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Remove the Spare Tire (Destructive Method)

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Getting Turbo Yukon "Uncle Rob" Ready For Rocky Mountain Race Week! Posi Diff Install PT1: Tear Down

What happens here

Due to a rusted and stuck spare tire lowering mechanism, the team resorts to a destructive method to remove the spare tire. A Milwaukee Fuel reciprocating saw is used to cut the retaining cable and free the tire, which is necessary to gain adequate clearance for working on the differential. Viper safety glasses are worn during this process for eye protection.

Goal: Gain access to the differential by removing the spare tire.

Tools and materials

  • Reciprocating Saw — Cutting the spare tire retaining cable, Safety Glasses Viper

What they say

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and in typical gm truck form it's being a total mofo so we haven't even gotten to start yet but we're getting there we will we'll get there have you ever cut a wheel with a sawzall can't say i have i've never witnessed it either many first things when it comes to this he was trying to help me do it the right way he's like no this is stupid [Applause] oh yeah there's no there's no teeth on that blade [Music] okay now we have what do i do with this thing a donut of a wheel yeah we could just let it lay on the on the pole there like a hula hoop there we go solution yeah we need to hang that up we can just leave that dangle there and it'll make all kinds of noise whenever we launch how to remove your spare tire the stupid way now we can finally get to what we were supposed to do in the first place lesson learned sometimes you got to do work before you can even do the work you're supposed to working on so now the spare tire is out and we have room to do stuff we got to

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