I took the spare off the ML500 to put on the hitch, it was surprisingly easy
once I loosened the latch a bit. I greased it all up before putting it back.
--FT
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> On May 17, 2022, at 2:17 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I found this out the hard way as well.
I found this out the hard way as well. There’s an amazing amount of cruft that
gets caught up in the spare and related hardware. I don’t recall difficulty
getting it back in place, but it’s been a while since I dropped it. This is a
reminder that I really need to check out the spare on the AZ
Wow!
The carrier came down pretty easily, the safety latch was easily
discovered and released. The spring loaded device holding the tire in
place separated in two when I twisted it with a lever, but reassembled ok
with a light mallet blow.
Getting the carrier back up...NOT so easy! I t slid back
