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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS INST-17-13-010_C

JK Body-Mounted

Tire Carrier

IMPORTANT: Thank you for purchasing this Poison Spyder product. Please read through this entire document before proceeding with installation. If you are not

conﬁdent in your mechanical skills, please seek the help of a professional to perform the installation. Check your packages immediately upon arrival to ensure that

everything listed is included, and to check for damage during shipping. If anything is missing or damaged, or if you need technical assistance with any aspect of

this installation, call Poison Spyder at (951) 849-5911 as soon as possible. This document last updated March 2016.

APPLICATIONS

These installation instructions apply to the following

Poison Spyder products:

17-13-010 JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier

PARTS LIST

Please check your packages immediately upon arrival

to ensure that everything listed is included, and to

check for damage during shipping. If anything is

missing or damaged, call Poison Spyder at (951) 849-

5911 as soon as possible.

(1) JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier (Main Structure)

(1) Latch Plate

(1) Latch Plate Drill Template

(1) Upper Internal Brace

(1) Upper Internal Brace Clamp Plate

(1) Lower Internal Brace

(1) JK License Plate Delete Cover

(1) Threaded Tire Mount

(1) Tire Mount Wing Nut

(1) Tire Mount Centering Cone

(1) Upper Hinge Bracket

(1) Lower Hinge Bracket

(1) T-Lock Latch Assembly

(1) T-Lock Spacer Ring

(4) Black Delrin Bushing

(2) 3/4” Inner Bushing Sleeve

(2) 1/2” Swing-Stop Sleeve

(1) Upper Adjustment Cam Nut

(1) Lower Adjustment Cam Nut

(4) Rubber Insert Bumper

(2) Alignment Cone SS

(1) Middle-Upper Latch Plate Spacer - 5/8 O.D. X .226”

(1) Middle-Lower Latch Plate Spacer - 5/8” O.D. X .257”

(2) Lower Latch Plate Spacer - 5/8” O.D. X .257” X .562”

(1) JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier Hardware Kit

PN: HWKIT-17-13-010 Includes:

(6) 3/8-16 X 1-1/2 Gr8 Hex Head Cap Screw

(3) 3/8-16 X 1 Gr8 Hex Head Cap Screw

(9) 3/8-16 Gr8 Nylon Insert Lock Nut

(18) 3/8” SAE Hardened Flat Washer

(2) 1/2-13 X 4-1/2 SS Socket Head Cap Screw

(1) 1/2-13 SS Nylon Insert Lock Nut

(2) 1/2” Small ID SS Flat Washer

(2)

M10-1.5 X 100 SS Socket Head Cap Screw

(4) M10 SS Flat Washer

(2) M10-1.5 SS Nylon Insert Lock Nut

(4) 5/16-18 X 3/4 SS Socket Head Cap Screw

(11) 1/4-20 SS Nylon Insert Lock Nut

(16) 1/4” SAE Hardened Flat Washer

(2) 1/4-20 X 1-1/4 SS Flat Head Cap Screw

(4) 1/4-20 X 3/4 SS Button Head Cap Screw

(5) 1/4-20 X 1 SS Button Head Cap Screw

(4) 1/4” SAE SS Flat Washer

TOOLS NEEDED

• Primer, paint, cleaners and masking materials (if painting)

• Mechanic’s tool set with a full assortment of SAE and metric

end wrenches, sockets, ratchets, hex keys, dead-blow

hammers, etc.

Summary of content (15 pages)

