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Subject:Okay, now THIS is embarrassing!
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Wed, 16 May 2012 10:42:47 -0700

(I reckon I should be used to asking simple questions.)

I'm doing the final reassembly after installing the radiatior. Last
thing: spare tire carrier.

It consists of three (3) parts, excluding the bolt. One (1) clamshell,
and two (2) curvy metal arms. Oh yeah, also two (2) little clippy things
to keep the curvy metal arms from falling out of the hinges.

Trouble is I can't figure out how to orient the two curvy metal arms. I
know they don't go under the clamshell, but the only other way I can fit
them is up from the hinges, through the notches at the rear of the
clamshell, and above the tire. But the hooky things at the leading edges
bang into the frame when I lift the clamshell to lock it in.

There's probably a picture in Bentley but I'll be darned if I can figure
out what Repair Group the spare tire holder assembly might belong to.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.