i had to put spare wheel on and now the chain to put spare back wont do back up the chain thing apparrently a common fault but need boot space so need spare to go back underneath i dont know how to look for another one as dont know what it is called i have rr spoert 2005

Copy of my post from a while ago. Easy fix. Raise car to offroad height to give some room to crawl under
Just noticed you have 2005 Sport. Mine was 2010 so may be different

I had this problem a few years ago with a previous Sport. After a puncture, the spare wheel unwound ok but it would not rewind. It is not bonded on & should pull off after removing the nuts. Probably a build up of dirt or rust. I then put it into a vice & unwound it fully. If I remember this was pretty hard to do so had to put a fair bit of force on the wire while unwinding (easier with 2 people) Sprayed a fair bit of WD40 into it as I pulled the cable out. Cleaned the cable & wound it in & out a few times until it was easy. Lubed it up finally & replaced it. Pretty easy job. Never had to use it again but I would think lubing it once in a while would be a good thing. It was a far better design than the current piece of webbing which is supposed to help get the spare out of the wheel well. What a joke this is, as the centre of gravity is too far forward to be of any help & the full size spare is very heavy. Its a nightmare & getting the wheel back in is just as bad as it has to fit over the air suspension reservoir

Did you wind it up without tension on the cable? As said above, try winding it out, keep it under tension and wind in again. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
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This is what you are after if you can't repair your own, just get the later type with the metal part protecting the lower spring, supposed to help prevent the cable being cut by some scroat thieving your wheel, not sure if it does though.

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Lindab wrote:

Copy of my post from a while ago. Easy fix. Raise car to offroad height to give some room to crawl under
Just noticed you have 2005 Sport. Mine was 2010 so may be different

I had this problem a few years ago with a previous Sport. After a puncture, the spare wheel unwound ok but it would not rewind. It is not bonded on & should pull off after removing the nuts. Probably a build up of dirt or rust. I then put it into a vice & unwound it fully. If I remember this was pretty hard to do so had to put a fair bit of force on the wire while unwinding (easier with 2 people) Sprayed a fair bit of WD40 into it as I pulled the cable out. Cleaned the cable & wound it in & out a few times until it was easy. Lubed it up finally & replaced it. Pretty easy job. Never had to use it again but I would think lubing it once in a while would be a good thing. It was a far better design than the current piece of webbing which is supposed to help get the spare out of the wheel well. What a joke this is, as the centre of gravity is too far forward to be of any help & the full size spare is very heavy. Its a nightmare & getting the wheel back in is just as bad as it has to fit over the air suspension reservoir

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Did you wind it up without tension on the cable? As said above, try winding it out, keep it under tension and wind in again.

I had this on mine. I did undo the 4 bolts holding it on and even with a pry bar it was still on tight. Got it covered by the warranty anyway. 2010 3.0 TDV6 RRS Overfinch GTS
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