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Hi-Lift Jack Tire Mount
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THE RATINGS
Function
Installation
Fit n Finish
Overall
After getting a Hi-Lift, I realized that finding a place to mount it was going to be fun I took some time so scour around and find out how others were mounting their's and found that one of the Mitsubishi 4WD Club members had the perfect solution.
He simply drilled a hole into the spare tire holder. He bolted to the spare tire mount a "deep" nut and used a 1/2" bolt with a "t" type handle at the end to attach his high lift to it.
This gave me the idea to mount it to the rear tire holder. My biggest concern was making sure the spare tire mount could take the stress of a High Lift & Spare Tire.
SOLUTION
While rumaging through some old parts in my garage, I realized that I had the old rear mounted bike rack which I hadn't used in quite some time. This rack essentially had a plate that mounted behind the tire along with a 1.25"x1.25"x4" piece sticking out through the spare tire opening (Figure 2). I found that the holes in the Hi-Lift are large enough that I could take a 6" long bolt and bolt the Hi-Lift to the plate.
LIKES
After taking this off road like this countless times, I can say that the spare tire mount can easily handle the weight of a larger spare (32x11.5" BFG MT's) along with the Hi-Lift!! The 1/2" bolt is just perfect for a 19mm or 3/4" wrench which just happens to be the lug nut size therefore no additional tools are needed to mount/dismount it.
DISLIKES
The only complaint I have about this system is that it take some time to either remove the Hi-Lift or put it away. I wonder if there are any quick release mechanisms out there that I can use?
Hits since created on 10, June 2000