Eric,

I alleviated the “floating tire” syndrome by adding a carriage bolt through the center and a large wingnut on top. Others have used belts to hold the tire onto the clamshell.

BenT

> On Jan 5, 2020, Eric Caron wrote:
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>> But, When I put back the shell and used Ben’s front catch the original
>> wires went back and all was well again.
>> 
>> I do think though from reading Ben’s post, that the U Bolts lowering the
>> back will remove the wires so we may need to deal with the floating tire
>> again.  Maybe the ratchet strap trick that Neil mentioned earlier.