hi..
if you were here in my shop working under my direction ..
I'd make you figure it out ..
it really is very, very simple.

tip ..hook the forward upper ends first....... hinge area 2nd.
tip 2 ..one bar is for the left side, one the right.
it's impossible to put them in wrong even, at least that I've ever found.

you just wanted an excuse for more attention !

I don't think there's a picture in Bentley .

On 5/16/2012 10:42 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> (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.
>