I don’t know if they changed the design by 2013 or not. I’ve seen it fail on a 2003, 2006, and 2007. Fun to find this out in 6@ of snow on Christmas Eve an hour from home. Luckily dad had a dry shop to get his cut out and bring to me as a spare.
This ^^
Not totally clear on what he is doing, but shows where the likely problem is.
When you get it down, cut the hooks off the secondary so you don’t fight it in the future.
There’s some good advice above, but if the crank mechanism is rusted solid, you can attack the toggle piece on the end of the cable. It’s accessible from below as it slips through the hub center. If you can get it to slide far enough to the side and tilt it up through the hub center. You will wear the tire as it falls free.
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There’s some good advice above, but if the crank mechanism is rusted solid, you can attack the toggle piece on the end of the cable. It’s accessible from below as it slips through the hub center. If you can get it to slide far enough to the side and tilt it up through the hub center. You will wear the tire as it falls free.
If I remember correctly, you can block up a jack and use it to pop the secondary latch from underneath if it's frozen up as well. I know that system has caused a bit of angst in more than one person.
Get a grinder on whatever you can and cut it down.
thats what we did on my sons old silverado. failing that, go to the junk yard and get a used rim and a new tire and put it in the bed. i have two spares for my truck. one underneath and one in the bed. only took one time not being able to get the spare down that taught me that lesson.
Get a grinder on whatever you can and cut it down.
thats what we did on my sons old silverado. failing that, go to the junk yard and get a used rim and a new tire and put it in the bed. i have two spares for my truck. one underneath and one in the bed. only took one time not being able to get the spare down that taught me that lesson.
That's the real answer. Old, or new, a spare you can't get to is an an aggravating and frustrating thing. I might have to move them to put something in the bed, but a truck AND trailer tire are always there.
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I don’t know if they changed the design by 2013 or not. I’ve seen it fail on a 2003, 2006, and 2007. Fun to find this out in 6@ of snow on Christmas Eve an hour from home. Luckily dad had a dry shop to get his cut out and bring to me as a spare.
I watched a youtube video on this pickup. They showed just turning counterclockwise, no secondary latch.
However, this other video shows one and how to remove it using a screwdriver.
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Get a grinder on whatever you can and cut it down.
thats what we did on my sons old silverado. failing that, go to the junk yard and get a used rim and a new tire and put it in the bed. i have two spares for my truck. one underneath and one in the bed. only took one time not being able to get the spare down that taught me that lesson.
Yup ditto 3 weeks a go on my Tacoma. Mb
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It's not the latch shown in the video that is frozen. It's the winch mechanism that raises and lowers the cable that won't budge so it's stuck in the up position. I took some stiff 1/2 inch plastic tubing and ran that in as far as I can and poured a good bit of Kroil in the tube. Then I turned the air compressor down and blew it down the tube. Did that twice. Hopefully the Kroil gets blown into that mechanism. Letting it soak overnight. We'll see...... Thanks guys!
Once you get it down replace the whole mechanism, you'll be able to get at it with the tire out of the way. If the Kroil doesn't work, and it probably won't, I'd do like slumlord said and take the grinder to it. You should be able to cut it down in a couple of minutes.
