Alaska Trip

[ultrafarmer]

We are home from our trip. The Cyclone worked great, no problem's. I did lose my spare tire some where in Alberta ... I was parked at a rest area west of Edmonton with a another Cyclone and the next day when checking springs I seen the tire was gone. The trip was long and will not go again, can see just as good stuff in the western states.. The Maxxis tires worked very good.

 

[Ray LeTourneau]

Ultrafarmer, It's good to hear your trip went well. There are other Heartlanders still up there enjoying the fishing and other things Alaska has to offer. Maybe one day Lin & I will make the trek. I hoping nest year either before or after the Gillette rally. A lot depends on our $$$$$ flow.

 

[DougS]

Spare tire gone? Did the spare fall off or was it ripped off by someone?

 

[ultrafarmer]

That is a very good question. No way to know

 

[porthole]

Is your spare tire winch missing?

Something I found on mine and would suggest all Cyclone owners check. The winch was held in place by two 1/4" bolts and nuts, no washers.
The "slotted" mounting bracket on the winch has 5/16" openings.

I moved spare tire carrier forward for driveway clearance, In doing this I found that the 1/4" hex head bolt which is 7/16" wide, was pulled almost all the way through the 5/16" slot. Probably the only thing that kept me from losing a new, $500 17.5" tire and GY G114 was that I use a ratchet strap on the assembly as a precaution.