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whjco
Explorer
Jul 07, 2019

Spare Tire Rack Failure - Third trip out with new RV.

Greetings friends, I'm not posting this to rant as much as to make some of you aware of a potential safety issue. I took our new Cherokee 274rfk out this week for its third trip since we purchased ...
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BillyBob_Jim
Explorer
Jul 09, 2019
dodge guy wrote:
Looks like a terrible design for mounting the spare.and knowing how good their welding is I can see how that failed. A better design would’ve been to put the bolt/rod through the tubing.


Yet another fine example of the top notch design and high quality fabrication of a Lippert component. I'd turn that in under the frame warranty. LCI will probably say your fault due to overloading ;)

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