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Are there any tips for installing the stainless steel ring of the spare tire cover? Mine keeps loosening after a while and creates clunking noise. If I make it too tight, I cannot wrap it over the “trim” on the cover, if you know what I mean. Thanks.
I have not tried taking it off yet. Is it opened by inserting a flat head screw driver to unlatch that mechanism at the bottom of cover?
Yes, you can use the tool in the car's tool kit or a big Phillips screw driver to unlatch and then remove the chrome ring. Then just pull the back cover off.
Originally Posted by JesseRohr
It's a pretty awful design for anyone who has to take it off. There was a good vid on YouTube that shows how to remove it though and reinstall.
Do you still have the link to this video by any chance? All I could find was a video of removing the cover for a Sprinter van. Thanks.
My only tip is to have another pair of hands. I made my wife keep the stainless ring lined up on the cover towards the top while I fastened it at the bottom. By myself was proving difficult after a couple egg nogs.
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