Had to remove the spare for my after-market trailer hitch install. I couldn't get the spare tire retaining winch yellow dot to appear. It was rubbing against the new hitch so today I lowered the hitch and shifted it to the limit of its slotted bolt holes. Better, though still some rubbing.
However, the spare now went back even worse than before. So I increased clearance and the spare tire stows worse? I pursued and discovered that apparently the spare tire holder has to have a certain orientation or it hangs up leaving the spare tire hanging below being secured.
I lowered the spare and using a flash light, observed the require orientation through the wheel rim. I rotated the spare and held it in place while cranking the winch. Voila! The yellow indicator filled the window as well as the spare was now secure.
One more point, I read "Yellow DOT" as being a yellow D-O-T, as in Dept. of Transportation. So I was looking for the letters D, O, T, in yellow to appear. But what you get is a solid yellow oval filling the oval window. Is this an Italian thing, saying DOT when you mean dot (which it still isn't).
However, the spare now went back even worse than before. So I increased clearance and the spare tire stows worse? I pursued and discovered that apparently the spare tire holder has to have a certain orientation or it hangs up leaving the spare tire hanging below being secured.
I lowered the spare and using a flash light, observed the require orientation through the wheel rim. I rotated the spare and held it in place while cranking the winch. Voila! The yellow indicator filled the window as well as the spare was now secure.
One more point, I read "Yellow DOT" as being a yellow D-O-T, as in Dept. of Transportation. So I was looking for the letters D, O, T, in yellow to appear. But what you get is a solid yellow oval filling the oval window. Is this an Italian thing, saying DOT when you mean dot (which it still isn't).