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Went to Fiat Fish Bros, Swindon, today to see about having a spare wheel carrier fitted.
After putting the motorhome on the lift the fitter thought that there is not enough room to fit the carrier. Fish Bros do not want to order the parts for me until they are sure that they will fit so not to waste my money.
He took me underneath to show me where it normally fits.
There is a cross member on the chassis that has the captive bolts in the center to take a bracket with a winch to pull up the spare against the underside of the cross member.
Fitter believes that the winch part of the arrangement that is unwound with the wheel brace, sits towards the rear above the grey water tank, and another cross member for this part is not there.
My motorhome was built early 2008 with the seal and go kit, no spare wheel. I now have a spare wheel and need to have a carrier fitted.
Now Swift are fitting spares again on the Voyager, has anyone got a Voyager with a spare wheel underneath? If so can you tell me where it is located on the chassis?
Kath, if you see this is it possible to have a drawing showing where the carrier is fitted on the later models?
Also are these the same Fiat part numbers to match the carrier that you are now fitting?
If Swift can confirm these are the correct part numbers I can go ahead and get the parts ordered. The space does look tight, but I think that the spare carrier would just about fit in the space, but as I have not seen the winding down arrangement or where it is located, I cannot tell the fitter at Fish Bros exactly how Swift are fitting these...
Unless you can find a secondhand one a new tin bit from a Fiat dealer will cost you around £90 and a tyre around £65 if you are not too fussy.
Ours is kept under the bed.
That is one option as we have a towbar, I could easily knock up a frame that would bolt on.
I am pretty sure that it should fit underneath, it just happened that I could only get time to visit Fiat dealership last week, same day as Swift closed for Christmas.
As soon as Swift get back in the New Year I'm sure they will be able to check some drawings for me.
There must be members here that have new Voyagers that now have spares fitted?
Perhaps they could check and see how the spare is supported under the back?
Have you considered contacting Alko the chassis manufacturer, I'm sure I saw a spare wheel carrier on their demo unit at the NEC show. Could it be more likely to be a Alko part rather than Fiat!
Just a thought
Deno
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