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS INST-17-13-010_C JK Body-Mounted Tire Carrier IMPORTANT: Thank you for purchasing this Poison Spyder product. Please read through this entire document before proceeding with installation. If you are not confident in your mechanical skills, please seek the help of a professional to perform the installation. Check your packages immediately upon arrival to ensure that everything listed is included, and to check for damage during shipping.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier • Drill Motor with assorted drill bits • Felt-tip fine point marker or scribe • Auto-punch or transfer punches and hammer BEFORE YOU BEGIN IMPORTANT: Completely install and remove the product BEFORE painting or powder coating it. This will allow you to check for fitment or do any clearancing or fitting ahead of time, to reduce the chance of damage to the finish during final installation. Poison Spyder Customs Inc.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 3 that the body tub in this location is double-wall, so you will be drilling through two layers of sheet metal. 9. Adjust the position of the drill template so that the bottom edge is even with the point where the body tube begins to curve inward. Align the right side of the template approximately so that it is even with the point where the small curve begins at the edge of the tailgate opening.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier On the back side of the latch plate, a corresponding larger hole is provided to allow access with a 7/16” deep socket to install and tighten the flat washer and lock nut. Use a 5/32” hex key to hold the flat head screw in place while tightening the nut. 14. Install the (4) Rubber Insert Bumpers in the provided holes just above each of the Alignment Cones. Use a dab of grease to help them slip into place.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier place. Once the Latch Plate is in place, install 3/8” Flat Washers and 3/8-16 Lock Nuts on to the threads of the middle-upper and middle-lower cap screws, where they protrude into the corner cavity of the Jeep, behind the taillight hole. Use a 9/16” socket with ratchet and a 9/16” box end wrench (inside of the body tub) to tighten these bolts.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 22. Remove the short tailgate hinge covers by spreading the top and bottom apart, as shown in the photo below. IMPORTANT: In the following steps we will be removing each tailgate hinge and modifying it, one at a time beginning with the upper hinge. Make sure the tailgate is firmly shut and latched before proceeding. Do not remove the lower hinge until the upper hinge has been modified and reinstalled.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 26. Use a narrow punch and shop hammer to pound the hinge pin out of the hinge. 27. Observe the two hinge brackets provided in the kit, as shown in the photo below. The Upper Hinge Bracket is the one with the slotted hinge pivot holes and cam stop blocks welded to the outside (the one on the left in the photo). 28.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 32. Repeat the previous procedures with the lower hinge: hinge removal, grind and remove hinge pin, install Lower Hinge Bracket, reinstall long side of hinge, install Swing Stop Sleeve. 33. Install the four (4) Black Delrin Bushings into the tube hinge sleeves on the Tire Carrier Main Structure. Use a round file to make sure the ends of the tube sleeves are free of burrs.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 9 40. Attach the Threaded Tire Mount to the inside of the Tire Carrier Main Structure, using (3) 3/8-16 X 1 Gr8 Hex Head Cap Screws, Lock Nuts and Flat Washers. Thread the Lower Adjustment Cam Nut onto the end of the 1/2-13 bolt, where it protrudes through the bottom of the Hinge Bracket. Leave this assembly finger-tight for now.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 43. Pre-Install Any Roto-Pax accessories and/or Hi-Lift Jack (see notes in steps 60 & 61). Make sure RotoPax units are full, as they will be in normal use. 44. Once the spare tire and any accessories are installed, close the Tire Carrier and note that the Alignment Cones in the Latch Plate are most likely not correctly aligned with their corresponding holes in the Tire Carrier Main Structure.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier can not give a torque specification for this, but tighten the fasteners firmly, but not so tight as to bind up the tire carrier from swinging open smoothly. Use the same tools to tighten the Lower Hinge assembly. 48. Swing the Tire Carrier open, and tighten the six 3/8-16 Gr8 Hex Head Cap Screws that fasten the Latch Plate to the Jeep’s body.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 12 inward a couple of turns, then close the tire carrier and test the latch to see that it turns and engages the U-plate firmly against the inside of the latch plate. If the T-latch won’t turn 90-degrees, the U-Plate is too far inward and the locknut will need to be threaded outward.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 58. Re-use the punch from the TOP side on each of the hole locations, to invert the punch marks in order to center the drill so the holes can be drilled from the top side. 59. Drill the three hole locations beginning with a 1/8” pilot hole and finishing with a 1/4” bit. 13 61. Replace plastic covers, carpets etc. in the Jeep’s interior. 62.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 14 to accommodate two 2-Gallon Fluid Packs or Storage Packs (or one of each) on the rear surface, at either side of the license plate. Smaller 1-Gallon Fluid Packs may be mounted on either side. Note that mounting a 1-Gallon Pack on the driver’s side will make it a little more difficult (though not impossible) to operate the T-Lock handle. 64. Use a cutting tool of your choice to trim the plastic hinge cover. 68.
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POISON SPYDER CUSTOMS INST-17-13-010_C • JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier 15 less-durable paint on the threaded rod may not hold up with the Wing Nut passing back and forth over it. • Paint and powder coat may not hold up on the inner surface of the alignment holes where they contact the Alignment Cones. It may be better to leave that surface bare and keep it coated with a thin coat of grease to inhibit rust.