100 series rear wheel carrier?

[Ken Brenton]

Since my recent LPG conversion I have been looking for a swing arm rear wheel carrier for a 2001 VX without luck. Does anyone know if an 80 series carrier could be converted to fit the 100 series, or any other solutions please?

Thanks
Ken

 

[Zeusv8]

There are some that come up on eBay from time to time but they are expensive. Not sure if the 80 fits the 100. I personally don't carry the spare unless I'm going long distance as its hard to get a puncture with chunky tyres. Jon wildsmith fitted one to his and I think there's a thread on it here somewhere

 

[Julian T]

you could probably get a TJM one that mounts off the chassis, there are similarities between 80 and 100, 105 is same chassis as a 80 I believe. I know the 100 Chassis is narrower than the 80.
on another note I have a 100 series TJM rear bumper on my 80 and they do a spare wheel mount that works with the standard rear bumper, bolts to the chassis, ARB probably also do one.

Some one like Julian V at overland cruisers might have more info or it might be an idea to make your own

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

An OEM style carrier for an 80 wouldn't work on a 100. You can get them off ebay (OEM knock offs) and that's what I fitted to my 100 when I had one but you need to put strengthening brackets inside the bodywork which need to be made they don't come with the carriers.

 

[Ken Brenton]

Thanks for the feedback.
Julian
I am surprised the 100 series is smaller chassis than an 80 as it is a wider vehicle and has wider track. The 105 is larger chassis AFAIK.
I dont really fancy the chassis mounted ones, seems to be a very long main support for so much weight. I had twin carriers on my 80 in RSA but they were on a steel replacement bumper of very heavy duty construction.
Jon
I did try and source the knock off's some time ago but they were out of stock. I tried again yesterday and seems they are now available again at £209. Not much use on the fabrication side so I need to find a panel beater and see if they can make mounting plates based on your write up before I order the carrier

Ken

 

[Chris]

Knock off!!!!!! How very dare you.

C

 

[Julian T]

my apologies, I got that the wrong way round, meant to say the 80's chassis is narrower than the 100, it's only about 1.5 cm a side so not by much, it has caused me to ponder on more than one occasion just how much work would be involved in fitting a 100 series body to a 80 series chassis to make a 105

 

[SpinDrift]

Freeways have this bumper with single or twin wheel carriers, with very little difference in cost betwen the two. Whilst it does not sound cheap, from the amount of work I have seen it takes to build a bumper, the price is probably reasonable - the fabricators amongst us might comment on that. I dont know what the quality is like and you would have to ship from France but one of the main reasons I am considering this is that I would like the mods on the 100 to be as reversible as possible and fitting a wheel carrier to the body is not (or at least is less) reversible.

 

[roy]

i would be wary of freeways , i paid for a front bumper from them and was messed about for over 4 months and the customer service was sh*te,
i got my money back and built my own front and rear bumper with tire carrier.
cost a lot less and the sense of i built that my self is great.

cheers roy

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

The price of the Freeways stuff seem pretty reasonable if the quality is ok, but the shipping might make it expensive? An expensive solution if all you want is a swing out carrier though and I imagine they're quite heavy which will eat into available payload before the AHC complains (thinking of Ken's requirements there not yours Reinhard).