17sam17 Posted July 5, 2011 Report Posted July 5, 2011 Hi All, I found this site yesterday after fitting a towbar and for the first time lowering the spare wheel.... It wound down nicely and even wound up right until it was about to clip in then it fell to the floor. After finding the photos in the technical section (Thanks!) I have taken it apart to find that everything is intact apart from the white cog that drives the cable shaft. This cog has split completely in half! I have read pretty much every post I could lay my eyes on about the spare wheel carrier and it looks like the usual cause of failure is the cable - mine is fine so I was wondering if anyone had a cog knocking around that I could buy, or even a broken wheel carrier that I could take to bits? It would probably superglue back together but I don't think it would be strong enough to lift the wheel. Car is a Galaxy 2001 (Mk2) 2.3 Thanks everyone, Sam Quote
SilverBeast Posted July 5, 2011 Report Posted July 5, 2011 Mine did the same the first time I used it. The Nylon cog was also split on mine. I also doubt that superglue would fix it. I bought one off ebay from a MkI and treated it to a good coat of hammerite and plenty of grease before fitting. It uses the same fixing holes and just bolts on. As it's all metal it is probaly also vulnerable to cable snapping as you can probably strain it more and damage the cable. It was around Quote
17sam17 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Posted July 5, 2011 Thanks for your reply, there aren't many on ebay at the moment and they all seem to be going for about Quote
jonbob Posted July 5, 2011 Report Posted July 5, 2011 Sorry mate, it was the cog that broke on mine too Jon Quote
17sam17 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Posted July 5, 2011 And there was me thinking I had invented a new way of breaking them! :) Quote
SilverBeast Posted July 5, 2011 Report Posted July 5, 2011 You could try emailing the ebay sellers listing Galaxy's for breaking and asking them. That's what I did. Richard Quote
17sam17 Posted July 6, 2011 Author Report Posted July 6, 2011 Sounds like a plan, I will give it a go! As it happens I have stuck the cog together with glue and it appears to be really really solid......... I don't expect for a second it will hold but seeing as I have to get another carrier anyway I thought I would stick it all back together and see what happens.... I fully expect it will break! Cheers for replies so far. Sam Quote
17sam17 Posted July 6, 2011 Author Report Posted July 6, 2011 Quick update.... Believe it or not the superglue fixed it........ for about 3 minutes then the cog split again but in a different place :angry: Ford have quoted Quote
stephengee Posted September 17, 2011 Report Posted September 17, 2011 Mine went as well the cog broke so I cut it apart took all the workings out opened out the hole where the cable goes through and put an 8mm coach bolt through lifted the wheel into place screwed nut on from underneath oh i had added a split pin through the end of the bolt works a treat Quote
bensewell Posted April 23, 2014 Report Posted April 23, 2014 Sorry to revive this thread but mine has packed in. I've dismantled all the innards and am.now ready for project steel threaded bar / coach bolt. Will keep you I informed on the progress. Quote
tetleyles Posted April 27, 2014 Report Posted April 27, 2014 i was luckyfound one in a little scrapyard,took it off a mk 1 and got it for Quote
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