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![]() | Spare wheel... Hey - bought a Stilo less then three weeks ago, and am I ever glad to find this place! Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm in a panic, but there seems to be quite few of them around here (Dublin), and no-one I know has any experience with them. Happened across the site, and have already picked up a thing or two - here's to many more exchanges...!!! Well, actually, I have a little question to start with (not quite Technical, but close enough)... After taking possession of my 2002 1.2 Stilo Active, I decided to get out the spare wheel to a) give it a proper inspection, and b) see what tools from the tray might have disappeared underneath (there were a few gaps)! I SUPPOSE I should've figured out what was happening when it took so long to unscrew the cap fastening the tool tray into the spare wheel, but it wasn't until I heard the tiny "clink" that I'd realised what had happened. Sure enough, the nut into which the cap fastened was located in a recess underneath the car, and had fallen to the ground. I recovered it, and plan to ask a nice mechanic to put it back next time the car is on a hoist, but can't help reflecting on the strange nature of the design - is this normal, or am I the only one who would need elastic arms to reach both below and above the car to re-fasten the wheel/tool tray after removal? Looking forward to the replies...
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![]() | Re: Spare wheel... Hi and welcome to the forum. Both my Stilos had a simple hexagonal bolt screwed directly into the chassis without the need for a nut underneath. best check the bolt has not been replaced with a slimmer straight through one?
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![]() | Re: Spare wheel... Never come across that prob before, and im always taking the spare wheel in and out of my car (dont ask why im just weird)
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![]() | Re: Spare wheel... ![]() Never come across that prob before, and im always taking the spare wheel in and out of my car (dont ask why im just weird) ![]()
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![]() | Re: Spare wheel... ![]() .....as he rolls it into his front lounge. "I've just bought somethine really nice in - anyone want to look at it?" ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() | Re: Spare wheel... ![]() Both my Stilos had a simple hexagonal bolt screwed directly into the chassis without the need for a nut underneath. best check the bolt has not been replaced with a slimmer straight through one? ![]() Left the car in for a service, asked them to have a look at this, and it appears that the nut in question is usually tac-welded to the underneath of the car - hence the bolt simply screwing straight into the chassis. They reckon someone knocked the bolt in a previous life, breaking off the nut, and when nubbins here went and took out the wheel, it fell off...! Nothing to worry about, though - all fixed up (but a lesson and a caution for all...!!!)
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![]() | Re: Spare wheel... Glad to hear you got it sorted ![]()
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