bill n ben

Absolutely Again thanks to all who helped much appreciated Bill n Ben

really how much was it,was lead to beleive this was a rather expensive part from the dealers???

Yep bought a new unit from Frauds cheaper than Flea bay and fitted iit this morning all now ok Thanks everyone for all your help

That's the problem It is stick in the down position with about 2 feet of cable trailing behind like a tail and wont wind up. Meant to add in my naivety that i would have thought that the weight of the spare wheel being winched back up would have kept the cable in sufficient tension, also with the newer ones there are no metal retainers; its a plastic piece not metal like the earlier versions so no hinged part to grease

Local frauds dealer has quoted

Guys 2006 MKII galaxy Zetec auto I know that this has been rasied before but all the posts i read concern the carrier jamming on the way down I had to put the spare on today and it came down just fine, dirty job will take me about 10 minutes punctured tyre back on and away we go WRONG !! On winding it back up it went within about an inch of being tight then bang punctured tyre back down on floor no way I can get the cable back up into the carrier nut moves but doesnt do anything. Had to tie it up out of the way now just banging on the underneath of the boot floor as I drive along and punctured tyre in boot Any ideas ?? dave