts the bumpers.View attachment 324140
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10-fo y'all. Thank You. Offset it will be.

I'll adjust the mounts before I take anymore extra rubber off the snubbers. I still have the FUBAR'd Canyon rim to put up there. Get it centered by the snubbers. Throw the tyre up there to see if I need more room.

And yes, I can only get one finger to open the tailgate and barely get the key in to lock it. More room will be nice.
 
Can the extension brackets be flipped so they shift the carrier toward the hinges?

I had the Morryde on my previous TJ but I didn't use the extensions so I don't know if that would work or not.
 
nk24 said:
Can the extension brackets be flipped so they shift the carrier toward the hinges?

I had the Morryde on my previous TJ but I didn't use the extensions so I don't know if that would work or not.
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I think it's got more bolt holes to shift it towards the hinges. The knowledge I lacked was, it was shifted towards the hinges from the factory. I'll get out in a bit to see what I can do.
 
RINC said:
I think it's got more bolt holes to shift it towards the hinges. The knowledge I lacked was, it was shifted towards the hinges from the factory. I'll get out in a bit to see what I can do.
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If you'd been reading all the threads the last few days you would have known about the shift! 😉

Just picking on you, but it did come up in my build thread. It was something new to me.
 
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mine is shifted passenger as far as it will go. The passenger snubber doesn't line up well but a 35" tire on a 5.25" backspace wheel is so tight to the gate that the hinge acts as a snubber.

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Hey nOob ! Yeah?! Your Eyecromitor was off ! D'oh !

Well did not notice that the mount was off from the snubbers. Noticed it when I took the tyre off. Moved the whole shabang over one hole.
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Centered now.
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Success ! Now can get two fingers on the latch to open it and the key is easy to lock it.

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Don't ever look at the notch in the bottom of the tub flange that shows up when we do a body lift. It's not centered on the spare OR the frame/tub, as is now quite obvious on mine now that I have a hitch receiver centered in my bumper.
 
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