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MIG Welding Project: Building a Spare Tire Carrier with the 'Pivot King' Square Tube Axle!
When the XJ Cherokee's six-year-old tire carrier began to sag, the time was right for a MIG welding project. (Any excuse will do!) Rather than scrap an otherwise perfectly good spare rack, I opted to install the versatile Pivot King square tubing axle kit.
Designed as a platform for the do-it-yourself tire carrier builder, the Pivot King axle fits thick walled, 2" square rectangular mild steel tubing, the most common tubing used in better tire carriers. While it took more time to retrofit the Pivot King than I spent installing the manufactured carrier, I'm now thoroughly convinced that the task was worthwhile. For quality engineering, the Pivot King square tube axle has no rival.
Whether you want to construct a tire carrier from scratch or restore your existing assembly, this slideshow is the place to start. You will see my retrofit of the Pivot King and the necessary fabrication work. There's plenty of MIG welding along the way. Enjoy the video slideshow! Note: The video is an .flv file, which opens automatically with Adobe Flash Player™ and other .flv supported programs (like Final Media Player). A free, secure download of Adobe Flash Player™ is available at the Adobe website. For convenience, you can click this link to access Adobe Flash Player™: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ For a direct link to the Pivot King website, click here! |
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