Hi guys.
I need to find out what the state of my 205's spare wheel is like. You lower the wheel cage with the wheelbrace and some sort of enormous screw in the boot that looks like this-
Now my wheelbrace looks like this at the end-
..which will NOT inscrew it - the lump at the end stops you using it as any kind of screwdriver.
Have I been given the wrong wheelbrace?
205 Wheelbrace - what the hell is this?
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You've been given the wrong tool. What you should have is a short wheel wrench with a curved 'T' piece welded on the end. The idea is that the 'T' sits in the rounded groove. Altogether, it's a rotten piece of kit, so what I've done on my Xantia is to remove the wheel holder screw and weld a wheel nut on to the top of the groove. Now I can quickly use a rachet to lower the spare.
2nd the above.
If its like the cage on my Xantia,you may only have to undo it a little bit,say 5-6 turns.Then from underneath,lift up the wheel cage,& release the catch.Then lower it down.Give Peugoet a ring,i find they are very cheap on parts that i have brought.Or,pay a visit to your local scrappy for one.
[:)]Good points of this=
If your boots loaded up,you dont have to empty everything out at the side of the road.
[:(!]Bad points=The spare gets cover`d in crap,you get cover`d in crap,the spare can get stolen.
If its like the cage on my Xantia,you may only have to undo it a little bit,say 5-6 turns.Then from underneath,lift up the wheel cage,& release the catch.Then lower it down.Give Peugoet a ring,i find they are very cheap on parts that i have brought.Or,pay a visit to your local scrappy for one.
[:)]Good points of this=
If your boots loaded up,you dont have to empty everything out at the side of the road.
[:(!]Bad points=The spare gets cover`d in crap,you get cover`d in crap,the spare can get stolen.
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